Thick, glossy and oh so delicious. I don’t know why it has taken me so long to come up with this Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting recipe! It might change your life!
What is your favourite frosting?
I have never been a fan of buttercream. I know this my seem like a bit of a shock because I make it quite a lot. But buttercream isn’t for me!
Cream cheese frosting on the other hand, definitely is. Whether it is on my Carrot Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting or my Courgette Cupcakes with Lemon Curd & Cream Cheese; I love it.
What is better than cream cheese frosting?
The only thing better than cream cheese frosting is Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting! It is so deliciously creamy and indulgent. As soon as I made it I knew it was going to change my life! I know that sounds dramatic, but that’s just how delicious it is!
What to put this Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting on
Anything and everything! In all seriousness this frosting would work really well with vanilla or chocolate cake. The recipe below makes enough frosting to generously decorate 18 cupcakes.
By generously I mean how the cupcakes in the photographs are decorated. Some people like less frosting than this and that will obviously mean the frosting will go further.
This recipe would also be more than enough to decorate a cake with three layers.
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Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Thick, glossy and oh so delicious. I don't know why it has taken me so long to come up with this Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting recipe! It might change you life!
Ingredients
- 75 g unsalted butter softened
- 200 g cream cheese full fat
- 400 g icing sugar
- 50 g cocoa powder
Instructions
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Add the softened butter to a a bowl or your mixer and beat until smooth
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Add the cream cheese to the butter and sift in the icing sugar and cocoa powder
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Beat until completely mixed and smooth
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Pipe onto cupcakes or a cake
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I like that this chocolate frosting is more about cheese than butter, I find chocolate works really well with tangy ingredients.
Thanks Monika. I much prefer cream cheese to butter in frosting!
I want to lick my screen!
Haha that made me laugh!
YUM! Chocolate cream cheese is my favourite! Thanks for this super recipe!
Thanks Donna 🙂
OMG!!! I bet this is amazing!!! I love cream cheese frosting and its so easy to make dairy free too! Thanks for sharing #CookBlogShare 🙂
Oh fantastic! Thanks 🙂
This frosting looks so smooth and silky. Delicious.
Thanks Angela 🙂
I’m so with you on cream cheese frosting over buttercream and this chocolate version looks so good! Thank you for sharing with #BakingCrumbs 🙂
This looks like the perfect frosting! So smooth and silky
Thanks 🙂
Loving your ratio of cream cheese to butter. Kind of perfect for people like me who are always looking for new buttercream ventures.
Thanks Jane 🙂
I so know what you mean Cat! My absolute favourite kind of recipe! I feel a little bit more complete every time! I am exactly the same too about buttercream. So will def try yours. I much prefer a cream cheese icing too. Thank you so much for sharing with #BakingCrumbs
Yes! Cream cheese frosting over buttercream everyday!
I could eat chocolate cream cheese frosting by the bowl full, on its own! This one looks utterly perfect!
Haha it’s so good isn’t it!
Absolutely stunning. Definitely too good to eat. I wish I had one to nibble on though.
Thanks Sisley 🙂