to rich Chocolate and Cream Cheese Buttercream, these are the best buttercream, frosting, and icing recipes for every cake and cupcake. If you need me, I'll be off in the corner licking the bowl ...

The frosting for that particular chocolate cake recipe is great, but it requires some patience. Kat uses a ganache, a mixture of melted chocolate and cream, that needs to cool down and firm up before ...

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Preparation. Using an electric mixer on medium-low speed, beat 8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature, 6 Tbsp. unsalted butter, room temperature, and 1 tsp. Diamond Crystal of ½ tsp. Morton kosher ...

For the Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting: 6 ounces milk chocolate chips or chopped milk chocolate 1/2 cup sour cream 4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract.