Chocolate buttercream frosting

Name: Chocolate buttercream frosting
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 24 cupcakes
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup real butter, softened; 1/2 cup shortening; 2 tsp Vanilla extract; 2-3 Tbsp milk of choice; 1-2 tsp lemon juice; 1/2 cup cocoa powder (Hershey's brand is what we used); 3 1/2 cups Powdered sugar

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Chocolate buttercream frosting

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Ingredients

20-30 mins

24 cupcakes

1/2 cupreal butter, softened
1/2 cupshortening
2 tspVanilla extract
2-3 Tbspmilk of choice
1-2 tsplemon juice
1/2 cupcocoa powder (Hershey's brand is what we used)
3 1/2 cupsPowdered sugar

Cooking Instructions

20-30 mins

1

Sift Powdered sugar and cocoa powder into one bowl.
2

Cream shortening and butter in large bowl with mixer on low speed. Scraping the sides of the bowl as needed to help remove clumps
3

Add vanilla extract. Mix thoroughly.
4

Add lemon juice. This will help reduce sweetness
5

Add dry ingredient mixture to butter and shortening a 1/4 cup at a time. Scraping the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as often as needed. DO NOT OVER MIX! THE BUTTER WILL MELT!
6

As frosting thickens add milk to smooth it out
7

If frosting is too sweet add lemon juice to taste
8

All done!! Enjoy!!

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on May 01, 2021 18:36

Comments (2)

Lyn @ljhgeist

October 16, 2022 18:25

@ronzy1 in case you never found the answer, shortening is basically a solid form of oil. Grease cookie sheets and cake pans with it and use it in recipies. You'll find it where you find vegetable oil. Crisco - in a blue can

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