Light and Creamy Brown Sugar and Chocolate Frosting

Light and Creamy Brown Sugar and Chocolate Frosting

45 Reviews

“A great alternative for greasy frosting. This recipe is really more like whipped cream, but still has that great frosting taste!” - by PURPLEMAGGOT

Ingredients

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Adjust Servings

Original recipe yields 1 cup

Directions

  1. Pour the heavy cream into a medium bowl, and whip with an electric mixer. Add sugar, vanilla and cocoa powder; whip until stiff and spreadable. Refrigerate until needed.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (2 total)

  • Calories
  • 331 cal
  • 17%
  • Fat
  • 23.1 g
  • 36%
  • Carbs
  • 33.2 g
  • 11%
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Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Reviews (45)

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Jillian
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Jillian

"This frosting is incredible! It's so easy to make too. Definitely double it. I chilled my bowl and beater for the heavy cream added the vanilla while beating it. In a separate bowl I mixed the coc..." See moreoa and dark brown sugar. As I was whipping the cream I kept adding that to the mixture. It's very easy to work with and it's not overly sweet."

eri-chan
16

eri-chan

"This recipe is PERFECT. I have never liked heavy, sugary buttercream frostings (or the stuff you get from the store in a can) and this is exactly the kind of frosting I love - light, fluffy, and not t..." See moreo sweet. I did double the recipe to fully frost my 9"layer cake (outside only, not filling, though I had a bit extra so I probably could've filled it too) and I also stabilized it by adding a teaspoon of gelatin that had been dissolved in 1/4 cup of water in the microwave after whipping. Wonderful! I'll be using this again :)"

empearls
16

empearls

"Awesome frosting! I did not think it was chocolately enough and so I melted 4 squares of 70% dark chocolate and whipped it in after I had tasted the original product. I doubled the recipe because I ..." See morelayered two 9x13 cakes and it was just enough to frost the outside (nothing extra for the filling). I really like the texture - very smooth and not at all grainy."

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