This chocolate buttercream is amazing for one reason… it has COFFEE in it! Chocolate Coffee Buttercream is basically the best invention ever. Looking for more great Cake Recipes? Look no further!
Coffee Buttercream
I love testing out Chocolate Frosting recipes. I mean, you really can’t go wrong with chocolate buttercream right? This one does not disappoint! Chocolate frosting infused with pure coffee flavor. If you love enhanced chocolate richness, this is the frosting for you!
What Kind of Coffee Should I Use in Buttercream?
I like a really strong cup of black coffee in this recipe. However, you can use whatever strength you prefer as well as use a decaf.
You can also use espresso powder, I recommend between 1-2 teaspoons in this recipe.
How to Decorate This Cake
I used a Russian Tip that was a small rosette design. I filled up my piping bags (don’t forget to double bag!) and simply piped all over the top and sides of this cake. You really can’t mess it up!
Chocolate Cake Recipe
Chocolate Coffee Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks or 226 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 6 cups (750g) confectioners sugar
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup strong brewed coffee, or more to taste
- Pinch salt
Instructions
- Beat butter and cream cheese together in a bowl with an electric hand mixer (or stand mixer) until creamy.
- Slowly add in confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder, coffee, and salt until smooth and spreadable. Can add more coffee if you want it creamier.
Notes
Did you make this recipe?
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Can I have a bowl full, please? This looks SO good! I love any way I can get my coffee (and chocolate!) fix!
Right?!? I feel the same way. 🙂
What tip did you use on this cake?
Hi Amanda. You may have already said this, but will this frosting hold up to piping rosettes, like with 1M and the vertical squiggle with #21? Thank you…sounds great.
Yes!
Such perfection here. You must’ve baked a lot of cakes to get this good!
hi Amanda, is this frosting better than this one which i love? https://iambaker.net/ultimate-chocolate-cupcakes/
thanks! and lovely piping!
maryann
It’s not better… just different! I adore them both. 🙂
With my birthday coming up this is the frosting I am going to use for my cake! I love the flavor of coffee in cakes. I can imagine that it will be heavenly in frosting!!
As an old time baker, I like the cream cheese frosting’s better as it is not as sweet. After many years of cake decorating, I have to scrape off the butter cream icings on other cakes. This one, with the coffee, I will definitely try.
Have a question, what tip did you use in your decorating.? I love your site.
Well, it is truly lovely to see such beautiful cake. As I love to find and explore different types of themes for wedding invitations according to its theme, sweets and decoration, this gives me a new design idea of yet another wedding invitation card.
I love the coffee in the frosting! I could easily gobble this up by the spoonful! And this cake is just stunning!
Thank you sweet Kelly!
How to prepare strongly brewed coffee? Like how much coffee and water ratio?
It really depends on what method you are using to brew. But a “cup of coffee” will work just fine… have no fear. 🙂
This looks amazing. Do you have to refrigerate the frosting because of the cream cheese? Or does it hold its shape at room temp?
I did not refrigerate this frosting.