Chocolate Icing Recipe

Chocolate Icing Recipe

from laurenslatest.com
10 min

My EASY Chocolate Frosting is the BEST frosting for cakes, especially birthday cupcakes!! It's simple to whip up and oh so creamy!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter (softened, both salted or unsalted work fine)
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder (sifted)
  • 5 cups powdered sugar (sifted)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3-4 tbsp milk

Directions

  1. 1

    Whip butter and cocoa together until smooth in large bowl. Stir in vanilla extract and powdered sugar.

  2. 2

    Slowly stream in milk until frosting reaches desired consistency. Scrape sides and whip again until light, fluffy and smooth, 1-2 minutes.

  3. 3

    Frost your cake or cupcakes*!