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Easy Chocolate Frosting

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Chocolate frosting swirled onto chocolate cupcakes.
Photo by Travis Rainey, Food Styling by Micah Marie Morton

This easy chocolate frosting is so much simpler to make than the types that mess with meringue. Melted unsweetened chocolate contributes a bold, deep chocolate flavor, taming the sweetness of the powdered sugar. (A touch of salt helps too.) This crowd-pleasing frosting, which whips up quickly in a stand mixer, is very fluffy and swooshable—ready for a birthday cake or your next batch of chocolate cupcakes.

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What you’ll need

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    5 minutes

  • Yield

    Makes enough frosting for 12 cupcakes or one single-layer cake

Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
6 oz. unsweetened chocolate, melted, slightly cooled
2 cups (220 g) powdered sugar
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt

Preparation

  1. Beat 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium speed until smooth and fluffy, about 1 minute. Add 6 oz. unsweetened chocolate, melted, slightly cooled, 2 cups (220 g) powdered sugar, 2 tsp. vanilla extract, and 1 tsp. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt and beat until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.

TagsBakingFrostingDessertChocolateEasyStand MixerNut FreeSoy Free
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