This chocolate frosting recipe is easy to make for creamy homemade chocolate frosting every time! Using melted butter helps to bloom the cocoa powder, creating a more flavorful chocolate frosting.
Ingredients
- cocoa powder: 0.66667 cup
- salted butter: 0.5 cup (melted)
- confectioners' sugar: 3 cups
- to 7 tablespoons milk: 5 piece
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp
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Stages of cooking
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Gather all ingredients. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Whisk cocoa powder and warm melted butter together in a large bowl; let sit for 2 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Add confectioners sugar, 5 tablespoons milk, and vanilla extract. Beat with an electric mixer until well blended, smooth, and creamy, about 2 minutes, adding more milk as needed to get to desired consistency. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
