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Simple Chocolate Buttercream

  • Yield Makes 4 cups
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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 pounds (6 sticks) butter, softened
  • 1 pound confectioners sugar, sifted
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 5 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips, melted and cooled

Directions

  1. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the butter, sugar, vanilla and salt. Begin beating on low speed, increasing to high for 2 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl occasionally. Stir in melted chocolate.

Recipe Reviews

Reviews (2)

  • Mija_k
    20 Jul, 2011

    horrid recipe. it looked like taupe chocolate frosting despite tripling the semisweet chocolate. It was easy, but very disappointing.

  • npigas
    8 Apr, 2010

    Could you please tell me if I make a cake with this frosting and sugarpaste on the top , how many days can I have it out of the refrigerator? If i put the cake in the refrigerator the sugar paste will melt. Correct?

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