Heavenly Chocolate Frosting

This is easily the best chocolate frosting you will ever make… Or eat. Unbelievably luscious and smooth.

See the post on this slice of Cakeophilia here

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
¼ cup plus 2 tbsp water
Big pinch of citric acid
Pinch of salt
300g unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup icing sugar
¾ cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
250g chocolate (milk, 70% or a mixture), melted and cooled

Mixing

Combine the sugar, water and citric acid in a small saucepan and bring to the boil, making sure all the sugar is dissolved by swirling the pan occasionally. Boil without stirring until the syrup reaches 116 degrees C on a candy thermometer (soft ball stage). Remove from the heat, let cool to room temperature.

Beat the butter, icing sugar, cocoa powder and salt until smooth. Add the cooled sugar syrup and vanilla extract and beat until combined. Add the melted chocolate and beat until smooth and creamy.

this recipe makes enough for 18 cupcakes at 50g of frosting per cupcake, or will frost and fill a four layered 20cm cake.

Enjoy! xxx