Recipe: Delicious Chocolate Cake Frosting

Chocolate Cake Frosting. This is a yummy frosting to top a German chocolate cake with. It is a traditional recipe with coconut and walnuts. Classic, simple chocolate frosting is the perfect topping to any cake.

Mix using an electric mixer until blended and creamy. Chocolate buttercream frosting can be made with either a few scoops of cocoa powder, chocolate milk powder, or melted chocolate added to a basic buttercream. My favorite way to make chocolate frosting on chocolate cake feel special is to use a different type of chocolate for the frosting — like milk chocolate frosting on a dark chocolate cake — and top the whole thing with chocolate shavings In a small bowl, sift together the confectioners' sugar and cocoa powder. You can have Chocolate Cake Frosting using 5 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chocolate Cake Frosting

1. Prepare 1/2 cup of melted butter.
2. Prepare 2/3 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder.
3. You need 3 cups of confectioners sugar.
4. It's 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
5. Prepare 1/3 cup of milk.

Add butter, milk, and vanilla; stir until smooth and free of lumps. Instructions Whip butter and cocoa together until smooth in large bowl. Stir in vanilla and powdered sugar. Slowly stream in milk until frosting reaches desired consistency.

Chocolate Cake Frosting step by step

1. Mix cocoa and butter til blended and smooth..
2. Add milk and confectioners sugar. Beat with mixer til smooth and creamy. Add vanilla..
3. YUM! Sugar high!.

For frosting, sift confectioners' sugar and cocoa together. In a large bowl, beat butter and vanilla until blended. Beat in confectioners' sugar mixture alternately with enough milk to reach desired consistency. Spread frosting between layers and over top and sides of cake. Place the chocolate chips in a small bowl and place over a small pan of barely simmering water.