# Best Ever Chocolate Frosting

This is an easy-to-make, smooth, and fluffy chocolate buttercream frosting perfect for decorating and designing cakes.

- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 3 cups unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
- 0.5 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup chocolate
- 4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 0.75 cups cocoa, sifted

## Instructions

1. Put 3 cups of unsalted butter at room temperature into a stand mixer, or mix in a bowl with your hands or a hand mixer.
2. Add 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste.
3. Mix the butter and vanilla for about 3 to 5 minutes on a high speed until it's a white fluffy texture.
4. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed during mixing.
5. Heat 1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream for at least a minute until it is really hot.
6. Pour the hot heavy whipping cream over 1 cup of chocolate.
7. Let the chocolate and heavy whipping cream mixture sit on the counter for about 5 minutes.
8. Sift 4 cups of powdered sugar and 3/4 cups of cocoa.
9. While the butter mixture is mixing on a low speed, slowly add in the sifted cocoa and powdered sugar.
10. Mix the chocolate and heavy whipping cream until it's smooth, creating a ganache mixture.
11. Slowly pour the melted chocolate ganache mixture into the butter mixture and continue whipping until the frosting is light, smooth, and fluffy.

## Equipment

- stand mixer
- bowl
- hand mixer

## Tips

- Ensure butter is at room temperature, easily spreadable.
- Heat heavy whipping cream until hot, but not boiling.
- Sift powdered sugar and cocoa powder.
- Re-whip stored frosting before using for best texture.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1Am1buHfoo/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/9e3d1e8e-d58a-4674-98fc-8d149b390fbf
- Extracted: 2026-03-12

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