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 ½ -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!
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.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cupcake (frosting only) | Calories: 217kcal | Carbohydrates: 29.7g | Protein: 1.5g | Fat: 11.5g