Thursday, July 18, 2019

Killer Mocha Frosting #recipe @LucyBurdette



LUCY BURDETTE: I was making a cake for a going-away party and wanted to use up some butter and cream cheese I had in the fridge. This frosting did the job in spectacular fashion! This recipe has a mocha flavor, but if you do not like the taste of coffee, simply leave the espresso powder out. It is incredibly rich and delicious and perfect for a yellow, white, or even chocolate cake! (I found the original recipe at SugarSpunRun.com but made tweaks of course!) People literally fought over taking a slice home at the end of the night...

Ingredients

One 8 ounce block cream cheese
One stick (4 ounces aka 8 tablespoons) butter, unsalted
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup good quality cocoa powder
1 tablespoon espresso powder
3 cups powdered sugar




While the cake is cooling (I used my favorite yellow), beat the softened cream cheese and butter together until well mixed. Beat in the vanilla. In a separate bowl, mix the cocoa powder, espresso powder, and powdered sugar with a fork so that you don’t have any big lumps left. 





Add this to the cream cheese mixture and beat until smooth and glossy. Frost the cake. And decorate as desired. Sit back and let the rave reviews roll in...




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17 comments:

  1. Is 8:30 in the morning too early to make this? I don't even have a cake made. Sounds heavenly!

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  2. Oh I must try this!! Thank you for sharing!

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  3. Need clarification on the butter. Do you really mean 8 ounces or do you mean 8 tablespoons? A "stick" of butter is only 4 ounces, so if 8 ounces are truly required then you'd need 2 sticks of butter. dbahn(at)iw(dot)net

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    1. Good question, I meant 8 tablespoons which as you point out is 4 ounces. I will fix that!

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  4. welcome Linda. Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe. Have a fabulous Thursday quilting dash lady at comcast dot net

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  5. Mocha frosting was my family's go-to frosting when I was growing up. Wonderful stuff!

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    1. My father always asked for mocha icing, so this reminds me of him. Although I think this is better than what we had as kids!

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  6. I love mocha frosting but have never tried it with cream cheese as an ingredient. Must make it, purely for research purposes, of course.

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  7. Oooo I love mocha! I'm definitely going to have to try this recipe... with or without cake. Thanks for sharing, Lucy!

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  8. This looks delicious! Thank you for sharing!

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  9. Chocolate frosting on a yellow cake it one of my favorites!
    Mocha just tastes it a step higher.

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