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5 Days of Frosting: Billy’s Chocolate Buttercream

Posted on Aug 9, 2011

5 Days of Frosting: Billy’s Chocolate Buttercream

  The ginger thin cookies with pink buttercream frosting went over so well for Monday Night Movies: Joe vs The Volcano doing the frosting and sandwich cookies only…so I can make more. This time chocolate butter cream frosting courtesy of Billy’s Bakery of NYC      Billy’s Chocolate Buttercream Frosting   Yield Makes enough for 30 cupcakes Ingredients 2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature 12 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled 3...

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5 Days of Frosting: Basic Buttercream

Posted on Aug 9, 2011

5 Days of Frosting: Basic Buttercream

Can you believe it? Even though I have NEVER made frosting ( successfully) before. I found more than 5 recipes for frosting in my recipe files? Well I guess not SO unbelievable. I LOVE the IDEA of making frosting. My mom made frosting often. I tried it a few times when my boys were young. In recent years I have just bought the tub of goo. The boys and I were very happy with that, yet I found myself complaining a lot about my inability to make it myself. Its suppose to be simple right? Putting...

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