Chocolate Buttercream Icing
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Photo, Erik Putz.
No cake is complete without the requisite icing. We like chocolate buttercream icing to finish off our treats. It's a classic for a reason, after all.
Ingredients
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
3 cups icing sugar
1/2 cup cocoa powder, sifted
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup 35% cream
Instructions
BEAT butter in a bowl, using an electric mixer on medium, until smooth, 1 to 2 min. Gradually beat in icing sugar and cocoa on low, scraping bottom and sides of bowl until just combined. Add vanilla and salt and beat on medium-high until very light and fluffy, 3 to 4 min. Add cream and beat 1 min.
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