Chocolate Coffee Buttercream Icing

5 Reviews

Prep: 15 min
Ready In: 15 min

“Rich icing for Grandpop's chocolate cake.” - by sybilw5459

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened
1 (4 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 (16 ounce) packages confectioners' sugar, or more as needed
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3 tablespoons strong brewed coffee, or more to taste
1/2 teaspoon salt

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Original recipe yields 12 servings

Directions

Beat butter and cream cheese together in a bowl with an electric hand mixer until creamy; slowly beat in confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder, coffee, and salt until smooth and spreadable.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (12 total)

Calories
357 cal
18%

Fat
15.1 g
23%

Carbs
57 g
18%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Reviews (5)

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Ted

Dec. 1, 2012

"Yum, yum, and yum some more. Coffee and chocolate, how can you go wrong. We only used about 14 ozs of confectioners sugar instead of 16 ozs. We put it over a chocolate cake with just a touch of co..." See moreffee it in as well. We substituted the expresso powder for the three tablespoons of strong coffee. This icing is definitely a keeper."

Minty-green

Feb. 9, 2013

"I made the recipe as stated above but used about 14 oz of powdered sugar. It was sooo ridiculously sweet. I added an additional half cup of cocoa powder just to cut the sickly sweetness and overwhelmi..." See moreng flavor of powdered sugar."

Flying A

Feb. 6, 2013

"This was super easy and super tasty!!!! I used instant coffee, dissolved in about 2T of water along with the salt. Upped the butter to 1 cup, as I was just a touch short of 4oz if cream cheese. I used..." See more 4 1/2 c. of powdered sugar. Wasn't too sweet, great coffee notes. Will use again, thanks for sharing."

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