Cocoa Espresso Buttercream

By Zopmama

Perfectly balanced icing, not too sweet.

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 3 cups icing sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt
• 1/4 cup strong espresso, cooled to room temp.

Preparation

Step 1

Put the butter, vanilla, Cocoa, espresso and salt into a bowl and mix until smooth. Mix sugar in by hand until just mixed, then mix on high with mixer until fully incorporated.

Makes enough to frost 9x13 cake.