Easy chocolate swiss meringue buttercream Recipe

Easy chocolate swiss meringue buttercream Recipe

This Easy Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream is a delicious, smooth frosting that makes any cake or cupcake better with its chocolate flavor and smooth texture. This recipe is perfect for novice bakers because it combines meringue's lightness with the richness of butter. It is a wonderfully decadent (yet light) frosting. In only 30 minutes with a simple double-boiler method and only a few ingredients, you will have created this American style dessert frosting. This frosting is perfectly good for spreading or piping. Again, this frosting lives up to the name buttercream and would make a professional-grade frosting. It has just the right sweetness that is then somewhat nicely tempered by a depth of cocoa flavor.

Ingredients

• 2 large egg whites
• 1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar
• 1 cup (226g) unsalted butter, softened
• 1/4 cup (25g) unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt

Directions

1. In a heatproof bowl, combine egg whites and granulated sugar.
2. Place the bowl over a pot of simmering water, whisk continually until the sugar dissolves and the mixture is warm.
3. Take off heat and beat with an electric mixer until stiff peaks, and the bowl is cool.
4. Slowly pour in the softened butter, mixing until it is smooth and creamy.
5. Sift in the cocoa powder and add the vanilla and salt, mixing it until incorporated and fluffy.