Description
My Favourite Chocolate Frosting tastes like the most delicious chocolate mousse. It’s creamy, smooth, and has a rich chocolate flavor with less sweetness than buttercream.
Ingredients
Scale
- 200 g / 7 oz dark chocolate chips or melts
- 3/4 cup thickened cream / heavy cream
- 1/4 cup dutch processed cocoa powder
- 100 g / 7 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
- 250 g soft icing sugar / powdered sugar, sifted
- 250 g / 8 oz Philadelphia cream cheese block, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup thickened cream / heavy cream, fridge cold
- 1/4 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt
Instructions
- Bloom cocoa with cream for 5 min. Melt chocolate, mix with bloomed cocoa, cool for 15 minutes. Beat butter, then icing sugar, then cream cheese until smooth. Beat in chocolate. Chill 2 hrs. Add cream, whip to stiff peaks.
- Heat the cream until hot but not boiling. Add cocoa powder and whisk until lump-free. Set aside 5 minutes to bloom.
- Place chocolate chips in a heatproof bowl and melt in the microwave in bursts until smooth.
- Add cocoa paste into the melted chocolate. Whisk until combined and smooth. Cool for 15 minutes.
- In a separate large bowl, beat butter until soft and fluffy. Add icing sugar and beat until it resembles wet sand. Add cream cheese and beat until smooth.
- Add all the chocolate paste and beat until combined.
- Cover the bowl with cling wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Add cream and salt. Beat on high until you have stiff peaks.
- Use immediately to frost cakes and pipe onto cupcakes.
- Once set, the frosting will hold its shape in the fridge.
Notes
- This frosting has 70% less sugar than buttercream.
- Ideal for piping tall swirls on cupcakes.
- Refrigerate frosted cakes for at least 30 minutes before serving.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Mixing and Chilling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 cup
- Calories: 400
- Sugar: 30 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 35 g
- Saturated Fat: 20 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 50 mg
Keywords: Chocolate Frosting, Chocolate Mousse, Dessert Frosting