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Cakes-Frosting: White Chocolate Buttercream *

Source of Recipe

Death by Chocolate cookbook


Recipe Introduction

This is my all time favorite frosting. Can use any kind of chocolate.. have successfully made using milk chocolate, bittersweet and semi-sweet. Someone once told me they wanted to roll around in the stuff because it was so good.

List of Ingredients

12 ounces white chocolate chips
12 ounces unsalted butter, room temp
6 egg whites
6 tablespoons sugar


Recipe

Melt chocolate in microwave, and let come to room temp. Beat the butter in large mixing bowl on medium for 2 minutes, then on high for another 5 minutes. Once chocolate has cooled, stir and mix well with the butter.

Place egg whites and sugar in top of double boiler. Whisk together and heat until they reach 120¼F on stovetop (about 2 1/2-3 minutes). Transfer heated egg whites to electric mixer fitted with balloon whip. Whisk on high until stiff peaks form, about 4 minutes. Fold egg whites into the chocolate butter mixture.

Use to frost cake - excellent on chocolate cake. TIP: make sure butter is not cold, or it will cause melted chocolate to clump up.

Buny's Note: I dont usually use a double boiler for this.. I simply heat the egg whites up in a heavy saucepan over very low heat until reaches desired heat.