Mocha Buttercream Frosting

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 4 cups icing sugar, sifted
• 4 teaspoons instant coffee, dissolved in 1/4 cup boiling water (i use an instant espresso)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup boiling water
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 cream butter until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes and beat in 1/3 cup of icing sugar, coffee mixture, salt, half the remaining icing sugar, the cocoa and vanilla.
• 2 beat in remaining icing sugar slowly and beat buttercream at high speed until it is light and fluffy.