Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

After making the Basic Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes, I thought I'd try the Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. Chocolate on chocolate...how could it be bad? So yummy! Here's the recipe, I hope you enjoy it too :)

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

¼ cup margarine, softened

¼ cup shortening

½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder (sifted if there are clumps)

2 ½ cups powdered sugar, sifted

3 Tablespoons soymilk

1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract

1. Cream together the margarine and the shortening until well combined. Add the cocoa powder and incorporate well. Add the powdered sugar in about ½ cup batches and beat well, adding a little splash of soymilk after each addition. When all ingredients have been well incorporated, add the vanilla and beat until light and fluffy (about 3 minutes with a hand mixer, 7 minutes if mixing with a fork).

Variation:

Add a teaspoon of coffee extract for mocha buttercream