Chocolate Cream Cheese Buttercream
What beats chocolate and cream cheese in frosting? Here's my absolute favorite Chocolate Cream Cheese buttercream recipe!
Servings: 1 8-inch cake or 24 cupcakes
Calories: 326kcal
Equipment
- Stand mixer + paddle attachment (or hand mixer)
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese (one package; softened)
- 1 cup butter (two sticks, softened)
- 5 ½ – 6 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- 4-6 Tablespoons milk
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (if using unsalted butter)
Instructions
- Beat together softened cream cheese and butter; slowly add in powdered sugar alternating with cocoa powder and milk until frosting reaches desired consistency. Add vanilla and salt if needed and beat until well combined.
- If you’re having any trouble smoothing this frosting on a cake, I recommend – once you’ve smoothed it as much as possible – putting the cake in the fridge for 5 minutes at a time and then trying again. The fridge will firm the frosting just enough to make smoothing it easier.
Notes
(Please note nutrition information is an estimate, and may not be exactly accurate. Estimated calorie count for 1/24th recipe – amount for 1 cupcake – is 216; including 29g carbohydrate, 1.5g protein, and 11.5g fat.)
Nutrition
Serving: 11/16th recipe (amount for 1 cake slice) | Calories: 326kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 16g
I use a very similar frosting recipe if I want to make black frosting (photos above) – check out my Black Cocoa Cream Cheese buttercream recipe!
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