Easy Mexican Chocolate Frosting
This frosting is delicious on almost any flavor of cake or cupcake. If you are frosting a layer cake, be sure to make extra!
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Asian American, Mexican
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened (2 sticks)
- ¾ C cocoa powder Hershey's Natural Unsweetened
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon or to taste
- ½ teaspoon ground Cayenne Pepper
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 4 C powdered sugar sifted
- 1-2 tsp. vanilla extract to taste
- 5-4 teaspoon heavy whipping cream added a little at a time if frosting is too thick
Place softened butter into mixing bowl.
Sift cocoa powder, cinnamon, cayenne, salt together and add to butter.
Beat with electric mixer until well combined.
Sift powdered sugar. Mix into cocoa mixture ⅓ at a time. Beat until combined.
Add vanilla and mix on medium speed while drizzling in enough heavy cream to make frosting creamy and not dry.
Cover tightly with plastic wrap until ready to use.
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