Emma and I made a Chocolate Buttercream cake for Mike's birthday. Mike is a fan of the classics - chocolate cake, chocolate chip cookies and brownies - so for his birthday, we thought a classic chocolate cake with homemade buttercream would be perfect.
We've become fascinated by Culinary Dots cakes - I've never seen anything quite like them. She recently made a cake with a Christmas Tree in the center that Emma thought would be fun to try. I made the cake and frosted it with the buttercream (recipe below), and she made the Tree 100% by herself.
She started with an ice cream cone as the base, then added green buttercream.
While Culinary Dots makes vegan treats... we used a boxed cake mix and this wonderful Homemade Chocolate Buttercream. I made the cakes in these 8" cake pans.
8" x 3" Cake Pans, $8
Chocolate Buttercream1 stick of butter, melted
1 1/2 cups of cocoa
1/2 cup of milk (plus more)
2 sticks of butter, softened
5-6 cups of powdered sugar (plus maybe more)
1 teaspoon vanilla
In a glass bowl, melt 1 stick of butter in the microwave. Add cocoa and milk and microwave for 1 more minute, stir to mix.
In a mixer, cream 2 sticks of butter and powdered sugar. Add cocoa mixture slowly. Add vanilla. Mix on high for 2 minutes. Add more milk or powdered sugar until the desired consistency.
We made a simple butter frosting for the green frosting and decorations.
1 stick of softened butter
2 cups of powdered sugar
Creamed together until smooth.
We topped the entire cake with a sprinkling of powdered sugar snow.
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