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!
Ingredients
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened (2 sticks)
- 3/4 C cocoa powder Hershey's Natural Unsweetened
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon or to taste
- 1/2 tsp ground Cayenne Pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 C powdered sugar sifted
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 5-7 tbsp. heavy whipping cream added a little at a time
Instructions
- 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 1/3 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.