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Chocolate Buttercream Frosting Recipe

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

2007, Ina Garten, All Rights Reserved

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  • on December 18, 2010

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    I don't like chocolate but this recipe sounds amazing. Any ideas on how to make it a vanilla frosting instead?

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  • on November 20, 2010

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    this is the best frosting I've ever made! It's so good and doesn't feel too rich. It melts in my mouth! (with 1.5# of butter,well... ;P Recipe is too much for just one cake but I just made several cakes! 8 It goes well with Beatty's chocolate cake from Ina's recipe,also! I love Ina and her wonderful hubby,Jeffrey! 8Thanks so much again!

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  • on November 16, 2010

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    It was good but it made so much for a 2 layer cake, so if you make it, make it for a larger cake.

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  • on October 30, 2010

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    I used this for a large 3-layer cake, and it was the perfect amount; had some frosting left over. I think the recipe is perfect. I almost didn't add the espresso because I didn't want a mocha flavor. Glad I followed the recipe, its perfect as-is, just tastes like a rich chocolate frosting. And yes, it does melt in your mouth. How could it not with a pound and a half of butter in it? =

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  • on October 09, 2010

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    This recipe makes A LOT of frosting - if you're baking a regular size cake I would say make 1/3rd of the recipe...I used the coffee that the recipe called for, but the coffee taste overpowered the frosting and I think I'll leave it out next time - other than that, this frosting was very light and fluffy and I recommend it.

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  • on September 13, 2010

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    I LOVE chocolate, and this frosting is VERY chocolately. I followed the recipe exactly, but next time, I think I may use milk choc instead. Very creamy, and yes it does melt in your mouth! LOVED it!

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  • on August 21, 2010

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    I made this frosting thinking it was going to be hard. It was actually very easy and it was very "light" considering there was 1 1/2 pounds of butter in it! I actually don't like frosting and I think I may have been converted into a frosting liker.

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  • on August 01, 2010

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    I have never made a butter cream frosting before, and although I felt like this recipe was a little more advance for someone like me (an amateur, for sure I still successfully made this frosting and it was DELICIOUS!

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  • on July 23, 2010

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    I just made this icing to ice a chocolate cake I made for my step-daughter's graduation party. It did make alot of icing. I made a 2-layer round cake and I had enough icing to ice another cake. This was the BEST chocolate icing I have ever had, and not too hard to make. I made a vanilla icing that was similar to this and I had to use a thermometer and cook the sugar and water for a long time. My kids loved the icing so much that they were eating it out of the bowl with a spoon. This will be my icing from now on.

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  • on July 10, 2010

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    This is an excellent frosting and easier than Julia Childs buttercream frosting recipe. It has and excellent chocolate flavor. The texture isn't as smooth as a cooked buttercream but still way better than store bought and worth the effort. I have been experimenting with buttercream frosting recipes and this recipe is one that I will recommend and make again.

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