For Boxing Day I was told to bring nothing, but the desire to bake something got the better of me. I chose a chocolate cake off the internet. It wasn't the best cake I've ever made: a little too dry for my liking but it used the ingredients I had at hand...namely limited eggs.
When it came to frosting the cake though, I was well and truly stuck- two tablespoons of butter left- so my usual buttercream wasn't happening. So I raided the pantry and fridge and came up witha nutella frosting that is definitely a keeper!
Cream cheese nutella frosting
Ingredients
Frosting
250 gram block philadelphia cream cheese
3/4 cup nutella
1 cup icing sugar, sifted
2 tablespoons softened butter
Topping
2 cups hazelnuts
3 tbsps choco crispies, mixed
Method
Frosting
Mix all the frosting ingredients together for a few minutes with a spatula until combined.
Transfer to an electric stand mixer and mix for 3 minutes on high speed.
Spread over the top of your cooled cake, rising the icing to peaks if you feel so inclined with a fork.
This makes enough frosting for the top of a 22cm cake and for sandwiching two layers of said cake together.
Topping:
Bake the hazelnuts at 180 degrees for ten minutes.
Tip the hot hazelnuts into a teatowel and rub to remove the majority of the skins.
Allow to cool then sprinkle over the cake.
Fill the gaps with the choco crispies.
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