The Best Chocolate Frosting
 
 
Tall, glorious layers of vanilla butter cake, topped with the best chocolate cream cheese icing of all time.
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Ingredients
For the cake:
  • 3 x 8inch layers of vanilla butter cake (I used Sweetapolita's recipe - the link is in the post)
For the frosting:
  • 1 stick (115g) butter, softened
  • 12 oz (340g) cream cheese, at ROOM TEMPERATURE
  • ⅔ cup cocoa
  • 4 + ½ cups icing sugar (powdered sugar)
Instructions
  1. To make the frosting, place the butter into a bowl and beat until completely smooth and slightly pale.
  2. Add the cream cheese and beat on a low speed until just incorporated into the butter. Be careful not to overbeat, as cream cheese easily separates.
  3. Add the cocoa and icing sugar to the bowl and mix on a low speed just until everything is incoporated.
  4. Turn the speed to high and whip until smooth - about 10-20 seconds. Again, be careful not to overbeat.
  5. Now, the frosting is ready to use!
Notes
Your cream cheese MUST be at room temperature. That means it needs a good few hours out of the fridge before you even think about making this frosting. Cold cream cheese = lumps.
Recipe by The Sugar Hit at http://www.thesugarhit.com/2014/08/how-to-make-an-epic-birthday-cake-recipe.html