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

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. 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. 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.