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Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

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By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Dec 14, 2021
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Make homemade frosting with just a few ingredients and in just a few minutes.

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

  • Prep Time 15 min
  • Total 15 min
  • Servings 12
  • Ingredients 5
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Ingredients

  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 3 oz unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons milk

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    In medium bowl, beat powdered sugar and butter with spoon or electric mixer on low speed until blended. Stir in vanilla and chocolate.
  • Step 
    2
    Gradually beat in just enough milk to make frosting smooth and spreadable. If frosting is too thick, beat in more milk, a few drops at a time. If frosting becomes too thin, beat in a small amount of powdered sugar. Frosts 13x9-inch cake generously, or fills and frosts an 8- or 9-inch two-layer cake.

Nutrition

210 Calories
9g Total Fat
0g Protein
32g Total Carbohydrate
29g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: About 2 1/2 Tablespoons
Calories
210
Calories from Fat
80
Total Fat
9g
14%
Saturated Fat
5g
25%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
15mg
5%
Sodium
35mg
2%
Potassium
70mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
32g
11%
Dietary Fiber
1g
4%
Sugars
29g
Protein
0g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
4%
4%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
2%
2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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