Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

Chocolate cream cheese frosting is a rich, obedient cream made from cream cheese, butter and dark chocolate that holds its shape beautifully - perfect for both filling and crumb-coating a cake. It comes together in 20 minutes and firms up in the fridge in a couple of hours. This is my favorite among chocolate frostings - highly recommended!

Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

A rich chocolate cream cheese frosting with dark chocolate ganache - for filling and crumb-coating cakes.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Chilling 2 hours hrs

Total Time 2 hours hrs 25 minutes mins

Servings: 1 cake

Course: Creams and frostings

Cuisine: Home cooking

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• 90 g dark chocolate
• 75 ml heavy cream 33%
• 125 g butter at least 82% fat
• 60 g powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 250 g cream cheese cold

Method

 

1. Take the butter out ahead of time and let it soften at room temperature.
2. Melt the dark chocolate with the cream over a bain-marie to make a ganache.
3. Whip the butter until pale, gradually adding the powdered sugar.
4. Add the cocoa, then, while still whipping, quickly fold in the cold cream cheese.
5. Add the chocolate ganache and whip for another couple of minutes.
6. Chill the frosting in the fridge for a couple of hours to firm up, then use as needed.
   

Tips

• The butter should be at room temperature and at least 82% fat, while the cream cheese should be cold.
• Fold in the cheese quickly, or the cream may split.
• Let the ganache cool slightly before adding it to the cream.
• Be sure to let the cream firm up in the fridge before working with the cake.