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Hi friends! So after posting my chocolate cake recipe, a few of you asked for the chocolate frosting recipe. And quite honestly I wanted to make sure I wrote it down to make sure I didn’t forget it, cause I forget everything….Anyway over the Thanksgiving break I made this cake for the family and they were obsessed so here’s the recipe for the frosting.

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Chocolate Buttercream Recipe

1/2 C butter

1/2 C vegetable shortening

3-4 TBSP of heavy whipping cream

4 C confectioners sugar

pinch of salt

1/4 C Hershey’s Dark Cocoa Powder

1/4 C chocolate chips (melted)

-cream butter and shortening for approximately 5 minutes

-in a bowl whisk together powdered sugar, salt, and dark cocoa powder

-add in the dry ingredients to the butter shortening mixture.

-melt the chocolate chips in the microwave for approximately 30 seconds. When the chocolate chips are melted add them into the bowl with the rest of the ingredients.

-add in the heavy whipping cream to the other ingredients and mix on medium speed for approximately 4-5 minutes.