Super-Simple Chocolate Frosting

Name: Super-Simple Chocolate Frosting
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 1 3/4 cups unsweetened baking cocoa; 1 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar; 1 1 teaspoon espresso powder, optional, for enhanced chocolate flavor; 1 1 cup heavy cream; 1 1 cup unsalted butter, very soft; 1 1/8 teaspoon salt; 1 2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted; 1 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

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"A great chocolate frosting should taste intensely of chocolate, be easy to put together, spread smoothly over a tender cake without tearing it, and hold its shape when piped through a pastry bag. This frosting has all of those characteristics. We made it with both natural and Dutch-process cocoa, and the natural cocoa was the hands-down winner for flavor. Our guarantee: This frosting will have deep chocolate flavor, hold its shape enough to be piped, and be simple to put together...."

INGREDIENTS

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1 1 3/4 cups unsweetened baking cocoa

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1 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar

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1 1 teaspoon espresso powder, optional, for enhanced chocolate flavor

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1 1 cup heavy cream

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1 1 cup unsalted butter, very soft

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1 1/8 teaspoon salt

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1 2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted

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1 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

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