Chocolate Buttercream

This buttercream is so good and so easy to make.The Ovaltine adds a yummy, rich chocolaty taste to the already yummy vanilla buttercream.

Chocolate Buttercream

Makes 2 1/2 cups

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter, room temp

3-4 cups powdered sugar, sifted

1/4 tsp table salt

1 Tbsp vanilla extract

2-4 Tbsp heavy cream
1/3 cup Ovaltine

Preparation

Beat the butter for a few minutes using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment on medium speed.

Turn your mixer on the lowest speed and add 3 cups of the sifted powdered sugar, mixing until the sugar is fully combined with the butter.

 

Increase the mixer speed to medium and add vanilla, salt, and 2 Tbsp of cream and beat for 3 minutes. If your frosting needs a more stiff consistency, add remaining powdered sugar. If your frosting needs to be thinned out, add remaining cream, 1 Tbsp at a time.

Add Ovaltine to the buttercream. You can sift the Ovaltine, but I like the little speckles of chocolate running through the buttercream.

I used the Wilton round #1A tip to frost these cupcakes.

Notes

-I usually double the recipe, I always end up needing more than I think.