Chocolate Ganache Buttercream Frosting. Melt chocolate and cream in the microwave or over a double boiler just until melted. This vegan chocolate ganache frosting is the most silky smooth, velvety frosting ever. It's so rich and decadent and really easy to make too!

How to ganache a cake following the upside down method step by step tutorial. A quick version of this tutorial can be found here. Whipped chocolate ganache frosting is made simply by whipping cooled ganache. You can have Chocolate Ganache Buttercream Frosting using 5 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chocolate Ganache Buttercream Frosting

1. You need 24 oz of semi sweet chocolate, chopped.
2. You need 1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream.
3. You need 12 oz of salted butter, (3 sticks).
4. You need 2 1/2 cup of confectioner's sugarr.
5. It's 1 tsp of vanilla extract.

Ganache is a simple mixture of melted chocolate and cream. This makes a great alternative to buttercream frosting. Making this frosting is incredibly simple. Buttercream is perfect for covering the imperfections of a home-made birthday cake - like filler on a damaged wall.

Chocolate Ganache Buttercream Frosting instructions

1. Melt chocolate and cream in the microwave or over a double boiler just until melted. Cool to room temperature about 10 minutes.
2. Beat butter until creamy.
3. Beat chocolate/:cream mixture into butter until creamy.
4. Add vanilla, and slowly beat in confectioner's suga. Chill frosting for 30 minutes confectioner's sugar until well combined. Chill frosting for 30 minutes.
5. Beat chilled frosting until light and creamy.
6. This frosting is so good on cakes, cupcakes, brownies and bars. It can be a filling for cookies as well. This recipe makes enough to generously frost a 3 layer cake or at least 24 cupcakes.

Once you have slathered it on with a If you use white chocolate you can add other flavours - Kim Joy's chocolate penguin biscuits contain an orange ganache that would certainly sit. Chocolate buttercream frosting has always been an item on my grocery list rather than a recipe in my baking repertoire. Learn how to make my favorite chocolate buttercream. It uses both cocoa powder and melted chocolate, to give it a fudgy chocolate flavor!! I've made chocolate frosting in the past, by simply adding some cocoa into my american buttercream recipe.