American Buttercream x Ganache = Double-Chocolate Frosting

For your fave choco-holic No Images? Click here American-Style Chocolate Buttercream  This recipe combines the speed and ease of an American buttercream with the richness and intensity of ganache, for a bold yet simple chocolate frosting. The exact color and texture will depend on how long the frosting is whipped; stop short for a dark, dense frosting, or continue whipping until it's airy and relatively pale. In either case, the flavor will depend entirely on the quality of dark chocolate and Dutch cocoa involved, so check out our guides to the best dark-chocolate bars easily found in supermarkets and the best high-fat Dutch cocoa for baking. Read More → The Kitchen Essential Dutch-Process Cocoa Powder Dutch-Process cocoa powder contains more fat and less starch than supermarket brands, for better flavor and richness. Shop Now   More buttercreams for better cakes Vanilla American Buttercream French Buttercream German Buttercream Swiss Meringue Buttercream    Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. Preferences  |  Unsubscribe