Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

By shuber

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate morsels

Details

Servings 4
Adapted from pamperedchef.com

Preparation

Step 1

1.In Classic Batter Bowl, beat butter on medium speed of electric mixer 1 minute or until smooth. Gradually add powdered sugar; beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.

2.Place chocolate morsels in Small Micro-Cooker. Microwave, uncovered, on HIGH 1-1 1/2 minutes, stirring after each 20-second interval until melted and smooth. Add chocolate to butter mixture. Beat at medium speed until smooth, scraping sides and bottom of batter bowl, if necessary.

3.Attach desired tip to Easy Accent Decorator; fill with about 1 cup of the frosting. Frost cooled cake with remaining frosting. Using decorator, pipe a decorative border around top edge and bottom of cake.