Name: Black Onyx Buttercream Frosting
Prep time: 10 minutes
Yield: 2 cups
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) salted butter, softened; 1 vanilla bean of choice*:; 5 cups powdered sugar; 1/2 cup milk

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Black Onyx Buttercream Frosting

Recipe by Cindy Jones

All-Purpose Cooking

This dark, chocolatey American buttercream frosting pairs perfectly with your favorite cake.

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Serves 2 cups

Prep Time 10 minutes

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Ingredients

1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) salted butter, softened 3/4 cup Dutch Cocoa Powder

1/4 cup Black Onyx Cocoa Powder

2 tsp. Madagascar Vanilla Bean Paste, OR

1 vanilla bean of choice*: Madagascar Vanilla Bean Mexican Vanilla Bean Ugandan Vanilla Bean

1/2 tsp. Pure Espresso Powder

5 cups powdered sugar 1/2 cup milk

Dutched Cocoa Powder

Madagascar Vanilla Beans

Mexican Vanilla Beans

Ugandan Vanilla Beans

Directions

Step 1 Add butter, Dutch Cocoa Powder, Black Onyx Cocoa Powder, Madagascar Vanilla Bean Paste or vanilla bean of choice, and Pure Espresso Powder to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat on high until well-combined.

Step 2 Reduce speed to low and alternate adding 1 cup powdered sugar and a splash of milk to mixture at a time. After each addition, increase speed until incorporated before reducing speed and repeating.

Step 3 Once full amounts of powdered sugar and milk have been added, beat on high for 2 to 3 min., or until smooth, fluffy, and spreadable.

Recipe Notes

*To use vanilla beans: split beans in half lengthwise and scrape seeds out from pod with the back of a knife. Use empty pods to make homemade vanilla extract or flavor homemade vanilla sugar.