Chocolate Italian Meringue Buttercream Recipe
Servings: 0
Ingredients
- ¾ cup milk or dark chocolate
- ½ cup unsalted butter sliced
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp instant coffee (optional)
Instructions
- To make meringue buttercream, you’ll need to prepare Italian meringue as in the previous recipe and refrigerate it for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, melt the chocolate in a bowl by microwaving until mostly melted, then set aside to cool down a bit
- Gradually add butter cubes to the meringue bowl while mixing on a medium-high speed beating to prepare the buttercream. This should take about 5 to 10 minutes.
- Gradually add the melted but not hot chocolate to the buttercream while mixing.
- Gradually add the melted but not hot chocolate to the buttercream while mixing.
- Dissolve the vanilla extract with the instant coffee and pour them over the frosting.
- Mix all the ingredients on a medium to high speed until they have a homogenous stiff mixture of buttercream frosting.
- When the mixture is ready, transfer it to a piping bag for frosting.