Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

Don't we all find cakes with delicious chocolate cream cheese frosting simply irresistible! If you love baking cakes and cookies, you should try different types of frosting recipes. Topping a cake with a delicious frosting is a simple way too add flavor to a cake. If you want to make mouth-watering cakes that will tickle your taste buds and leave you wanting more, you must learn how to make delicious frosting. So, let's find out more about frosting recipes that will make any cake a yummy delight.

Frosting Recipes

Recipe # 1

Ingredients

• Unsweetened chocolate, 3 oz.
• Cream cheese, 1 package
• Milk, 1 tablespoon
• Vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon
• Salt, a pinch
• Confectioners' sugar, 2 cups

Procedure

• First you need to melt the unsweetened chocolate in a double boiler.
• Take the ingredients mentioned above and add it to the chocolate.
• Make sure there are no lumps and mix it very well.
• If you think it has become very thick, you could add a little milk.
• If you think it's not thick enough, add a little sugar.
• Refrigerate and use this frosting over a cupcake.

Recipe # 2

Ingredients

• Cream cheese, 8 oz.
• Butter, ½ a stick
• Powdered sugar, 3 cups
• Cocoa powder, ¾ cup

Procedure

• Take a bowl and mix the cream cheese and butter stirring it till it is creamy.
• Add the sifted powdered sugar gradually and keep stirring till it mixes completely.
• Now add the cocoa powder and stir well.
• Refrigerate and use this yummy frosting over a chocolate cake.

Recipe # 3

Ingredients

• White chocolate chunks, 6 oz.
• Cream cheese, 1 package
• Butter, ½ a stick (at room temperature)
• Vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon
• Confectioners' sugar, 2 cups

Procedure

• Melt the white chocolate in the double boiler and set it aside.
• Take a large mixing bowl and add the cream cheese and butter.
• Set the electric beater at low speed and beat this mixture for half a minute.
• Now you need to add the melted white chocolate and beat for half a minute.
• Now mix vanilla and sugar and beat.
• Beat till the frosting is fluffy enough.
• Refrigerate and use this fluffy frosting over a chocolate cake.

Recipe # 4

Ingredients

• Dark chocolate chips, 1cup
• Unsalted butter, ¾ cup
• Milk, ½ cup
• Cream cheese, 6 oz.

Procedure

• You could use a microwave or a double boiler to melt the butter and chocolate chips
• Keep stirring so that both butter and chips melt completely.
• Add sugar and milk gradually and beat the mixture till it's fluffy.
• Now add the cream cheese to the mixture and beat well.
• Use this delicious topping over a cake and enjoy!

Recipe # 5

Ingredients

• Cream cheese, 8 oz. (at room temperature)
• Butter, 1 stick (at room temperature)
• Almond extract, 1 teaspoon
• Unsweetened cocoa powder, ½ cup
• Confectioners' sugar, 3 cups (sifted)

Procedure

• Place the add cream cheese and butter in a mixing bowl.
• Now put it in an electric mixer on low speed for about half a minute
• Now you need to add the almond extract, cocoa powder and sugar to it.
• Use the electric mixer again to beat them.
• In case, the frosting doesn't seem fluffy enough, put the electric mixer on medium and beat till it is fluffy.
• Refrigerate and use this creamy frosting over cakes or brownies.

These were a few frosting recipes. Use these recipes to make frosting for cupcakes and cookies and enjoy!