Cinnamon-Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

Submitted by Dragonfly AZ

"From "The Chocolate Cake Mix Doctor". This frosting tastes wonderful on the Chocolate Cinnamon Banana Cake also posted from this book."

 

• Ready In: 5mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 3 1/2 cups

ingredients

• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup cocoa (preferably Dutch processed)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 cups powdered sugar

directions

1. Cream together cream cheese and butter.
2. Add cocoa, cinnamon, vanilla, and 3 3/4 cup powdered sugar. Beat together for about 30 seconds.
3. Add more sugar if necessary and beat until the frosting is fluffy, about 2 minutes more.

Reviews

[ssewell]

This is yummy. I made this usng a powdered sugar subsitute from Splenda and neufchatel Cheese. My mother-in-law is diabetic so I am trying to learn to bake with Splenda and low fat and this recipe converted well. I think the cinnamon added the extra flavor that helped cover up the changes.

 

[Jamilahs_Kitchen]

Thanks I used this for my sons birthday cake. I didn't use the cinnamon but the frosting is perfect chocolate cream cheese that I was looking for. Thanks :)

 

[Len23]

This was really fantastic. I used it to ice the suggested chocolate cinnamon banana cake and it was the perfect compliment. I didn't measure exactly so I probably used a lot less icing sugar, but I liked that it was not too sweet/not too rich and you could still taste the cream cheese- it worked on this cake beautifully.

 

[LisaGoesShopping]

Excellent...the cinamon is just the right thing to give it that edge over other regular chocolate frostings! I use 3-4 tsp. of the cinnamon and it is even better!