Category: Frosting

Vegan Chocolate Orange Buttercream

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The agents are not vegan, but they have vegan friends.

You’re gonna need:
-Stand mixer

Ingredients:
-1/2 cup vegan butter (salted), room temperature
-3/4 cup dutch cocoa powder
-1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
-3 tbsp orange juice (no pulp, no added sugar)
-1 1/2 tsp orange extract

Instructions:
-In the mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar until very well combined.
-With the mixer on low, add in the rest of the ingredients, little by little. Beat everything for a couple of minutes, and don’t forget to scrape the sides to make sure everything is well combined.

That’s it!

Chocolate Orange Buttercream

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What you’re gonna need:
-Stand mixer
-Microwave
Ingredients:
-1 1/2 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature)
-3 tsp orange extract
-1/2 tsp salt
-3 cup powdered sugar
-1 cup dark cocoa powder
-1/2 cup heavy cream
-12oz (or 340g) dark chocolate (53%)
Instructions:
-In a microwave safe bowl, melt the chocolate in the microwave. Stop and stir it with a spoon every 30 seconds, to avoid burning it. When everything is well melted, set the bowl aside.
-In the mixer bowl, with the whisk attachment, beat the butter for about a minute. Add in the orange extract and the salt, and beat for at least 30 seconds more.
-With the mixer on slow, slowly add the powdered sugar and the cocoa powder to the butter mixture. Don’t forget to scrape the sides. Keep the mixer on low.
-Pour the melted chocolate into the mixing bowl, little by little.
-Add the heavy cream, and beat for about 3 minutes. Again, don’t forget to scrape the sides and to make sure that everything is well combined.

Use it immediately. If you put it in the refrigerator to use it later on, bring it to room temperature and beat it in the mixer for a couple of minutes before using it.

That’s it 🙂 See you guys soon!

Basic Vanilla Frosting

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Sometimes we just need something super easy to cover a cake.

You’re gonna need: A mixer

Ingredients:
-3 cups confectioner’s sugar
-1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
-Pinch of salt
-1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions:
-In the mixing bowl, beat the butter on low speed. Add in the extract and the salt.
-With the mixer still on low, add the confectioner’s sugar little by little. When you are done adding in the sugar, you can turn the speed to medium and mix a little bit more, three to four minutes should be more than enough.

Since this buttercream doesn’t have whipped cream or any agent that would melt (in normal conditions, that is), always use this recipe when you need a vanilla frosting that has to sit at room temperature for a long time.