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You can cook Chocolate Ganache Buttercream Frosting using 5 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Chocolate Ganache Buttercream Frosting
- Prepare 24 oz of semi sweet chocolate, chopped.
- It's 1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream.
- You need 12 oz of salted butter, (3 sticks).
- Prepare 2 1/2 cup of confectioner's sugarr.
- It's 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
This Chocolate Buttercream Frosting is: Perfect for piping - it holds its shape with swirls, roses etc. Buttercream frosting is not hard to make but it does take time - and an electric mixer or stand mixer. Melt chocolate and cream in the microwave or over a double boiler just until melted. This chocolate ganache frosting is thick enough to filll a cake, or frost a cake just like buttercream!
Chocolate Ganache Buttercream Frosting step by step
- Melt chocolate and cream in the microwave or over a double boiler just until melted. Cool to room temperature about 10 minutes.
- Beat butter until creamy.
- Beat chocolate/:cream mixture into butter until creamy.
- Add vanilla, and slowly beat in confectioner's suga. Chill frosting for 30 minutes confectioner's sugar until well combined. Chill frosting for 30 minutes.
- Beat chilled frosting until light and creamy.
- This frosting is so good on cakes, cupcakes, brownies and bars. It can be a filling for cookies as well. This recipe makes enough to generously frost a 3 layer cake or at least 24 cupcakes.
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