Best Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
The BEST Chocolate Buttercream Frosting recipe made with chocolate liqueur and whipped to perfection. It’s a must for topping cakes and cupcakes or simply licking from the bowl.
If you love buttercream frosting, listen up: this isn’t just a Chocolate Buttercream Frosting Recipe, this is the best one!
Okay, I may be a little biased, but I’m not exaggerating!
This frosting ROCKS!
Rich, creamy, and totally decadent, this Chocolate Buttercream Frosting is perfect to enjoy on cakes, cupcakes, or by the spoonful …
(It’s okay, I won’t judge. 😉 )
How To Make It:
Luckily, this Chocolate Frosting is super easy to make. It also tastes extra indulgent, thanks to the addition of chocolate liqueur.
Whipped to perfection, it’s light, fluffy, and oh-so-good!
Oh and it crusts amazingly, so it’s great for frosting things like layer cakes.
To make a batch of Chocolate Buttercream, you just need a handful of ingredients.
Butter, confectioners’ sugar, cocoa powder, heavy cream, vanilla extract, salt, and of course, chocolate liqueur round out the list.
Whip everything together, and you’ll have a mouthwatering treat that makes baked goods even more delicious!
Every time I share goodies topped with this Chocolate Frosting Recipe, people ask how I made it!
I’m telling you, the secret is in that liqueur.
You don’t need much and it can be made without (just substitute with more heavy cream), but I personally LOVE what it adds to the frosting!
Needless to say, it’s tastier than anything you can buy at the store.
Luckily, it’s simple enough to make for potlucks, get-togethers, or just for a weeknight dessert!
By the way, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner.
Maybe you can make a treat for your family or a special someone, inspired by this Chocolate Buttercream!
After all, you can never go wrong with buttercream, or frosting, in general.
This decadent Chocolate Frosting recipe is going to elevate all your homemade baked goods.
You might even want to memorize the recipe because everyone’s going to ask for it!
Actually, don’t do that, just send them here to get it themselves 🙂
To add some sweetness to your life and favorite baked goods, Chocolate Buttercream Frosting fits the bill!
It’s so simple to make, it’s barely more effort than buying premade frosting — and it tastes better, too!
Best Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
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Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter 340g, room temperature
- 4 cups powdered sugar 460g
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 92g
- 2 tablespoons chocolate liqueur
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
Instructions
- In a stand mixer, cream the butter with a paddle attachment.
- Scrap down sides and add powdered sugar a cup at a time, mixing between cups and scraping down.
- Once all of the sugar is added, beat on medium-high speed for 2 to3 minutes.
- Add cocoa powder, chocolate liqueur, vanilla extract, and salt and beat in low until full incorporated.
- Keep mixer going on low speed while slowly pouring in the heavy cream.
- Once heavy cream is fully incorporated, turn off and scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Turn mixer on medium-high speed and beat for 3 minutes until buttercream is light and fluffy.
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Delicious, used this chocolate buttercream on a Box Yellow cake mix and it really kicked it up a notch. We used a Godiva liqueur and I always like to sift cocoa and powdered sugar to catch all the clumps, not sure if it was needed but it’s fun anyway. My wife and mother in law both loved it too!
So glad it was a hit! Sifting for frosting is never a bad idea, but when making with a paddle attachment and whipping at high speed, it usually works out all the clumps on its own.
Hi there, I love your sprinkle mix!! Where did you get it?
Walmart!
How much extra heavy whipping cream would you use in replacements of the liquor
Is it mandatory to use heavy cream as I’m unable to find it.
I’m from Sri Lanka
You can use whole milk instead.
Another question- I don’t have a stand mixer, will a hand mixer do?
Yes, but you will probably need to mix a bit longer to get it really fluffy.
Would the chocolate liquor in the frosting be too much for a 3 year old? Or is this cake for adults only?
Hi Andrea, I think it’s really up to you. The alcohol content of the chocolate liqueur I use is less than pure vanilla extract and a very small amount is added. You can leave it out and just use extra heavy cream.
What do you use for chocolate Liquer?
How Can the eggless vanilla and chocolate buttercream be stored and how to reuse it? Please let me know now if ur online as I want to make it for tomorro.
Dr.Surya Peri
You can transfer it to an air-tight container and store it in the fridge for up to one week. You may want to rewhip before use for a smooth finish as buttercream does tend to crust up a bit. I hope this helps.
Where can I find the Chocolate Liqueur? I must ! make this for my guy this super bowl Sunday. He is an avid, (rabid, in a good way), die hard, forever Bronco fan and I want to pamper him a bit beyond the 7 layer dip and typical super bowl goodies.
Cheryl from Seattle
Hey Cheryl, I usually use Godiva chocolate liqueur which can be found in the liquor aisle at most major grocery stores. You can make the frosting without it and just sub out the liqueur for a little extra heavy cream, it will still taste great though I highly recommend it with the alcohol!
Quick question – how did you get the jimmies so perfectly situated on the cake?
Hi Eileen, are you referring to the Dauntless Chocolate Cake that uses this buttercream recipe? I simply just used my fingers to spread them on very carefully.
Ooo, that looks worth a try, I normally just add coco powder to normal butter cream but it is never as nice as I would like, either that or I make a fancy fudgy type chocolate icing – this looks like a winner!
Thank you, Julie! This buttercream is sooooo good, perfectly silky! I hope you get a chance to try it soon!
Yum! Thanks for sharing on OMHGWW I will add this to my 12 year old son’s repertoire! He is a great baker!
This looks incredible! I can’t wait to make some and try it! I’m featuring this at our weekly link party! http://www.thelifeofjenniferdawn.com/2015/01/a-little-bird-told-me-link-party-125.html
Thanks so much for featuring me, Jennifer!
The photos of this buttercream (particularly the one with the cupcake in) are amazing, so much light and I just want to reach through the screen and eat it!
Thank you so much, Minela! The cupcakes themselves will be up on the blog soon!
thank you ofr sharing this chocolaty yumminess at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop. watch for your feature on Monday xo
What scrumptious cupcakes! Thank you for linking up with the Oh My Heartsie Girls Wordless Wednesday Link Party!
Wishing you a wonderful week!
Xx
Lysa
Thanks so much for having me, Lysa, and for stopping by my blog!
I bet this is sooooo good! Thanks for sharing with the Thursday Blog Hop!
Thanks so much for having me!
Whoa, this looks awesome! creamy and chocolaty, yummy! Saying hello from the moonlight and mason jar link party!
Cathy
Thanks so much for stopping by, this frosting really is amazing and I hope you get a chance to try it soon!
I love almost anything chocolate and that looks delicious! Thanks!
This looks great! I love star tips for quick frosting of cupcakes. So easy and so pretty!
Me too, my star tips are my favorite!