This is my first attempt at making the chocolate
buttercream.. The last i had buttercream cake was only in my childhood around
15 years ago.. After that it has always been fresh cream cake.. I actually
forgot the taste of buttercream and also what buttercream is, till the time i
saw other bakers frosting, piping and decorating their cake with luscious
buttercream, which made it equally tempting.. I was so eager to try my hand at
buttercream that i had to bake a cake to satisy my crave for buttercream.. And i
was .. oh so.. marvelled with the way my chocolate buttercream tasted.. I
thought it would be all greasy and buttery in mouth.. But then, it was just the
other way round.. Creamy... Smooth... Delectable..
Ok..
Now coming to the making of buttercream.. The more you beat the butter and
icing sugar, the softer and fluffier your cream will be.. Always use either
icing sugar or powdered sugar which is store bought.. Incase you are using
home-made powdered sugar, make sure you have sieved it well with a superfine
mesh to avoid any coarser sugar crystals.. Otherwise your buttercream wont be
smooth enough.. And if you are making buttercream in large quantity use a hand
mixer to beat the butter and sugar.. This way your task will be easier.. Here i
made only a small quantity of chocolate buttercream.. So i used a hand whisk to
beat the cream which was fine..
This
has now become my absolute favourite frosting for a chocolate cake.. Im so
hooked onto this that i just cannot get over the taste of this buttercream.. I
hope you people too like it..
Chocolate Fudge Sheet Cake
Chocolate Buttercream
Ingredients:
1/4 cup cocoa
3tbsp unsalted butter room temperature
1/2tsp vanilla extract
1/2 + 1/3 cup powdered sugar
1tsp milk
Method: Whisk cocoa powder and butter well.. Add in
powdered sugar, vanilla extract and milk and mix whisk again till smooth and
creamy.. Use it as a frosting on cake..
Note: Incase you want a thicker buttercream, avoid using
milk.. You can then pipe out roses from the thicker buttercream..
Sieve powdered sugar with a fine mesh
Mix cocoa powder and butter
Whisk well
Add in powdered sugar and milk
Whisk well..
Chocolate Buttercream is ready for frosting..
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