5 Ingredient Chocolate Buttercream Icing
Looking for a delicious chocolate buttercream icing recipe? This chocolate icing is easy to make and only has 5 ingredients. Once you taste how great this icing is, you will want to cover every cake you make with it.
Many people think that making icing is hard or complicated. Chocolate buttercream icing is simple to make. When you make your icing from scratch, it tastes better than store bought and there are no added ingredients like preservatives and additives.
Variations to Chocolate Buttercream Icing
Chocolate Buttercream Icing is perfect for topping cakes, cupcakes, and even cookies. Since this is an easy recipe, there are a few ways you can change it up.
Flavors: Anything that goes good with chocolate can be added to this frosting. Try peppermint, strawberry or other extracts flavors you like.
Sweetness: If you find this chocolate buttercream icing is too sweet, you can cut some of the sugar from the recipe. Be careful not to change too much or it will be too much butter. 
Recipes that use Chocolate Icing
Buttercream Icing is so versatile it can be used whenever you need icing. Some of the recipes I use it for are:
Easter cupcakes recipe with a carrot decoration on top– This recipe for cupcakes for Easter uses a chocolate icing. Sometimes I make a plain chocolate icing and other times I use chocolate buttercream.
Bakery Style Brownies – This is another recipe using chocolate icing. You can use any kind of chocolate icing and when topping these Bakery Style Brownies with chocolate buttercream icing can put these brownies over the top. If you add mint to the icing you can have mint brownies.
Easter Brownies- Easter brownies are moist chewy brownies that have crushed Oreos and Chocolate Buttercream Icing with an icing carrot on top.
Anything that you use icing on, you can use chocolate buttercream recipe.
Chocolate Buttercream Icing
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ c unsalted butter, softened
- 1 c unsweetened cocoa
- 5 c confectioners sugar
- ½ c whole milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Step by Step:
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In a large mixing bowl, add cocoa and butter. Cream together.
- Add sugar, milk, and vanilla. Beat together well.
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Chocolate Buttercream Icing
Ingredients
- 1 ½ c unsalted butter softened
- 1 c unsweetened cocoa
- 5 c confectioners sugar
- ½ c whole milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, add cocoa and butter. Cream together.
- Add sugar, milk, and vanilla. Beat together well.
