American•indulgent
Mocha Frosting
A deliciously decadent buttercream with big notes of chocolate and coffee.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- No separate cook time
- Yield
- 18 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 cups butter (unsalted 454g)
- 2 lb confectioners sugar (907g)
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp espresso powder
- 1 tbsp vanilla (15mL)
- 3 tbsp heavy cream (45mL)
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
- 1
For the Mocha Buttercream:
- 2
Sift the confectioners’ sugar, salt, cocoa and espresso powder into a bowl.
- 3
Whip the butter for about 5 minutes using a paddle attachment (in a standing mixer).
- 4
Beat in the sugar mixture slowly.
- 5
Add vanilla and drizzle in the cream while beating until desired consistency is reached. If the you want the buttercream to have a stronger espresso taste, add as much as you would like!