I am looking for a CREAMY chocolate buttercream recipe. I have been using the Wilton recipe, and I love the taste of it. However, it has given me problems several times over the last few weeks. It keeps "seizing" up or hardening before I can get my cakes decorated. I have tried adding more liquid and adding corn syrup as directed in the origianl recipe...all with less than satisfactory results. I have been using melted chocolate squares, maybe I should try cocoa powder instead?
If anyone has a Creamy Chocolate Frosting recipe that can be used to frost the cake as well as pipe decorations, I would love to give it a try.
Any and ALL suggestions welcome!
Thanks,
glenda
I just made Chocolate icing for the first time yesterday. I used the
Chocolate Frosting III from this site. It was creamy and you could decorate with it also. I had to put it in the fridge since there is milk and I was not using it til the next day so it got a little hard, but if you served it right away I bet it would be really good. Tastes like the icing you get on brownies! YUM!
I used the Wilton recipe this weekend and added 2 oz of unsweetened melted squares to it. I still added the meringue powder and used 1 cup of real butter instead of shortening. It was pretty yummy!
This is the one I use. It crusted well and was thick enough to pipe a shell border for me. You can probably add more sugar if it is too thin for what you want to do with it. If you want a less dark icing try half Hershey's Special Dark Dutch Processed cocoa & half regular cocoa. I haven't tried all regular cocoa yet but if you want more of a milk chocolate color, I think this will work great. I used to use Wilton's recipe before I found this one and I like it a lot better.
Hershey's "Especially Dark" Chocolate Frosting
1/2 c (1 stick) butter or margarine
2/3 c Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa
3 c powdered sugar
1/3 c milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla. Makes about 2 cups.
Hope that helps!
This is the one I use. It crusted well and was thick enough to pipe a shell border for me. You can probably add more sugar if it is too thin for what you want to do with it. If you want a less dark icing try half Hershey's Special Dark Dutch Processed cocoa & half regular cocoa. I haven't tried all regular cocoa yet but if you want more of a milk chocolate color, I think this will work great. I used to use Wilton's recipe before I found this one and I like it a lot better.
Hershey's "Especially Dark" Chocolate Frosting
1/2 c (1 stick) butter or margarine
2/3 c Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa
3 c powdered sugar
1/3 c milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla. Makes about 2 cups.
Hope that helps!
This is the recipe I use all the time, but I use 1/3 cocoa and it's delish. It's so creamy and easy to decorate with.
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