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
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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 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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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.
Recipe Video
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The consistency of this looks perfect! I think I’m going to try it for a cake later this month =)
You are such a sweetheart Melissa. I want to see your beautiful little Julia’s face with chocolate frosting on it!!
This frosting is amazing! Thank you for sharing!💜
Your welcome Melanie, thank you for taking the time to come back and comment!
HI I’m going to try your recipe but I’m not sure how much this makes. Can this generously frost a two layered 9 inch cake and piping around the edges?
Hi Sophia, this frosted a 13×9 inch cake for me without any problem at all. I can only guess because I didn’t use it to frost 2 layers that it would be enough. But just to be on the safe side because of the piping and frosting for the middle of the cake I would make a full batch and then 1/2 batch as well.
yes, it will. In fact, I’m doing my second2 layered cake today with it for a birthday.thank you so much for the recipe bunny have a blessed some
Wonderful Courtney!
yes, it will. In fact, I’m doing my second2 layered cake today with it for a birthday.thank you so much for the recipe bunny have a blessed summer
Thank you Courtney, you have a blessed summer too!
Did you get to make the frosting Sophia? How did it turn out? Was it as delicious?
OMG this is the most amazing frosting I’ve ever made. I just put it on a chocolate cake for my twins’ 14th birthday, and we all looked at each other, like, “Wow, this is REALLY good frosting!”. I normally am the person who scrapes all but a little frosting from my cake – not this time!!! I’ve tried many recipes that claimed to be the BEST frosting, but this is the first one that really is!!! 😊 Thanks so much for posting. I don’t need to try any other recipes ever again!
Thank you Liz and glad to hear you liked it!
I tried it and it was amazing!
Only problem is I halvEd the recipe and ended up eating most of it so i didn’t have quite enough to frost all my 12 muffins :p oops!
thanks for the recipe 🙂
LOL!! I can never keep from “taste testing” it either Nicole! So happy you enjoyed it!
What cocoa powder do I use
HI Bloom, I have always used Hersheys cocoa but that’s just my personal preference, you can use any baking cocoa you want to.
This made me giggle because I read it as I stood here doing the same thing 😂🤤
This turned out perfect! thank you so much for the easy and yummy recipe!
Your welcome Mona!
Bunny do use 2 sticks of butter just want to be sure
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No Star not 2 sticks. Just 1/3 cup of butter. So it would be 5 Tablespoons plus 1 Teaspoon butter for the frosting if you don’t have a 1/3 cup measuring cup.
Just made a double batch of this for a layer cake and added a tsp of espresso powder. This is the best tasting frosting I have ever made!!! It is not too sweet and a great consistency.
The chocolate/butter mixture did not blend smoothly with the rest of the ingredients. My frosting has a bunch of tiny little balls of chocolate/butter all throughout it. Any ideas to fix it?
Sift your powdered sugar maybe?
Hey so you have to melt the butter completely than mix in the cocoa powder let it cool than sift the sugar in a third at a tome adding the milk inbetween but not all at once and it should be perfect
Jenie don’t forget the vanilla. And if it’s thicker than you want, keep adding milk A LITTLE AT A TIME until it reaches the consistency you want. Let me know what happens!
Spoke too soon! I blended it a lot more, and added more of pretty much everything except butter–even added a very small amount of almond flavoring. Ended up with a ton of frosting, but it tastes good. And it’s nice and smooth now.
Thanks!
if I refrigerated it would it get too hard?
I’ve never refrigerated it Maggie. It is made with butter so it stands to reason that it may firm up some when the butter gets cold.
Ok😉☺
Quote: “You can half the recipe if your making a 9 inch cake. Comment: You have used the possesive “your”, not the contraction “you’re”. Don’t forget, the contraction is a combination of you and are, and requires an apostrophe to connect the two. The possesive form means belonging to such as your dress, your school book, your grandmother.
Thank you Linda, sometimes I forget. I’m putting myself on time out! ( I fixed it)
Thank you, Bunny. Hope you are having a great day.
Holy moly, that was an obnoxious comment. Send a private message, not a public lecture. Probably made you feel temporarily good about yourself, though.
I agree!!! That’s why we have Facebook. Thank you, Bunny, for sharing your wonderful recipes with us.
You know I erased a few versions to reply about the English lesson. I think it was in poor taste of you to do. I don’t appreciate people standing on a soap box, publicly correcting someone. Thank you Bunny for putting yourself out there and giving us such great recipies! Please do not correct me if I made some setting fopa!
THANK YOU Asa!!
Really? Can you not just read over and know what she is trying to say? Get the recipe and move on.
Wow🤔🤫
It’s a fantastic recipe Crys! You’ll love it!
You must be so proud of yourself. Get a life.
Bunny, I just made this recipe and it’s the best chocolate frosting recipe I’ve ever made. Thank you for sharing and please ignore the obnoxious grammar teacher disguised as a baker.
Thank you Cindy!! I’m so happy you made the frosting and loved it, it always makes me sooooo happy when someone loves a recipe as much as I do. Thank you Cindy for coming back to tell me you made it.
And Linda, you forgot to close the quotation. Geeez..
Grammar police? Sheesh
I made this for my son’s birthday cake and it was delicious! A little on the sweet side but good. I had to add a little more milk than suggested because I thought it was a little dry. Would heavy cream or half and half be a good substitute? This recipe is definitely a keeper!
You could try half and half Maureen, I’ve never used it so if you do let me know how it turns out! So happy you made it and loved it, thank you for coming back to tell me.
Is it 2 2/3 powdered sugar or 2-3?
Thanks
Hi Stefannie , it’s 2 cups plus 2/3 cups. Let me know how the recipe goes for you, I’d love to hear about it.
Hi I am going to try this over top of my sons bday cake. Is it best left out of fridge until eaten (24hrs)? or because it has milk do I need to keep in fridge please? thanks in advance
Hi Melissa, you can leave it out and it’ll be just fine. Let me know what you think and HAPPY
BIRTHDAY to your son!
Hi Bunny,
I’ve never written a review on a food blog before, but this frosting was sooooo good I felt compelled to say THANK YOU! It was a big hit at my daughter’s 4th birthday party – and my first time ever successfully making good frosting. And it was so easy! I’ve bookmarked the page, so I can always come back to the blog.
All the best,
Cynthia
I’m so happy it turned out well for such a great occasion Cynthia. Happy birthday to your daughter. Thank you for coming back to tell me!
Hi,
Even after mixing it, I still get a granular taste. I can feel the sugar in my mouth. I mixed it for a long time. Any ideas why this is happening, and how to fix it?
I don’t know where the granular feel would come from, it’s not made with granular sugar. It’s made with powdered sugar.
Powdered sugar is also know as “icing sugar” in many places (like Canada, where I live) Make sure you are using icing sugar and not table sugar.
Sorry, I meant to say “also known as” I can’t figure out how to edit my previous comment.
Glad we have an English teacher in the house!!! Condescending doesn’t come close!!! This frosting is lovely. Thank you for the recipe.
You’re welcome Lucy, thank you coming to visit!
Bunny, I am going to use this chocolate icing on a grooms cake this weekend, do you have a vanilla icing I can use for a wedding cake? Also , to the comment about the lady that felt that the icing was a little sweet, my sister will put a little cream cheese in her icings to take out some of the sweetness. I’ve tried it and it does work. Hope this is helpful to everyone.
Jan I had another commenter use this recipe and had good results when she used it on the cake she made….http://www.bostongirlbakes.com/2017/09/07/the-best-buttercream-frosting/
I just tried this recipe for icing for Mississippi Mud Brownies. I love the creamy texture, but it’s just way too chocolately for me…. almost like a dark chocolate and I’m more of a milk chocolate lover!
If I try this again, I’m going to cut way down on the cocoa…..
(Not complaining! Just wanted to let you know I tried your recipe!)
Thank you!
I used this frosting on a box cake mix and my family loved it. Great consistency and flavor. Thanks for the yummy recipe.
Your welcome Michelle, thank you for coming back to tell me you made it!
Cookies are not my strong point but I will give it a try.
It is a keeper! My family does not care for buttercream frosting so I have struggled for years to find a frosting that would appeal to all. This is the one! It is creamy, glossy, but doesn’t slide off the cake. The consistency and flavor are perfect. Thank you for this recipe.
Wonderful cperr! So happy you tried it and loved it, thank you for coming back to tell me, you made my day!
How many cupcakes will this specific recipe frost? I like to do a nice tall swirl when frosting cupcakes and want make sure I’ll have enough.
NinaMarie it frosts a 13×9 inch cake, which would probably be 24 cupcakes. But if you want to get elaborate I’d at least make a batch and a half.
THANKS A LOT..This recipe is perfect for chocolate frosting..
Your welcome Dhrushi!
I added a little melted brown sugar and some more icing sugar on top of that. The cocoa powder sold here in Norway seems to be much more intense than in other countries. I haven’t frosted the cake yet, but my four year old daughter and I cannot wait to dig in! Thank you for this great recipe 🙂
Your welcome Amy and thank you for coming back to tell me you made it. I hope you and your daughter love it!
Was the cocoa powder you used sweetened or non-sweetened?
Unsweetened Serena.
COULD MAKE A ROSES ON THE CAKE WITH THIS FROSTING?
No CECI, it’s a very smooth and soft frosting it wouldn’t make a rose.
I made this icing for my nephew’s birthday cake. I made too much. Can you freeze it? If not, how long will it hold in the refrigerator?
I tasted tested, as did my son, and I can’t wait for my family to try a piece of cake.
I’ve never had any leftover! It would keep in the fridge for a day or two, but then I’d stir it around really good before you used it again.
I made a double recipe for a larger cake, kept the leftovers in a ziplock (no air) in the fridge and I may have eaten the leftovers for the next 2 weeks with a spoon…it was just as tasty, but more fudge-like directly from the fridge.
My Mom made a great chocolate frosting when I was a kid that was like this but put together differently. She sifted the powdered sugar and cocoa together, added the melted butter and added enough milk to make it spreading consistency.
I haven’t tried your recipe, but since it’s so similar, I’m sure it will be good, too!
Jenny I hope it does taste like your mom’s that would be awesome. If you try it let me know what you think!
So delicious! This will be my new go-to chocolate frosting recipe. My husband deemed it the best chocolate frosting ever! Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you Mindy, it makes my heart happy to know you loved it!
Wonderful Margo!! It really hits the chocolate craving doesn’t it!
How many cups does this yield? I’m covering a 10″ and a 6″; should I make a double batch?
I would Steph, just to make sure you have enough.
I just made this today and it turned out really good. I used unsalted butter since it didn’t specify. I will be saving this recipe.
Fantastic Jessica! So happy you tried it and loved it, thank you for coming back to tell me.
My husband was craving cake and I did not have frosting. That led me to a quick search, and since I had all the ingredients, I tried. It is delicious!! Even better than using as cake icing, though, is using as a dip for my strawberries!!! My hubby is lucky I left him enough to frost the cake!!
Nice Kim!! I’m so happy you loved it. I never thought of it as a dip! Now that’s a great idea, thank you!!
I made dark chocolate mini cupcakes with dark chocolate icings last night. I used Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa. They were excellent and gobbled up quickly.
That’s my kinda cupcake Nata, chocolate on CHOCOLATE! I sitting here thinking about how good they sound. Thank you for coming back to tell me you made the frosting, I love that!
I just made this delicious chocolate frosting! Easy recipe, but tastes like I worked on it all day! Lol. Thanks for sharing! This will be my go to recipe!
Isn’t it amazing Lori!! So very good and easy. Thank you for coming back to tell me, you made my day!
I made this recipe the other day and hands down this was thee most easiet recipe ever! My family is and I loved it! Would definitely make this again, again and again. Thanks for sharing!
You are so welcome Jay! I’m so happy you made it and loved it!!Thank you for coming back to tell me you made it.
I made the frosting. Had read the comments first (always do) and added almond flavoring instead of vanilla. The only vanilla I have on hand is Mexican, and has a touch of cinnamon in it. Didnt think that would work very well. The almond was perfect, and the frosting is delicious! Thank you! Also, you are so nice to the ‘English/grammar teacher’. Kudos, as I would have had to put her in her place!! Thanks for the recipe!!
BTW… Tripled for use on 4 doz cupcakes. Almost the perfect amount!!
I love reading the comments on recipes to Dawn. It’s always so helpful when making a recipe you’ve never made before. And it’s why I love people commenting on the recipes I post, it’s such a big help to people that would want to try it. I’m so happy you loved it and the almond flavor with the chocolate sounds AMAZING!
This looks so yummy! Can I use it on a fondant cake?
Hi Ana, Are you using it to decorate the fondant?
Has anyone made this frosting the day before , put it in the refrigerator for use the next day? Recommend this or not?
Jen I’ve never done that but if you do, I’d let it come to room temperature then either whisk it good or use a mixer to mix it good.
This is honestly the best icing recipe I’ve ever tried it tastes exactly like the Betty Crocker one
Thank you Kaitlin!
hi and have a good day
I want to know the materials is how many grams ?
and which kind of cups that you used for this frosting?
Thanks
Hi Bita, I found this site online that will help you convert American cups into grams. Here’s the site. http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/531168/cups-to-grams-converter
I want to make cupcakes and frost them the night before I have to take them to my sons schools bake sale. Should I refrigerate the frosted cupcakes or will they be fine left out in room temperature for the next morning?
They’ll be fine on the counter till the morning Mamalee.
Thank you!🤗
Mine isn’t getting thick
Add more powdered sugar until it gets to the consistency you want Nicole.
Unsweetened or sweetened cocoa powder? I have both.
Unsweetened Jenn.
Delicious! My 5 year old nephew keeps sniffing his cake!
OMG Maria that is so cute! I can see him doing it! That’s precious! THank you for coming back and sharing!
I just can’t wait to try it:) Hope it goes well with the cake that my mum will make! I’ve actually never succeeded In making a good frosting before (only tried once before didn’t turn out quite well) I just hope this recipe is as easy to make as it looks… Just wondering can I substitute the coco powder with chocolate syrup or something plz lemme know
Thanks a lot. Will surely try your recipe.
Jaya no don’t sub the cocoa for syrup sweetie. Use the cocoa. Let me know how it goes for you!
Sure:) I will definitely try this out and your other recipes as well!
Can I frost my marble cake with this tonight and serve tomorrow?
Yes Miriam, you can frost it tonight and it’ll be just fine for tomorrow.
It was lovely! Although I need a bit of practice but the next time it’s gonna be even better! My family loved it, It tasted a bit like dark chocolate but it worked perfectly with my mom’s cake! Thank u so much for this incredible recipe… It made Diwali down here in India even more special! Thank you!
It was dark chocolate for me too. I didn’t really care much for it but it wasn’t BAD. just not what I wanted haha
I never usually post a comment after I make something but…. This recipe is delicious and my family loved it! The entire cake is gone and so is the leftover icing. On the other hand, I did burn the butter and cocoa mixture due to lack of experience. The second try was much better plus I added more milk. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Aubrey I so happy you gave it that second try and loved it! And thank you so much for taking the time to come back and comment. I really appreciate it!
This was the best frosting I’ve ever eaten!! To make vanilla would I just omit the cocoa? Thank you!
Kayla I’ve never taken the recipe and made it vanilla before. You could try it, I’d think that you’ll need to taste test as you go to get the right amount of vanilla in it. Maybe try the first batch has half the chocolate recipe omitting the chocolate and test it that way. Let me know how it goes!
I’m always looking for new frosting recipes, I’m working on a party that I’m catering this week and making some cupcakes as one of my desserts, I decided to try this one as I usually use a cream cheese frosting recipe that I like, but needed a chocolate version, this made a lot more than 2 cups which is fine because I’ll save it for another project . The taste is spot on but I think it was a little too loose to use on the cupcakes, I even added cream cheese and refrigerated. It will work and I did use it because it’s so yummy I couldn’t stop tasting it lol… but on a side note it would make a perfect cake frosting but a tiny bit too runny for cupcakes. Overall a great frosting recipe though 😉
Wow Jessica …catering. I don’t know if I could do what you do! I’m so happy you tried the frosting it really is so very good. Thank you for coming to visit!
Thank you so much, Bunny! So delicious! I’ve included this in my latest feature on thesportofbaking.com. You can see this post at – https://thesportofbaking.com/2017/11/29/november-28th-childhood-chocolate-cake/
There’s nothing I love more than having another lover of baking use a recipe and love it! Thank you so much for linking back, it’s appreciated. Keep on baking, learning and loving what you do! HUGS!
Mmmmm mmmmm good!
Rich and creamy and not too sweet.
Perfect on our cake and cupcakes.
This is a keeper-thank you for sharing!!
Fantastic Eileen! Thank you for taking the time to come back and tell me!
Hi. Should I use salted butter or unsalted butter for the frosting?
Hi Sy I always use salted, but I don’t think it really matters.
Just finished making this! So easy and fast to make and taste very great! Thanks for a great recipe!
Wonderful Sarah! It’s a fantastic recipe, so happy you made it and loved it!
Not sure what I did wrong, but my butter/cocoa mixture didn’t mix together correctly (i.e. it wasn’t smooth, just a weird lump. My guess would be too much cocoa/not enough butter). It is 1/3 cup butter and 2/3 cup cocoa, right? I made it twice and ended up tossing it and using the Hersey’s recipe (it was thinner then I would have liked, but still good). Does it not come together until the end or am I doing something wrong? Super bummed I wasted all that cocoa lol
Hi Sarah, did you watch the video that goes with the recipe? It shouldn’t have been in a lump. Did use measure out a third cup of butter and melt it? I’m really at a loss to tell you what could have happened. I’ve had so many people make this and love it that I can only guess as to what happened.
I had the same problem but went ahead and made it, it turned out great. it was very smooth but it did take alot of mixing.
That turned out really good. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe!
Wonderful Sela, when someone makes a recipe and loves it it’s like giving me a Christmas present. Thank you so much for taking the time to come back and tell me you made it!
in the frosting can you subsitute hot chocolate powder for the cocoa
No Mel that wouldn’t work. You need the cocoa.
I needed chocolate frosting using ingredients I had on hand: no evap. milk, no whole milk, no cream cheese, not much butter. I found this recipe and I love it! It has really nice consistency and was so easily spreadable. It’s a bit heavy on the vanilla for my taste so next time will reduce the amount, and there will definitely be a next time. Thanks for sharing – it saved us from boring cake with just powdered sugar on top!
Fantastic Laura!! There’s nothing like homemade, and homemade with what you’ve got in your kitchen already is a winner! Thank you for taking the time to come back and tell me you made it, made my day!
I love to cook and bake, and I’m fairly confident in the kitchen, but for some reason I’ve always been frosting challenged. It never comes out right – too sweet, too lumpy, etc. This is the first time I’ve made a frosting that afterward I wasn’t disappointed! It was so easy and so delicious! I used it to frost the cake for my son’s 2nd birthday tonight, and everyone loved it! Thank you so much for this awesome recipe! It is my go to from here on out!!
Your welcome Kara! And Happy 2nd Birthday to your little man! Thank you for taking the time to come back and tell me you made it, Love that!
This looks really good. I am gonna make it ina day or two!!
Fantastic Anna, let me know what you think of the frosting!
Made this recipe over the weekend and used it on a yellow cake. It was delicious! So much better than store bought! Will definitely use again and again.
Wonderful Sandra, thank you for taking the time to come back and tell me!
I made this icing tonight when I realized I didn’t have any store bought in the pantry. I don’t think I will ever use store bought again! This was quick, easy, and deliciously smooth!
Wonderful Jamie!!
I made this recipe today and it was amazing! The best chocolate frosting I’ve had! I’ll definitely continue to use it from here on out. Thank you so much for sharing! 🙂
Your welcome Melanie! Thank you for taking the time to come back to tell me you made it, I appreciate it!
This was great! I mixed by hand since the babies were all (supposed to be) sleeping in our little house and my mixer is loud. It was a little lumpy until I sifted the powdered sugar. Problem solved! Tastes great, and my son is so excited to take them to preschool tomorrow. Hubby is excited to take the remainder to work.
Fantastic Megan! Wow you made 2 males in your family happy all at once, you deserve a medal! I’m so happy they were both excited about sharing the cupcakes. Thank you for taking the time to come back and tell me, I always love to hear!
Just made this today with my daughter to have frosting for our brownies! We found that the consistency wasn’t quite thick enough for what we were wanting. Decided to add more powdered sugar (so we used a total of 2 & 2/3 cups of powdered sugar) and it turned out perfectly! We’re definitely keeping this recipe for our “go to” frosting! Thank you!
Wonderful Nicole! Homemade is so easy to adapt to what you want to use it for! I’m so glad you loved it! Thank you for taking the time to come back comment about the recipe!
Yum! Great frosting! I made a boxed cake – chocolate fudge – for a little event today and wanted a quick and easy homemade frosting. I still had the Kitchen Aid mixer out so why not? I don’t like buying the pre-made tubs of frosting because of all the chemicals in them. This frosting was super fudge-y and chocolatey (I used Ghirardelli cocoa powder). There was no cake left over :o) Thanks!
Wonderful Tee! I can’t remember the last time I bought canned frosting, this one’s so good and easy to make I just never bother with it. Thank you Tee for coming back to tell me you made it, love it!
Hi can I replace the butter for Ghee butter in this recpe? Also can I substitute the milk for any other type of milk(like Soy Milk)?
Was planning on using this recipe for a cake this Friday for a Lactose Bday Boy. Any suggestion is greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
I’ve never made any substitutions in the recipe but I think you could get away with using another milk but I’m just not sure about the Ghee butter Lily. I’ve never used it.
Awesome recipe! It came out like chocolate silk! Spread across the cake beautifully and tasted divine! I increased the recipe by half and it was more than enough to frost a two layer cake. The fact that it was fast and easy was a bonus. I’ve always used canned frosting but found myself without any. I’m so glad i found your website! Not only was the chocolate frosting better than any I’ve used before but I’m excited to try some of the other recipes on here. Thank you Bunny!
Fantastic Mary! Homemade is so much better and this recipe really is quick and easy, I’m glad you tried it and loved it sweetie!
This looks AMAZING! Is it possible to sub the milk with almond milk? No big deal I just only have it in my fridge lol Can’t wait to make for my husbands birthday tomorrow with my twin 3 year old helper bakers! ❤️
Kayla, I’ve never used almond milk but if you do come back and let me know. I think it would be ok though.
YUM!! Thank you, I searched everywhere for a simple but amazing frosting, and this is it!! I used really good cocoa (Scharffen Berger unsweetened, 100% cacao) and less than 12oz of powdered sugar… it was perfect!! I’m going to use this recipe every time.
Wonderful Kate, it is just that isn’t it, simple an absolutely delicious! Thank you for taking the time to come back and tell me.
I made the frosting again. Hubby wanted another cake because he only got a small piece of the last one I made. Still delicious!
Tee your going to spoil him LOL! Happy he got a piece and the frosting was delicious the second time around. Thank you Tee for coming back to tell me!
I never comment in websites but the bible says give honor to whom it is due. Loved the recipe!!! Thanks a lot. God bless you😚❤
Thank you so much Julie. I can’t think of anything better than to be blessed and that’s what happens every time someone comes here and makes a recipe and loves it. Thank you so much, God Bless YOU!
I didn’t have my electric mixer so I just wisked by hand and I can’t get rh consistency right. I’d love to know where I went wrong. It just hasn’t thickend up like I imagined it would.
It really is best to use the mixer for this recipe, it smooths the frosting wonderfully. Did you add the amount of milk in the recipe? I normally have to add just a tad more but not much. If it’s loose, add a tad more powdered sugar, if it’s too thick, add a tab more milk. Does it have lumps in it? I wish I could see it so I could help you more
I wish it would let me add an image. It’s really smooth not any lumps and I tried gradually adding the powdered sugar as to not make it lumpy and try to keep the consistency right but it still would up a bit on the runny side. Seemed he more powdered sugar I added the sweeter it got but really didn’t do much to make it thicker.
I’ve never made homemade frosting and found your recipe. It came out perfectly! Now, the cake was overcooked but the frosting was a big hit :). Thank you!!
Hi Liz, you can’t go wrong with this one! Thank you for coming back to tell me, I appreciate it!
My frosting was a liquid how should I fix this
Did you add the powdered sugar?
Same here 😔
Bunny – never commented on a recipe before, but this frosting was perfect! However, I am making my son’s 5th birthday cake this week and need some white frosting to color for grass and other things. Do you have a vanilla frosting recipe like this that I could use for grass and some minor decorations on a “race car” birthday cake? Thank you in advance! Amy
Amy I don’t have a white frosting recipe but I did look online for you and found this one. If you read the blog post you’ll see this woman use to make wedding cakes and this is the recipe she used and still uses. http://savorysweetlife.com/2010/03/buttercream-frosting/
Thanks so much! I tried this and it was a bit too sweet for what we wanted. Ended up using this instead and it wasn’t quite as sweet: http://www.bostongirlbakes.com/2017/09/07/the-best-buttercream-frosting/ It definitely needed to be freshly whipped before icing, but was very light and held shapes well!
Is powdered sugar the same as “icing sugar” in Australia?
Thanks
Yes Ria powdered sugar is icing sugar. It’s fluffy and white and used to make icing.
This was an AMAZING recipe it tastes sooo good!
Thank you so much Bliss!!
Does this only turn out right if you have an electric mixer? I just mixed mine by hand and it was way too thin and was horribly bitter. I did everything the instructions inquired me to do, besides use an electric mixer. Don’t bake enough to spend that much money on something I’ll only use once a year.
Rhianna yes it works best with an electric mixer or at the very least a whisk.
Hi, please I want to know what type of milk you used for this recipe. Thank you.
Whole milk Eva.
We made it with a very high quality unsweetened almond milk (Califia Farms) and it was fabulous.
This is a very good frosting. I’m always looking fr new things to try. I think if it is homemade it’s best.. And this frosting is Best. 🙂
Thank you Audrey!
Yum- I made a cake from ingredients I had in the house and then found your frosting recipe which also had ingredients I happen to have, so easy and tasty- thanks for helping a sweet tooth/sugar addict out! Only change was I used coconut almond milk since I don’t drink cows milk. Worked out great!
I love it Jennifet, the cake , the frosting all from ingredients you had at home. Can’t beat homemade sweetie. You did awesome!
Thank you for this wonderful recipe! I tried it when I had only put 1 cup of powdered sugar in it, and it was still so good, even without extra sugar! However, it was not the right consistency, so I added 1/2 a cup extra. I can’t wait to use it on the cake I have in the oven right now! Thank you!
lol just realized how many explanation points I put into the comment
Your welcome Diana! And …I think I use more !!!! than you do LOL!
My frosting came out a little runny what do I do ???
Stephanie, add a little more powdered sugar until you get it the consistency you want it.
This recipe was really easy to make but it was a little bitter. We added extra sugar buy it never got to that yummy chocolate-ness.
If I’m making a 3 layer 9” cake and and am putting a border top and bottom do I need to double recipe?
TJ I don’t know a whole lot about decorating cakes but I’d double it if I were you. It frosts a 13×9 in cake nicely with the frosting recipes as is. You have 3 layers either make a batch and a half or just double it.
My son and I made this last night for your basic golden cake w/chocolate icing. The taste was fabulous, great texture and a joy to work.! Tysvm this is now my go to!!!!!
THANK YOU Carol!! You just made my day!!
Thanks for sharing. I am a frosting adventurer. I love trying new frosting methods. I have done Swiss buttercream and Italian buttercream and French buttercream and German buttercream as well as the traditional American. It’s hard to say which one i prefer! They’re all good. I thought this was interesting since you used melted butter and then gave it body with the sugar rather than using soft butter. I must try this one.
Oh you really do love your frosting Rachel! Thank you for stopping by!
Love this frosting recipe – so easy to make and tasty!
Thanks for sharing!
Your welcome Laura!
Love this recipe. This doesn’t have the bitter chocolate taste, somewhat like mocha taste that my kids and I don’t like. Yes I ended up with a little less frosting do to numerous tastings!
Haha! You just Have to taste it Laurie! Thank you for taking the time to comment I appreciate it!
YES Diana, it will help keep the frosting smooth. Let me know what you think!
It turned out great! I did sift first just because I have always done that in other recipes. It turned out great…the whole house smelled like chocolate and my granddaughter loved her cake
I always sift the cocoa, flour and/or powdered sugar in recipes. Pretty much eliminates lumps and makes for a beautiful and smooth consistency.
Used this recipe to frost my homemade eclairs, and it was DELICIOUS. Saving it for many future uses! Thanks for sharing it!
Thank you Kerri!
Hi Bunny! I made this frosting tonight on a chocolate cake and it turned out great! I’m soooo picky with icing but this is by far my favorite recipe. It really reminded me of a bakery I used to live down the street from when I was a child. My mom LOVED the neopolitan cakes the bakery had, and I’m planning to make her one this year for her birthday. I’m going to try to make versions of this frosting in strawberry and vanilla. Do you have any recommendations? Thanks so much ! 🙂
Wonderful Sara! Sweetie I wouldn’t even know where to begin adapting this to strawberry and vanilla!
Recipe was delicious. Simple and fast, thick and not too powder sugary. Had to force myself to put the remaining frosting in the fridge instead of testing the rest to make sure it tastes good from start to end! I ended up having to put some extra butter to mix my cocoa so it was smooth and then extra milk and extract for desired consistency. I probably used too much dry ingredients anyway. Loved it though and will be my only go to chocolate frosting recipe! Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful Michelle!! Thank you for coming back to comment!
I made this and it’s little too sweet. It’s good but sweet
Very tasty! I used about 3c confectioners sugar for a thicker consistancy
Nice Will! Thank you for coming back to comment, always love to hear how a recipes goes for you!
Hi Bunny – this chocolate frosting is amazing!!!! Rich and thick and I love that it uses real butter. nothing like it!
Thank you Allie, you just made my day!
Hi, Bunny,
Thank you for sharing this recipe. I operate a home based bakery and have been looking for a different chocolate frosting recipe…and I have just found it! This recipe came together quickly and the results are beautiful and delicious. I made it according to your instructions, however, I always use unsalted butter, so I added 1/4 teaspoon salt. I also didn’t have whole milk, but used half & half, which was perfect. For those of you use bake by weight, I’ve included those measurements below.
1/3 cup (79 g) unsalted butter
2/3 cup (58 g) cocoa powder (I used Hershey’s)
1/3 cup half & half
2 2/3 cups (300 g) powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
I sifted both the cocoa powder and the powdered sugar, which really helps with the silky smooth consistency. Great recipe, Bunny!
Fantastic Stacie! Thank you for the weight measurements hun, I hope your customers love it. Thank you for taking the time to come back and comment Stacie!
This recipe was a savior. Made it last night in last minute and put’em on the fridge and when it’s cold and thicken on the cake, it became more delicious. Thank youuu!
Fantastic Olly!! Thank you for taking the time to come back and comment. You made my day!
Love this recipe! Thank you for sharing. So easy and delicious.
Thank you Ebel for taking the time to come back and comment!
Wonderful recipe! Easy and tastes amazing
Thank you Robin!!
Found this recipe and just made it. Yummy!! So easy to throw together. Thank you so much for this recipe. This is definelty a keeper!! Cannot wait for my girls to get home from school and try it.
Thank you Faith, I hope your girls loved it!
Thank you!! Super easy and a great consistency and taste.
Thank you Kim!
I’m definitely using this recipe for my exams hope I get my A bunny☺
I hope you do too Sharon!!!
Hi, I live in the UK, do you have this recipe in grams please?
Really want to give this recipe a go but never seem to get the cups etc right.
Frosting looks yummy by the way 😊
Elena here is a chart for converting recipes into grams. http://cookiescupcakesandcardio.com/?page_id=3348
Woooow,this is delicious .am loving it.it’s now my to go recipe thanks so much.
Your soooo welcome Winny! Thank you for taking the time to come back and comment!
Oh my goodness! I’m not exaggerating, I taste tested it and started hootin’ and hollerin’! BEST. CHOCOLATE. FROSTING. Bar none! I wanted a smoother consistency so I did 1/2 cup of butter rather than a 1/3, but other than that no tweaks! Usually the frosting is meant to accentuate the cake, but in this case, the cake would just be in the way lol. Thanks for sharing this amazing recipe, definitely going straight to the favorites! 🙂
LOL!!! I LOVE YOU KATE!! That is so awesome, thank you for coming back to tell me, seriously you made my day!
Wonderful Melissa, I hope you enjoy it for many years sweetie!
I thought it was an awesome recipe. It used simple ingredients, had wonderful flavor, easy cleanup. And it didn’t require 10 lbs of butter like a lot of frosting recipes do. Thank you so much. -Patrick
Thank you Patrick! And thank you for taking the time to come back and comment!
Fantastic Patrick!
FYI, don’t be me and get the cheapest cocoa there is otherwise it tastes like you’re eating straight cocoa powder. Yuck. Once I bought quality ingredients, it was great.
Wonderful Tiffanee!
I just made your chocolate frosting… all I can say is OMG! Best chocolate fudge icing I’ve ever tasted. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you Louise!
Wonderfully indulgent and convenient for when I don’t want to wait for the butter to soften in order to make butter cream. It was easy and so smooth!
It’s such a wonderful recipe Amanda, I’m so glad you made and loved it!
Can you use almond/coconut milk in place of dairy milk? Last time I made this recipe I used whipping cream in place of milk, it was FANTASTIC and rich but I only have almond/coconut milk this time.
I don’t know for sure Whitney because I’ve never used almond or coconut milk but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work.Let me know your results!
I have just made this chocolate frosting, exactly as you said, and it was wonderful! My husband and children have asked for more every time. Thank you so much for the recipe!
Wonderful Nmz! Thank you for coming back to tell me, I really appreciate it.
This is very easy and very good. Glad I tried it.
Wonderful Trish, thank you for taking the time to comeback and comment, I appreciate it!
Hi Bunny!
I used to buy frosting that was WAY too sweet so I set out to look for a good recipe and you did not disappoint! I’ve made your recipe a few times now and I absolutely love it! It’s smooth and chocolatey and just right when it comes to sweetness. Both my mom, who loves sugar, and my friends, who eat very little sugar enjoy it. I’m definitely keeping this recipe around!
Lots of love from the Netherlands
Wonderful KNS!! Thank you so much for taking the time to come back and comment. I really appreciate it. Give your mom and friends a hug for me!
Hi I tried your recipe and it is good but however I don’t think I did it right when I mixed the butte and cocoa it got to clumpy it didn’t get creamer Al but I let it sit to cool a bit anyways and then proceeded with the rest of the ingredients it still didn’t look anything like yours but it still looks like frosting but a bit clumpy what did I do wrong
Mary maybe your powdered sugar was a little clumpy? Next time try sifting the powdered sugar to get the lumps out first and then proceed with the recipe.
Wonderful recipe! Creamy, easy to make & so yummy! Thanks for sharing!
Wonderful CeeCee thank you for taking the time to come and to tell me, I appreciate you!
Hi do you also have cake recipes I just love to bake
Geraldine if you look in the recipe categories you’ll find lots of cake recipes.
I did frosting for the first time and your chocolate frosting cream was a super hit. Thanks.
Do you hv receipe for butter cream frosting as well? TIA..
Hi Lavanya, unfortunately I don’t have a buttercream recipe on my blog yet.
Would this frosting also work with malva pudding
Malva Pudding is a South African dessert that is spongy much like a cake, no this recipe for homemade chocolate pudding isn’t anything like Malva Pudding.
Looks Delish! bunny please reply! tastes great! yum!
Thank you Lacey!
This is random, but have you ever used coconut (Silk) not canned kind? I am going to try it right now…wish me luck. I will also try your regular milk recipe too. 🙂
I’ve never done that Ana but if you do, please come back and tell me, it would be very helpful for anyone else that would like to use it!
Hey Bunny, I loved the recipe and am gonna try it today, but I’m running short of cocoa powder. Is it fine if I replace half of the cocoa with melted dark chocolate???
I’ve never done that Susan, I’d wait till you get more cocoa, I wouldn’t want you to waste any ingredients.
I’d tried the recipe with the cocoa and it turned out osm. It had a watery consistency and I just poured it inside and on top of the cake. It made the cake moist and heavenly. Thanks a lot Bunny. I’m also gonna try your choco chip cookies today.
Wonderful Susan!
Just finished making this frosting. Delicious. I finally have a go to chocolate frosting recipe!!!
Wonderful Heather!!Thank you for tking the time to come back and comment, I appreciate it!
Bunny this is seriously the BEST recipe! I choose it because you used the least amount of ingredients and because of the well-deserved rave reviews. I made an extra half recipe since I was frosting a round cake….and because of all the people who said they ended up eating it without making it onto the cake! There was plenty for the cake and just enough for me to snack on when I was finished with the cake. 😁
Thank you Gina
Wonderful yummy recipe. I got some little butter lumps but that was my fault for not reading the directions about melting the butter first. I highly recommend this.
Thank you Terri!
I made this tonight and my aunt loved it.. but being the idiot I am, I checked that I had enough of everything except the sugar.. SURPRISE! Not enough enough sugar. So I had just about two cups. But it actually came out well, as my family doesn’t like an overly sweet frosting anyway, plus a couple of us are diabetics so less sugar is better.
I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve done that Holli. You get excited about making something something and find out you don’t have enough of one ingredient. I’m so happy it worked out for you! Thank you for coming back to comment, I appreciate it!
This frosting is EXCELLENT! Thank you for sharing. I used 2% milk. And, since I ran out of regular Hershey’s Cocoa, I used 1/2 of the regular and 1/2 of special dark Hershey’s. Result was perfection! I, too, appreciate a recipe that is not heavy butter, yet holds up well for both taste and looks.
Your welcome Joan!! I love Hershey’s cocoa I use it for all homemade baking. But then I’m a Pennsylvania girl and we love Hershey LOL! Thank you for taking the time to come back and comment!
and forgot to add…I did 1 1/2 times the recipe and was just right for a 2-layer 8″ cake. I used it for the filling between the layers, skim coat and complete frosting on the top and side. Added some blue and green decorations…and my 7yo granddaughter LOVED it!
I followed the recipe but the taste is still a little bitter. what kind of cocoa powder do I need? Sweet or unsweetened?
Noell I always use Hershey’s baking cocoa. It’s not sweetened.
This is now my go-to chocolate frosting! I just tried it to today and it was so smooth and DELICIOUS! Thank you for the fantastic recipe!
Your so welcome sweetie, thank you for taking the time to come back and comment!
This is my go to chocolate frosting….rich, creamy and so chocolate.
Thank you Melody!
Bunny, I have been making this cocoa frosting for years and it never fails. It proves to the baking chocolate and morsels snobs that plain old cocoa rocks. I do add a good heaping teaspoon of light Karo syrup to mine. Just adds a nice touch. Hands down best topper for brownies.
Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Thank you Martha
Just made this. Think I went wrong with the conversions ( UK based) nothing a bit of icing sugat didn’t fix though. Is delicious! I’ve checked many times just to make sure…..Still delious 😊 Thanks xx
Thank you Jacqueline
Excellent! I enjoyed this frosting very much. Thank you for sharing it.
Thank you Laurie.
Oh my goodness! I love this recipe! I’ve been searching for the perfect chocolate frosting, I have finally found it. Thank you!
Thank you Bex
Best recipe I have used for chocolate frosting!!! I was even able to sub the vanilla for mint for my triple chocolate thin mint cake.
Thank you Kina
Amazing! It turned out perfect. I had to hide the left overs from my 3 boys 😉 They said it was the best frosting I’ve made yet!
Thank you Peta
Another great recipe that turns out great!!! Made the frosting for a birthday cake and it turned out perfect…this frosting is not too sweet and not greasy at all. Thanks Bunny!
Your welcome Ericnaz
This icing is INCREDIBLE! I had some mishaps mixing the melted butter and cocoa powder (it was way too thick). So I just added more butter to get a smooth texture with the cocoa powder, this led to needing more powdered sugar. I also used buttermilk because I already had it from making my cake. Overall, i love this icing recipe! easy to follow (and easy to fix if you mess up!) and really tasty :).
Thank you Jennifer.
Ended up with liquid. Needed a ton of powdered sugar to thicken it up. Tasted good though!
Thank you Ingrid
So easy and deliciously good! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Lea
It’s really awesome! This will quickly become a favorite in our house!
Thank you Olga.
I’ve made this before and it’s perfect! The kids all loved it and so did my husband! Will be making again and again! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Rochelle.
This sounds yummy! I would definitely make it again! Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Thank you Anna.