Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, hot chocolate chocolate cake w/ cream cheese frosting. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Hot chocolate chocolate cake w/ cream cheese frosting is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Hot chocolate chocolate cake w/ cream cheese frosting is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
How to make chocolate cream cheese frosting! This recipe is made with cocoa powder and is simple, fool-proof, and richly chocolaty. It's creamy and smooth but is still sturdy enough for piping and would be the perfect complement to your favorite cake or cupcake recipe!
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have hot chocolate chocolate cake w/ cream cheese frosting using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Hot chocolate chocolate cake w/ cream cheese frosting:
- Prepare 2 cups flour
- Get 1 cup sugar
- Get 1 1/2 tablespoon baking soda
- Make ready 1 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
- Take 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Make ready 9 packets hot chocolate mix
- Prepare 1 tablespoon vanilla
- Make ready 3 large eggs
- Get 3/4 cups oil
- Take 1 cup milk
- Get 1 cup boiling water
- Prepare 1 package cream cheese
- Get 3/4 cup butter unsalted
- Get 1 cup powdered sugar
My reason for choosing to pair this frosting with this cupcake is because I often get a brownie at a local bakery with a Chocolate Cream Cheese frosting and it goes perfect with the rich. The cream cheese cuts the sweetness and gives it a wonderful tangy flavor. Smooth, richly chocolate, and the cream cheese makes this a not-too-sweet frosting. I used this to frost "Lori's White Bread Cake," also from this site (a little plug for that lonely but exceptional.
Steps to make Hot chocolate chocolate cake w/ cream cheese frosting:
- Start with your flour, sugar, baking soda and powder, salt, hot cocoa packets, and vanilla. Mix.
- Add your eggs to the mix, add milk and oil. Mix well
- Once everything is incorporated add the boiling water and mix well. Mixture will be watery.
- Add cake mix to your choice of pan this batter can make a two layer cake for round pans or as I did in a fluted bunds pan. Make sure you grease your pan.
- You want to bake for 30-35 min in a 350 degree oven. until knife or tooth pick comes out clean.
- While cake is baking start your yummy frosting. What is cake with no frosting. You want your cream cheese room temp so keep it out if your making this straight away.
- I usually mix this by hand with a whisk because I'm a glutton for punishment but you can use your mixer. In a bowl add your cream cheese a splash of vanilla and butter please unsalted unless you like salty frosting. Mix or cream mixture together, once smooth incorporate the powdered sugar slowly that way you can taste as you go until your desired sweetness, then add hot cocoa powder and continue to mix well. Once smooth and creamy set aside.
- Once cake is done and totally cooled turn onto serving plate. Go crazy with frosting. I don't feel you can overdo frosting so have fun. Cake is not super sweet and frosting is light and not overwhelmingly sweet. Please enjoy, share and comment.
To make the cream cheese frosting, combine the cream cheese and butter, and beat until soft and creamy. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla beat on low speed until the sugar is mixed in then Have you made this Intense Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting? We would love to see a picture. White chocolate is not my first choice of chocolate that I would choose. This frosting is still not my favorite, just because I don't like any frosting with butter, but for you that love White Always have this in mind, from my experience teaching a cupcake class in Dubai where it is so hot, if you live in a hot.
So that is going to wrap this up with this exceptional food hot chocolate chocolate cake w/ cream cheese frosting recipe. Thanks so much for your time. I’m sure that you will make this at home. There’s gonna be interesting food at home recipes coming up. Remember to bookmark this page in your browser, and share it to your loved ones, colleague and friends. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!
