Name: Chocolate Whipped Cream Frosting
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 24 Servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup Butter; Powdered sugar; 0.5 cup Cocoa powder; Heavy whipping cream; 1 tsp Vanilla extract; 0.5 tsp Salt; Chocolate sprinkles

This chocolate whipped cream frosting is light, airy, and full of rich chocolate flavor. It is like a mousse you can frost a cake with. It’s an easy, beginner-friendly recipe that feels indulgent without being overly sweet or heavy. This delicious recipe is perfect frosting for cakes or cupcakes. It’s super easy to make and results in a light and fluffy frosting.

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Ingredients

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Chocolate Whipped Cream Frosting

1 cup Buttersoftened at room temperature

Powdered sugar4-5 cups

½ cup Cocoa powderor more as desired

Heavy whipping cream2-3 Tablespoons or more as desired

1 tsp Vanilla extract

½ tsp Saltoptional

Chocolate sprinklesif desired

Instructions

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Instructions

Beat together the butter, powdered icing sugar and cocoa powder for 2 minutes until well combined.

Add the heavy whipping cream, vanilla extract and salt. Beat until buttercream frosting has a thick, smooth texture that holds still peaks.

Adjust the flavor or texture with additional powdered icing sugar, cocoa powder or heavy cream, as needed.

Scoop the frosting into a piping bag fitted with a large star tip. Pipe the frosting onto cooled cupcakes, starting in the center, working your way out to the edges and then back towards the center and up.

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Tips & Tricks (5)

Chill Your Bowl and Beaters ❄️
Place your mixing bowl and beaters in the freezer for 15 minutes before whipping cream to achieve maximum volume and stability, preventing the mixture from breaking into butter.
Sift Your Dry Ingredients 🫖
Sift cocoa powder and powdered sugar together before folding into whipped cream to eliminate lumps and ensure a silky, smooth frosting texture.
Fold, Don't Stir 🌀
Use a gentle folding motion with a spatula when combining ingredients to maintain the airy texture and prevent deflating the whipped cream's carefully beaten air bubbles.
Melt Butter Perfectly 🧈
Cool melted butter to room temperature before incorporating to prevent it from melting the whipped cream and creating a greasy, deflated frosting.
Frost Just Before Serving 🎂
Apply this frosting within 1-2 hours of preparation and keep the cake refrigerated, as whipped cream frosting doesn't store as long as traditional buttercream frostings.