When we have a birthday party here at our house, we make cupcakes! One of my favorite ways to top a homemade cupcake is with homemade chocolate buttercream icing!

This is the most perfect chocolate buttercream frosting you will ever devour. It is amazing on a cupcake for any birthday. You will not believe how easy it is to make.
A few years ago my mother-in-law gave me a copy of The Cupcake Doctor, a cookbook with endless cupcake recipes and super fun ideas. This recipe comes straight from that cookbook.


You will need:
- 8 T butter at room temperature
- 1/2 c unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 c chocolate syrup
- 3 c powdered sugar (sifted)
- 1 T milk
- 1 t vanilla


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Chocolate Buttercream Icing Recipe
This chocolate buttercream icing is decadent and delicious for cupcakes and cakes.
Ingredients
- 8 T butter at room temperature
- 1/2 c unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 c chocolate syrup
- 3 c powdered sugar (sifted)
- 1 T milk
- 1 t vanilla
Instructions
- Cream the butter in a bowl and add the powdered cocoa and chocolate syrup.
- While continuing to mix add the powdered sugar one cup at a time.
- Slowly add the milk and vanilla.
- Once combined pipe into bags and top cupcakes.