Easy Chocolate Buttercream

Name: Easy Chocolate Buttercream
Yield: Makes 1 1/2 cups, enough for 12 cupcakes
Ingredients: 1 cup (4 ounces/113 grams), confectioners' sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, vanilla extract; Pinch, table salt; 4 ounces (113 grams), semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled; 10 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened

Desserts or Baked Goods
Cakes
Cook's Extras

Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2007

This easy buttercream frosting can be paired with a variety of desserts.

SERVES Makes 1 1/2 cups, enough for 12 cupcakes

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