Chocolate Frosting

Chocolate Frosting

By The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook
These frostings make enough for 12 cupcakes. To cover a cake (top and sides), double the recipes.
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Ingredients

4 total
  • 300 g of icing sugar, sifted
  • 100 g of unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 40 g of cocoa powder, sifted
  • 40 ml of whole milk

Method

3 steps
  1. Step 1

    Beat the icing sugar, butter and cocoa powder together in a freestanding electric mixer with a paddle attachment (or use a handheld electric whisk) on medium-slow speed until the mixture comes together and is well mixed.

  2. Step 2

    Turn the mixer down to slow speed. Add the milk to the butter mixture a couple of tablespoons at a time. Once all the milk has been incorporated, turn the mixer up to high speed.

  3. Step 3

    Continue beating until the frosting is light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. The longer the frosting is beaten, the fluffier and lighter it becomes.