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Yvettes Chocolate Buttercream Icing
Yvettes Chocolate Buttercream Icing
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Yvettes Chocolate Buttercream Icing

4.8
10 mins
Easy
1

Yvette's secret to good chocolate buttercream icing is to beat the butter well before adding the rest of the ingredients.

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  • Method

Ingredients

  • 150g butter
  • 2 cups of Chelsea Icing Sugar
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 Tbsp Meadow Fresh Original Milk or more if needed

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Method

Cream the Tararua Butter until pale and fluffy.
Beat in Chelsea Icing Sugar, one cup at a time.
Add the cocoa then add the Meadow Fresh Original Milk gradually and beat until smooth and creamy.
Spread on cakes or cupcakes.
Covers 1 cake or 12 cupcakes.
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