Make homemade frosting with just a few ingredients and in just a few minutes.
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 15 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 5
Ingredients
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3 oz unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled
- 3 to 4 tablespoons milk
Instructions
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Step1In medium bowl, beat powdered sugar and butter with spoon or electric mixer on low speed until blended. Stir in vanilla and chocolate.
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Step2Gradually beat in just enough milk to make frosting smooth and spreadable. If frosting is too thick, beat in more milk, a few drops at a time. If frosting becomes too thin, beat in a small amount of powdered sugar. Frosts 13x9-inch cake generously, or fills and frosts an 8- or 9-inch two-layer cake.
Nutrition
210
Calories
9g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
32g
Total Carbohydrate
29g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: About 2 1/2 Tablespoons
- Calories
- 210
- Calories from Fat
- 80
- Total Fat
- 9g
- 14%
- Saturated Fat
- 5g
- 25%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 35mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 70mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 32g
- 11%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 29g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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