Sensational Chocolate Buttercream Frosting Recipe Martha Stewart

ULTIMATE CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Steps:

• In a small bowl, sift together the confectioners' sugar and cocoa powder. Add butter, milk, and vanilla; stir until smooth and free of lumps.

SENSATIONAL CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING RECIPE MARTHA STEWART

Steps:

• Step One: Melt Chocolate
• Melt the chocolate by placing it in the microwave at medium power, microwaving in thirty-second intervals until the chocolate is melted. Set aside melted chocolate to allow it to cool.
• Step Two: Beat the Butter, Sugar, Vanilla, and Salt
• In a large bowl, combine the butter, sugar, vanilla and salt. With the paddle mixer, beat the ingredients on low speed, increasing to high for two minutes. Scrap the bowl occasionally to make sure the ingredients are getting fully mixed.
• Step Three: Add in Melted Chocolate
• Stir in the melted chocolate until it is thoroughly mixed. The frosting should be a fluffy consistency.
• This buttercream turns out a light chocolate color. It goes great with chocolate, white or marble cakes. It is also amazing when added to brownies and cookies.

DARK CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Steps:

• Combine cocoa and the boiling water, stirring until cocoa has dissolved. With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter, confectioners' sugar, and salt until pale and fluffy. Reduce speed to low. Add melted and cooled chocolate, beating until combined and scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Beat in the cocoa mixture. If not using immediately, frosting can be refrigerated up to 5 days, or frozen up to 1 month, in an airtight container. Before using, bring to room temperature, and beat on low speed until smooth again.

MRS. MILMAN'S CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Steps:

• Put chocolate and cream into a medium saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat; stirring constantly with a heatproof rubber spatula, until thick, 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in corn syrup.
• Transfer to a large, wide metal bowl. Refrigerate until frosting is cool enough to spread, about 2 hours, checking and stirring every 15 minutes. Use immediately.

BASIC BUTTERCREAM

Steps:

• Beat butter and 3 cups sugar with a mixer on medium speed until combined. Reduce speed to medium-low, and continue to beat, gradually adding remaining 6 cups sugar, 1 cup at a time. Raise speed to medium-high; add vanilla. Beat until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes more.

CHOCOLATE SWISS MERINGUE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Whisk together sugar and egg whites in a heatproof mixing bowl. Place over a pot of simmering water; whisk constantly until sugar is completely dissolved, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat. With an electric mixer, whisk on high speed until cool (test by touching bottom of bowl), 7 to 10 minutes.
• Change to the paddle attachment. With mixer on medium-high speed, add butter, 2 tablespoons at a time, until combined. Beat in chocolate.

BILLY'S CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter until smooth and creamy, 2 to 3 minutes. With mixer on low speed, add chocolate until just combined. Add milk, vanilla, and sugar; mix on medium until well combined, being careful not to overmix.

MILK CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Steps:

• Melt chocolate in a bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water. Let cool slightly. Beat together butter, sugar, and salt with a mixer until pale and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Gradually beat in chocolate, then sour cream, and beat until thoroughly incorporated. Frosting should be spreadable. If too loose, refrigerate, stirring occasionally, until thickened. Use immediately, or transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate up to 3 days. Before using, bring to room temperature, and beat until smooth.