Icing on the Cake
Martha shows an audience member how to perfectly frost a cake using four classic icings.
Chocolate Frosting
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Icing on the Cake
Martha shows an audience member how to perfectly frost a cake using four classic...
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Martha Stewart Living, September 2010
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Ingredients
- 12 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 4 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- Salt
- 1 pound 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted and slightly cooled
- 1 1/2 cups creme fraiche or sour cream
Directions
- Beat cream cheese and butter with a mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Sift together sugar, cocoa powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt; gradually beat into cream cheese mixture. With machine running, pour in melted chocolate in a slow, steady stream. Beat in creme fraiche until well combined. If frosting doesn't seem firm enough, refrigerate for 10 minutes. Beat before using.
This is the best chocolate frosting! It's so creamy and tasty. When you stick the leftovers in the fridge for a bit, it tastes just like fudge. I use it on cupcakes. This recipe makes WAY too much for 24 cupcakes, though. I'd halve it.