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Super-Simple Chocolate Frosting

A great chocolate frosting should taste intensely of chocolate, be easy to put together, spread smoothly over a tender cake without tearing it, and hold its shape when piped through a pastry bag. This frosting has all of those characteristics. We made it with both natural and Dutch-process cocoa, an...
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$3.10
PER SERVING
Super-Simple Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients
8 INGREDIENTS
4 SERVINGS
Unsweetened Cocoa Dutch-process Or Natural
3 3/4 cups unsweetened cocoa dutch-process or natural
Salt
1/8 tsp salt
Vanilla Extract
2 tsp vanilla extract
Unsalted Butter
16 tbsp unsalted butter
softened
Confectioners Sugar
1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
Confectioners Sugar
2 cups confectioners sugar
sifted
Espresso Powder
1 tsp espresso powder
optional for enhanced chocolate flavor
Heavy Cream
1 cup heavy cream
at room temperature
Directions
5 STEPS
25 min
PREP TIME
15 min
COOK TIME
40 min
TOTAL TIME
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Health Info
Macros
211g
CARBS
82g
FAT
15g
PROTEIN
Allowed on these diets
GLUTEN FREE
LACTOSE FREE
VEGETARIAN
Contains these allergens
MILK
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