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Easy Buttercream Chocolate Frosting

Chocolate buttercream frosting is a sweet and smooth finishing touch for a delicious dessert. This Easy Buttercream Chocolate Frosting can be whipped up in no time and will have you spreading it over cakes, cupcakes, and so much more!

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Cocoa Powder Chocolate Frosting

Not sure which type of cocoa powder is best to use for this easy buttercream chocolate frosting? Two of the most common types used for baking are Dutch-process and natural cocoa powder. The difference between these two types of cocoa powder is all in how they are processed.

Dutch-process cocoa powder has cocoa beans that are cleaned in alkaline solution of potassium carbonate to balance out the amount of acid they have. Due to this method of processing, baking powder, not baking soda, is used as a rising agent. This is because this process neutralizes the cocoa beans, it does not react to baking soda.

Buttercream Chocolate Frosting for Cupcakes

What can you use this chocolate buttercream frosting for? There are many different delectable desserts this buttercream chocolate frosting can help to complete. Below is a list of various purposes:

  • Gently warm it up and add it to your favourite flavour of ice cream.
  • Thin out this buttercream chocolate icing with milk to create a glaze you can use on muffins, brownies, or cookies.
  • Cake balls can be made with this homemade buttercream chocolate frosting. Mix it with crumbled cake, chill them for an hour, then roll this mixture into balls for a cool and tasty treat.
  • Spread a generous amount onto a cookie and place another cookie on top of the frosting to create yummy cookie sandwiches.
  • Add your favourite kind of sprinkles to this buttercream chocolate frosting as a dip for wafer cookies, ice cream cones, waffle sticks, and other crunchy dessert items.

Easy buttercream chocolate frosting

The chocolate frosting texture of this recipe is so smooth and creamy. It’s ideal for icing on any cakes or cupcakes. 

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 3 cup powder sugar
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
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How to make buttercream chocolate frosting

With a mixer, beat the softened butter on its own until smooth. Add cocoa and powder sugar alternately with heavy cream into the creamed butter and mix until it becomes a smooth and thick texture. If the frosting is too thick, add more heavy cream, if too thin, add more powder sugar.

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Easy Buttercream Chocolate Frosting

Lyne Proulx
This Easy Buttercream Chocolate Frosting can be whipped up in no time and will have you spreading it over cakes, cupcakes, and so much more!
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Prep Time 6 minutes
Total Time 6 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Canadian
Servings 12 cupcakes
Calories 315 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Mixer
  • 1 Bowl

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 3 cup powder sugar
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream

Instructions
 

  • With a mixer, beat the softened butter in a bowl on its own until smooth.
  • Add cocoa and powder sugar alternately with heavy cream into the creamed butter and mix until it becomes a smooth and thick texture.
  • If the frosting is too thick, add more heavy cream, if too thin, add more powder sugar.

Nutrition

Calories: 315kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 2gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 14gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 57mgSodium: 8mgPotassium: 101mgFiber: 2gSugar: 30gVitamin A: 691IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 22mgIron: 1mg
Keyword buttercream chocolate frosting, chocolate frosting, easy buttercream chocolate frosting
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Lyne Proulx
Lyne Proulxhttps://ottawamommyclub.ca/
Lyne Proulx is a Certified Professional Wedding Consultant and experienced Event Planner with a strong background in community engagement and large-scale event coordination. For eight years, she led the Annual Infant Information Day/Early Years Expo for the City of Ottawa. From 2013 to 2016, she was the driving force behind the BConnected Conference, Canada’s premier digital influencer and social media conference, held in Ottawa and Toronto. Lyne also served as co-chair of the Navan for Kraft Hockeyville committee from 2009 to 2011, organizing five major community events in just six months. Her leadership helped Navan become one of the top 10 finalists in the national competition. In recognition of her exceptional volunteerism and dedication to community building, she was honored with the City of Ottawa Mayor's City Builder Award in April 2011. In 2025, Lyne brought her passion for weddings and event planning to a new level by organizing the inaugural Tucker House Bridal Fair, showcasing local vendors and creating a unique experience for engaged couples.

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