Chocolate Buttercream
Chocolate Butter Cream Icing
Ingredients
1 cup butter (room temperature)
1 tbs vanilla
4 cups of icing sugar
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/3 cup melted chocolate
up to 1/4 cup water
Directions
Whip butter and vanilla on high speed for 3 min.
Add in 2 cups of icing sugar and 1/8 cup of water and whip for 3 min.
Add in the rest of icing sugar and whip for an additional 5 min until light and airy.
Add in cocoa powder and melted chocolate, whip for 3 minutes.
If icing is to thick add in the second 1/8 cup of water.
*The longer you whip the icing, the fluffier it will be. For a thicker or thinner consistency adjust the water amount added.
Tutorial: https://youtu.be/IVU-zA-4H7U