Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Looking for the BEST Chocolate Buttercream Frosting? This frosting is rich, creamy, delicious, and SO MUCH BETTER than the bakery! Easy to make and everyone will beg for the recipe.
Servings 8 cups
Ingredients
- 1½ cups butter room temperature
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 cup cocoa powder not Dutch processed
- 8 cups confectioner's sugar
- ¼ cup milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Combine the butter, shortening, and cocoa powder together in a large mixing bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer.
- Slowly mix together until the cocoa powder is incorporated and then increase the speed and beat until creamy.
- Place the mixer on a low speed and slowly incorporate the confectioner's sugar until all of it is mixed in.
- Add in the milk and vanilla slowly, beating into the buttercream and allow it to mix until light and fluffy, about two minutes at a high speed.
Notes
When working with the cocoa powder and the confectioner's sugar, it is important to start slowly so the mixer doesn't send all of that powder up and out of your bowl and all over your kitchen. Sometimes I'll place the powders on the bottom of the bowl and add the other ingredients on top. When that isn't an option, I'll fold in the powdered ingredients with a heavy-duty rubber spatula and then use the mixer to really beat it together. This helps to eliminate a much larger mess.