Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

A smooth and creamy chocolate cream cheese frosting, perfect for topping cupcakes or layer cakes.

Category Tags:

DessertCake

Cuisine Tags:

SouthernAmerican

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Instructions

  1. Melt chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over simmering water, stirring until smooth, then set aside.

  2. Cream softened butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer until fluffy.

  3. Incorporate the melted chocolate, salt, sifted confectioners' sugar, half-and-half, and vanilla extract.

  4. Beat until the frosting is smooth and spreadable, adjusting consistency with additional half-and-half or confectioners' sugar as needed.

  5. Spread onto cakes or cupcakes.

Nutritional Info (per serving)

Calories: 393 kcal
Carbohydrate: 46 g
Cholesterol: 48 mg
Fiber: 2 g
Protein: 4 g
Saturated Fat: 14 g
Sodium: 164 mg
Sugar: 42 g
Fat: 22 g
Unsaturated Fat: 0 g