Chocolate cream cheese frosting
A delicous easy to make forsting that makes a tasty chnage to buttercream, is lower in fat and not as sweet.
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 350 g (12oz) cream cheese (full fat)
- 175 g (6oz) icing sugar sifted
- 175 g (6oz) milk chocolate broken into squares
Instructions
- Beat 350g (12oz) cream cheese to soften.
- Gradually beat in 175g (6oz) of sifted icing sugar.
- Put the 175g (6oz) chocolate into a small bowl and place over a pan of hot water. Heat stirring until the chocolate has melted.
- Beat the chocolate into the cream cheese mixture to produce a smooth glossy frosting.
- Use as required.
Notes
Enough to fill and top a 20cm (8in) round cake or top 12 cupcakes.
Store in an airitight container in the refrigerator until required.
If the cream cheese mixture is very cold mix a little into the chocolate mixture before adding the chocolate to the remaining mixture. If the chocolate starts to set before mixing in gently warm the frosting over a pan of hot water beating until the chocolate remelts (take care not to over heat).