
Black Cocoa Cream Cheese Buttercream
Frosts one 8-inch cake or 24 cupcakes
Servings: 24 cupcakes
Calories: 217kcal
Ingredients
- 8 oz one package cream cheese, softened
- 16 Tablespoons two sticks butter, softened
- 5 Β½ -6 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup black cocoa powder (linked is one of my favorite brands on Amazon)
- 4-6 Tablespoons milk
- 1 T vanilla extract
- 1/4 t. salt if using unsalted butter
- 3 large drops black gel food color (optional, but will make your frosting a deeper black more quickly)
Instructions
- Beat together softened cream cheese and butter; slowly add in powdered sugar alternating with cocoa powder and milk until frosting reaches desired consistency.
- Add vanilla, black gel color (if desired), and salt if needed and beat until well combined.
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Notes
As mentioned above, letting the frosting sit for several hours or overnight will deepen the black color several shades!Β
Please note nutrition information is an estimate and may not be exactly accurate. Nutrition listed is for 1/24 recipe (amount for 1 cupcake); 1/16 (amount for 1 slice of cake) is 326 calories, 17.3g fat, 44.6g carb, 2.3g protein.Β
Nutrition
Serving: 1cupcake (frosting only) | Calories: 217kcal | Carbohydrates: 29.7g | Protein: 1.5g | Fat: 11.5g
Black Cocoa Cream Cheese Buttercream additional notes / links:
Nielsen Massey vanilla extract (best reviewed) Watkins vanilla extract (less expensive)
Americolor black gel food color - I use black pretty frequently, especially around Halloween, so I bought this large bottle from Amazon!
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hi! i am planning to make a red velvet cake for my brothers birthday, and think it would be cool to have black frosting. i am concerned because i want to do some piping, but i know that cream cheese frosting is not typically as stable as an american buttercream- have you tested the stability of this frosting/do you recommend it for a some pipework? thank you!
Hi! Thanks for asking! π I’ve actually used this recipe to decorate cupcakes before and in my experience it pipes almost exactly like regular buttercream. π If you try it and have any trouble piping it I’d try adding a bit of extra powdered sugar + black cocoa powder (1/4 cup + 1 Tablespoon each) at a time until it will hold its shape.