Comments on: Favorite Chocolate Buttercream Recipe

By: Whitney

Whitney — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 04:47:49 +0000

In reply to Ranya. Yay, Ranya! I feel the same way about this frosting and have definitely eaten it with a spoon myself :) thanks for letting me know it was such a hit!

By: Ranya

Ranya — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 21:10:47 +0000

I made this for my son’s birthday cake (I followed another recipe for the cake, very similar to yours) and it turned out SO good! Probably the best-tasting buttercream I’ve ever made, I could eat it with a spoon! )And did, actually) I will save it for all future cakes. Thank you for the recipes and tips for us novices!

By: Loris

Loris — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 23:19:22 +0000

The BEST chocolate buttercream!! The taste is AMAZING and the consistency is perfect. I used it both to decorate a cake and to pipe on cupcakes and it worked great on both!

By: Whitney

Whitney — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 15:53:50 +0000

In reply to Paula. Hi Paula! The color will be light at first but then darken to a nice chocolate brown over the course of a few hours if you use the regular cocoa powder, but if you want an even darker color and more of a dark chocolate flavor you did the right thing! You can always mix cocoa powders or swap the regular cocoa powder for dark cocoa powder.

By: Paula

Paula — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 00:24:38 +0000

Hi Whitney! Hope you are doing well. 🙂
I recently made this chocolate buttercream recipe and found it to be a bit light in flavor and color (for me), so I added some sifted Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa. Do you ever mix cocoas, or would you recommend that I use all dark cocoa if I prefer a darker color and flavor? Do you think all dark would be too much? Thank you.

By: Whitney

Whitney — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 23:27:27 +0000

In reply to kathy. Hi Kathy! If you're filling and frosting/decorating the cake with this buttercream, I would double the recipe. Enjoy!

By: kathy

kathy — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 00:08:19 +0000

For a 3 layer 8” cake should I double the recipe?

By: Whitney

Whitney — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 15:23:39 +0000

In reply to Edith B.. Edith! You are so kind! I'm so happy this recipe was such a hit :) thank you for the rave review!!

By: Edith B.

Edith B. — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 09:14:57 +0000

I had three goals for my adult life.

Establish a fulfilling career, meet a man I could spend my life with, and find the perfect chocolate frosting recipe.

Finally, I can cross the most important of these three off the list.

This is a silky smooth frosting that is reminiscent of your favorite backyard birthday cake from childhood. It has a je ne sais quois that only a genuine classic can.

The one mistake I made in preparation was putting it together three days in advance of making my cake. It held up just fine in the fridge—but I couldn’t stop myself from eating it out of the bowl over the days it was in there—so ended up having to make more in order to have enough to cover my cake, haha.

Stop searching, you’ve found *the* chocolate frosting recipe. I used it for the body of the cake, the filling, and the flourishes.

Even the guests who don’t bake asked for the recipe! Another win from Whitney.

By: kathy

kathy — Wed, 18 May 2022 12:51:33 +0000

If making a 3 layer 8” cake should I double the recipe?