Name: Buttermilk-Chocolate Buttercream Frosting recipe
Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature;4 cups powdered sugar, or more as needed;⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder;2 teaspoons almond extract;½ teaspoon vanilla extract;⅛ teaspoon salt;⅓ cup buttermilk

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Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature 4 cups powdered sugar, or more as needed ⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder 2 teaspoons almond extract ½ teaspoon vanilla extract ⅛ teaspoon salt ⅓ cup buttermilk

Nutrition Info

188.7 calories carbohydrate: 26.8 g cholesterol: 24.6 mg fat: 9.7 g fiber: 1 g protein: 0.8 g saturatedFat: 6.1 g servingSize: - sodium: 20.9 mg sugar: 24.8 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

Cream butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer. Mix in 2 cups powdered sugar, cocoa powder, almond extract, vanilla extract, and salt. Add buttermilk in small amounts until well combined. Add remaining 2 cups powdered sugar.

Recipe Yield

4 cups

Recipe Note

Perfect buttermilk-chocolate buttercream frosting to frost devil's food cake. Rich, buttery, and chocolaty with just a hint of almond, yummy. It took me a while to get this frosting right.

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