Mocha Frosting

Name: Mocha Frosting
Yield: Makes about 4 cups
Ingredients: 24 tablespoons, unsalted butter (3 sticks), cut into pieces and softened; 3 tablespoons, heavy cream; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 3 cups (12 ounces), confectioners' sugar; 3 tablespoons, unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 1/2 tablespoons, instant espresso powder

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2010

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

Cakes

For creamy, satiny frosting, it's the little things that count.

SERVESMakes about 4 cups

TIME30 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

It was important to use unsalted butter in our Mocha Frosting recipe, as salted butter contained varying levels of salt, depending on the brand. Using unsalted butter allowed us to accurately control the amount of salt in our frosting. We c...

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