Name: How to make the perfect buttercream icing
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 250 g unsalted butter, chopped, softened; 3 cups (500 g) icing sugar mixture, sifted; 2 tbsp milk; To make chocolate buttercream icing; ¼ cup baking cocoa powder; ¼ cup melted dark chocolate melts

Beat up a batch of this best-ever buttercream icing to top off your perfect cake.

Ingredients

250 g unsalted butter, chopped, softened

3 cups (500 g) icing sugar mixture, sifted

2 tbsp milk

To make chocolate buttercream icing

¼ cup baking cocoa powder

¼ cup melted dark chocolate melts

Method

Put butter in the bowl  of an electric mixer and beat  on medium, using paddle attachment, until pale and fluffy.

2.Add ½ the icing sugar and beat on low until combined.

Add milk and remaining sugar, then beat on low  until combined. Increase  speed to high and beat until pale and fluffy.

4.Mix baking cocoa with the milk to form a smooth paste.  Add to butter mixture in  Step 3 with melted  dark chocolate melts and remaining icing sugar.

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