I think that chocolate frosting is just as important to making a delicious cake as the cake recipe itself. This Homemade Chocolate Frosting recipe is luscious!
Homemade Chocolate Frosting Recipe
The chocolate frosting flavor is beyond excellent. The texture is smooth and soft. The best part though? The recipe is extremely easy to make! It only took me about 10 minutes to whip this incredible chocolate frosting together.
Rich chocolate frosting (Homemade!)
The chocolate frosting literally glides across the surface of the cake. The recipe is designed to make two cups of frosting which was just enough to frost a 13×9 inch cake. You can half the recipe if you are making a 9-inch cake. If you decide to make a layer cake, I would recommend to either make one and a half batches or to double the recipe. You want enough chocolate frosting to frost the inside layer, the sides, and the top.
There is one secret ingredient to the recipe. Okay, it is not secret at all, but the secretive part is it is what makes the flavor richer than any other chocolate frosting you have had in the past! To add the special touch to this recipe, you want to make sure to find really good sweetened cocoa when making the chocolate frosting. You want the chocolate flavor to be rich and amazing. Homemade Chocolate Frosting has the richest chocolate flavor!
You are going to love how simple this chocolate frosting is to make. Why buy prepackaged when you can make homemade? You will be the hit of any party and will be able to surprise people when you are able to tell them that the chocolate frosting was made from scratch. Make sure you pin below for later so you can share it with anyone who asks how your chocolate frosting was so delicious. Enjoy!
How can you say no to such delicious looking chocolate frosting?!
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If you looking for more delicious homemade chocolate recipes from Bunny’s Warm Oven try one of these !
Chocolate Bottom Banana Cake...Oatmeal Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Bars…Homemade Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting…Orange Milk Chocolate Cupcakes...Almond Joy Chocolate Torte
Homemade Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup butter
- 2/3 cup cocoa
- 2 - 2/3 cups powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a small sauce pan over low heat. Add the cocoa, stir until the mixture is smooth and thick. Remove the pan from the heat and place the cocoa mixture into a medium size bowl. Let it cool slightly.
- Add the milk and vanilla alternately with the powdered sugar to the bowl and beat with an electric mixer or whisk until you have the spreading consistency you desire.
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Ana
First time I’ve ever made homemade icing and it’s the best icing I have ever tasted! How can it be this easy? I will NEVER buy icing at the store again. I used softened salted butter, cocoa powder and it came out fluffy and beautiful. Kind of hard to not eat it straight from the bowl LOL. Thank you for posting this recipe!
Mary Bostow
Ana, I am so glad you enjoyed the homemade chocolate frosting recipe! It is hard to turn back to regular frosting after LOL!
Louise
Delicious ! Best recipe I’ve used so far.
Mary Bostow
I am so glad that you enjoyed the chocolate frosting! Hard to go back once you can make it homemade!
Sara
Hi I would like to try this for father’s day. Never made homemade frosting before, so please forgive my ignorance. Do I need to use unsweetened cocoa powder or more like a sweet ground chocolate? It says to use a sweetened cocoa powder but I wanted to check! Thanks!
Mary Bostow
sweetened 🙂
Dara
Hi Bunny , do you have a yellow layer cake recipe? Thank you!
Mary Bostow
Dara all I have in a yellow cake recipe is a single nine inch cake. I’m sorry! Here’s the 9 inch yellow cake recipe if you want to try and double the recipe. I’ve never doubled it though.https://bunnyswarmoven.net/yellow-sour-cream-cake-with-fudge-frosting/
Dominique
So I made this today with Ghirardelli’s sweet cocoa powder and it came out gritty, I’m guessing because of the sugar granules in the cocoa powder. Can you help me figure out what I did wrong?
Mary Bostow
Dominique I used unsweetened cocoa powder, the Hershey brand. It’s for baking. I’m going to guess the sugar in the cocoa powder is what made it gritty. Use the unsweetened cocoa powder if you try it again.