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Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting
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Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting is just as sweet, rich, and chocolatey as regular chocolate frosting but with a tangy kick! Enjoy!
Let’s talk about this Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting…
If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll know that Blake turned 3 recently!! What a sweetie pie that boy is {usually…ha!} We will be doing a post all about his birthday soon, but I wanted to share this amazing amazing frosting recipe for his cake. {Scroll down to see his cake!}
YOU GUYS. Have you ever had sour cream in frosting before? It is NUTS. So so good. It adds a lovely tang and creaminess you just can’t get with any other dairy product. Plus this frosting paired with my Perfect Chocolate Cake recipe? Pure heaven.
Of course, this frosting would be good on just about anything, but that’s a different story for another time.
I’m somewhat methodical when it comes to making the frosting, namely because I don’t like them overly sweet, plus I like them having depth and interesting flavors…not just super-sweet-feel-the-cavities-setting-in-already.
Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting Ingredients:
- salted butter: adds the salt I need to counter the powdered sugar
- powdered sugar: frosting does need to be sweet after all!
- cocoa powder: hello??? this is chocolate frosting, so obviously I need that.
- sour cream: adds more creaminess and tang
- vanilla extract: helps bring out the chocolate flavor, ironically
As long as your butter is completely soft and you sift your dry ingredients, you will have zero problems making {and eating} this frosting. It’s almost as good, if not better than, my best and easiest chocolate frosting {which is forever more trending on Pinterest}.
It’s so velvety and smooth! I had no issues at all making Blake’s birthday cake! I’ll go into more detail about his cake once I do his official bday post with the video of him blowing out his candles. But in the meantime, this photo will have to do.
If you have a reason to celebrate or happen to be baking something soon, give this frosting a try. You won’t regret that decision. Promise!!
Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting
Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting is just as sweet, rich and chocolatey as regular chocolate frosting but with a tangy kick! Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup softened salted butter
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder + 1 tablespoon, sifted well
- 3 3/4 cups powdered sugar sifted well
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into the bowl of a stand mixer. Stir on low to combine. Scrape sides and mix again. Then whip on high for 30 seconds to 1 minute to get a completely smooth and creamy frosting. Use as desired.
Notes
This recipe will frost 24 cupcakes, a 2 layer cake or as seen here 1-9x13 with a smaller 6-inch cake on top.
Nutrition
Calories: 142kcalCarbohydrates: 19gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 57mgPotassium: 39mgSugar: 18gVitamin A: 220IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 12mgIron: 0.3mg
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I have gotten so many compliments on this icing. I even threw a bit of sour cream in the chocolate cake mix too,
Made a half recipe for an 8″ single layer and only had a little left.
It was perfect. Not runny at all.
I weigh all my ingredients.
I followed the directions exactly and it came out perfect. Not too sweet either but very delicious.
I don’t have sifter I shoulda used a tea strainer. It came out super delicious my favorite frosting but it’s lumpy.
The frosting tastes good- but is very runny.
I tried this frosting for the first time today and I love it! It does make allot and if you’re frosting a cake, you will have a good bit left over. I read the comments and was prepared for it to be a little runny so, I went ahead and added a little more powdered sugar and it came out just fine.
Smooth, creamy, chocolaty, delicious, and SO EASY to make. I love the fact you don’t have to melt chocolate to make it. Pour everything into your KitchenAid and whip it up. I’ve made a lot of frosting over the years, and always adjust the powdered sugar and chocolate to my taste and how stiff I want the frosting. This is a great recipe. Yum!
Delicious and so easy to spread on my cake! This recipe is a winner I will make often! Thank you
My husband says this frosting tastes like “regret.” I’ve never experienced such a waste of ingredients in my life. In another blog you mentioned that you only eat chocolate cake five times a year…so if this is the frosting you use for those cakes, I understand why.
This was unnecessarily mean, Doris. Perhaps constructive criticism would be more helpful.
I really was excited to try to this, but google placed ad right over the top of it. I thought, “Okay, maybe if I open it in my browser…” nope still there. ?
Not too sweet. Absolutely perfect. My new go to recipe.
I followed this recipe to a tee. Not sure how you all can say it worked perfectly when it didn’t! required another cup and a bit of icing sugar. And more cocoa!!!!!
This frosting was amazing! I will definitely be making it often. It was a little runny, maybe less butter and less sour cream or just more powdered sugar next time but so tasty.
can I substitute dutch cocoa for
unsweetened cocoa powder?
A little too tangy for my overly critical bunch. how do offset without making it sweeter
Add a little instant coffee grounds, mixed with a tiny bit of warm water, froth it up so it gets thick, add a little bit and a good pinch of salt, it will make it taste more chocolaty and less tangy.
I can hardly wait to try out your Black Forest Recipe. We traditionally have this as our Christmas Cake! Thank you for the recipe.
Nice taste but too runny ~ cheers
Makes a lot of frosting – a lot