How to Make Chocolate Buttercream In a Food Processor
- Total Time: 10 mins
- Yield: frosts 1 cake (12 servings) 1x
Description
Layer cakes are messy and hard work, no way to sugarcoat that. But making the buttercream frosting in the food processor streamlines at least one of the steps and cuts down on cleanup.
Ingredients
- Unsalted Butter: 3-4 tbsp (maybe 1 tbsp more, if needed)
- Cocoa Powder: 3 tbsp.
- Honey: 1 tbsp.
- Vanilla extract: 1 tsp.
- Confectioners Sugar: 1 cup (240 ml).
Instructions
- Make sure the food processor bowl is dry. Dump all the ingredients into it.
- Close with the lid and put a towel on the feeder opening and press with your hand while it is running..
- Blitz for a minute, you will get something like coarse sand. If needed you can add a little bit of butter, around 1 tbsp or a little bit of honey and then bitz again for a minute and scrape the sides down.
- Again, close the lid and blitz for another two minutes.
- Open the lid and Voila!! Creamy, satiny, goeey buttercream.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Chocolate
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 tablespoons
- Calories: 130
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why does the food processor bowl need to be completely dry?
Any moisture in the bowl will cause the confectioners sugar and cocoa powder to clump rather than blend smoothly with the butter and honey. The recipe’s first instruction is to confirm the bowl is dry before adding all five ingredients.
Why does the frosting start out like coarse sand before turning creamy?
After the first minute of blending, the mixture will look like coarse sand — this is normal. A second blitz of about 2 more minutes emulsifies the fat with the sugar and cocoa, transforming it into the creamy, satiny buttercream. If it stays sandy, add up to 1 tbsp more butter or a little more honey and blitz again.
How much does this recipe make
I was actually hoping to sew what blades i would use. My food processor has a struture labelled whisk but so far people tell me to use the blades. Please help
1 cup please how much grams?
would you be able to replace the honey with molasses?
Lies! This didn’t take me 10 minutes it took me 5! Thanks this is a great recipe!
Thank you. I just made my first ever buttercream using your recipe :) I’m dairy free so I used 50% Trex and 50% Vitalite. Came out great!