Recipe: Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream

 This is my recipe for chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream. Very decadent. Very delicious. Still light and fluffy.

Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream:
7 egg whites
2 cups (400g) sugar
2 cups (500g) butter
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract or 1 tbsp vanilla sugar
200-400g dark chocolate (melted, but not hot)

Separate your eggs. You only want egg whites. Put them in a heat-proof bowl (either metal or glass).
Whisk together egg whites and sugar. Also add the vanilla sugar at this point if you are using it.
Heat the mixture over a double boiler (baine marie) until the sugar grains are no longer tactile and the mixture is hot to the touch.
Whip the meringue to stiff peaks. It should look glossy and gorgeous when it's ready.
Add the butter a tablespoon at a time until all the butter has been incorporated and there are no more chunks. The mixture will probably be quite thin at this point.
If you haven't already melted your chocolate, you should do that at this point.
Continue to beat the buttercream mixture until it comes together with buttercream consistency.
Add the salt and vanilla, if you haven't yet at this point. Then pour in the melted chocolate. Please make sure your chocolate is not hot enough to melt butter. If it is, your buttercream will melt. I began with 200g of chocolate.
This is lovely buttercream, but the chocolate flavor is quite light. It's perfect if you're frosting a marble cake or something with a mild flavor. However, I wanted just a bit more of a chocolate flavor.
So, I melted another 200g of dark chocolate. This chocolate is even tempered to make sure it didn't get too warm.
Pour it into the buttercream.
And combine. This is nice and chocolatey. So delicious. It's perfect for a chocolate cake or any cake that you want lots of chocolate flavor.
Enjoy!
Watch us make this lovely chocolate buttercream on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/a_MR1VBTJ_I
Schaut zu wie wir diese schöne Schokobuttercreme auf YouTube machen hier: https://youtu.be/wKlKlVIEywA

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