🍰BASICS OF COOKING II: THE BEST CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM <EVER!> 🍰
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Happy Humpday! Last week I started my Basics of Cooking series with my Perfect Mashed Potatoes recipe, and this week I will be sharing my favourite chocolate buttercream recipe. While not an absolute basic, a good buttercream is an essential if you like to bake.
I'll share my chocolate cake hack with you - and you may certainly judge me! Sometimes when I am pressed for time or feeling lazy, I will use a large pre-made chocolate muffin mix, instead of a cake recipe. I find the muffin mixes to be super moist and quite dense, but not in a bad way. Coupled with with this chocolately coffee flavoured buttercream, it's a winner!
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 cup of butter, softened
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- 4 cups icing sugar
- 1 T black coffee
- 1 T milk
- 2 t vanilla essence
METHOD:
Sift the icing sugar and cocoa powder. Add the softened butter, vanilla essence and black coffee. Mix at a low speed, slowly adding the milk to obtain the consistency you like.
That's it! Super SIMPLE, and super effective. The coffee adds a dark dimension to the velvety chocolate flavour.
I crushed some almonds to decorate the cake, and the marzipan flavour from the almonds melding in with the chocolate and coffee was heavenly. MMMhhhmmmm!
I have a friend with a bday coming up i think ill make this for them... maybe add a little canna-butter. ;)
thanks for the idea!!
lololol... careful, it's so delicious you will probably way over eat it.
Ok. I'm coming to South Africa. Tell Mork to start making pizza! :D
the dough is always rising. the oven is always on!
ah , so is this the delicious cake for friends b-day :) ?
yes! for my poor old colleague, Jimmy. He turned 65!!
Wow. It looks just terrific. Chocolate and Coffee? I'm in!
Thanks for a really basic recipe that sounds wonderful.
it is super simple. Now to make a healthy vegan version!
Hy @princessmewmew , color of chocolate buttercream is very beautiful.
After saying your chocolate buttercream water comes in my mouth, i hope its taste is very good.
Thanks @princessmewmew for recipe and complete procedure of chocolate buttercream
thank you love! It is way too tasty, I couldn't stop sampling hahah
Thanks @princessmewmew for this great feedback.
Hello ma'am @princessmewmew. Wow! This is sooooo enticing. Honestly, I love chocolates, or anything with chocolates. Haha. Your chocolate cakelooks very delicious. Wow, now I am sooo hungry and craving for your cakes. LOL. :)
of course you may. I also really love chocolate xx
Oh thank you mam @princessmewmew. #more chocolate cakes hahaha. See you mam and enjoy your day.
It looks exactly like a cake that I eat every weekend, a lot of chocolate, I love chocolate.
wow! i love chocolate too, but I don't eat cake every weekend
hahaha omg You are missing out!
IT IS THE BEST CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM
haha. it is indeed. glad you are so excited!
i just love eating... :)
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