Nutella Icing

Oh dear, there seems to be something wrong with this recipe. After having tasted the icing to make sure it was "just right", then getting a second opinion from one daughter, who needed to consult with another daughter, there just wasn't enough icing to cover the dark chocolate cake for which it was meant. I made another double recipe, so there was enough for the cake, and I put what was left in the freezer. It is delicious on its own straight out of the freezer! Ev, I hate you, my fat tushy hates you, this is wonderful!

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This is just fantastic!!! I actually iced it on a rich butter cake. And the blend of flavours were just fantastic!! My family and I loved it, and who wouldn't..i mean it is nutella!! I had just a tablespoon leftover after icing and sampling it, and instead of sticking the whole tablespoon in my greedy mouth, i spread it on 2 thick pieces of toast..TO DIE FOR!!

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I did full justice to the beaters, spatula and the mixing bowl. I couldn't leave them just like that with all that yummy nutella on them in the sink for the tap water to enjoy, could I? NO! LOL:) So, I licked them ALL clean! Some fell onto my hand and I dug my teeth into that too!(It's the eve of Halloween night- note the use of the word 'dug'- Dracula comes to my mind!);-) ! This is really yummy and perfectly satisfied my chocolate craving. I made this for a little girl who wanted a Nutella spread on her bread. She loved it and sent a hug your way for posting this:-) Thank you for the best Nutella icing recipe I've ever tried!

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I made this for Recipe Dare! game and so glad I did! I made a chocolate cake with layers of vanilla pudding topped with this icing. Wow, a dessert worth making again! Thanks evelyn for posting this! I did half the recipe for just 1 layer!

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Oh My!!! This Nutella Icing was awesome! I made it for a co-worker's birthday and iced it on MizzNezz's Quick Yellow Cake. Everyone raved over it! The icing fell a little while transporting it to the office, but it didn't affect the taste at all! I'd suggest icing the cake just before serving for best results. Also, while it was delicious on the yellow cake, I think it would have been even better on a dark chocolate cake. I will definitley make this again! Thanks for sharing!!!

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oh Yeah!

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OH MY GOODNESS, its wonderful.

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Hello everyone. I'm pretty sure I know what went wrong here. First this is a great recipe and it worked fine for me....here's why:

1. Nutella is made with hazelnut and therefore it has oil in it.
2. When making a whip cream from heavy cream in order to maintain the stiff peaks and thickness you need to use a stabilizer. I use a brand called "Whip it" by Dr. Oetker. You use one packet for every 8 ounces of heavy cream used. Very inexpensive...I paid .50 cents for it.
3. Whip the cream in a bowl that is very cold (also the attachment). You can achieve this best by rinsing the bowl and attachment and then sticking them in the freezer for a while (15 or 20 min). After chilling the bowl and the cream to the bowl (I use a stand mixer) and slowly start the mixer. Slowly add the stabilizer a little bit at a time.* Remove from mixing bowl and set aside.
4. I blended the nutella, vanilla, and about 1/4 cup of the heavy cream that I whipped together. I then FOLDED the rest of the whipped cream into the nutella mix.
5. After folding the two mixtures together I put it in a bowl, covered it with plastic, and then put it in the freezer or fridge.
*NOTE: If you over mix the cream, no matter if you use a stabilizer or not, it WILL go back to liquid. So take your time.

Happy Baking!

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This is soooo good! I tried this twice. The first time it didn't work for me. I used the store brand and will not make that mistake again. It is alot thinner than the Nutella brand so the icing was really thin and runny. Will make again and again but with only Nutella brand! Thanks for sharing I get tons of compliments.

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How could anything with Nutella NOT be delicious??? This was AWESOME! I have to work on the texture, but I know I was rushing this morning when I made this, so I look forward to perfecting my technique! I put the icing on the ridiculously easy Banana Cake (recipe posted by Evie*) and it was AMAZING! If you are looking for something new to use this icing on - try it out! Thanks for posting this recipe!

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While the taste was just as I thought it would be, amazingly good and hard to stop tasting, the consistency was more like Nutella soup than frosting. I am in Germany, using non-Ultra pasteurized heavy "Schlagesahne" (whipping cream). Maybe the difference is in the fat content. I will try this again with some changes, maybe less cream, or add something like butter or cream cheese. There is no question in usability of this recipe when it is runny, I will be serving it as a sauce to be spooned onto the cake, sort of like serve yourself icing. Thanks for the recipe, keep them coming.

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I had the same problem, runny. I used a good cream and whipped it before I put the nutella and it was great till it started to get room temp. Now I have my cake in the refrigerator hopping it will set up.

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This was, of course, delicious as all things with Nutella are. However, I didn't think it worked well as an icing. It certainly didn't look as good as it tasted, and it didn't hold its shape well. I'm still on a hunt for a Nutella icing recipe that is more of a buttercream.

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This was delicious. When I made this it thickened up but it had a grainy looking appearance. I frosted a chocolate cake and the flavor combination was great. Update 7/22/07. I whipped the cream with the vanilla until stiff and then I added the Nutella and beat it in slowly. This time the frosting was smooth and not grainy! Just perfect.

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Very good I made this and put it into a pastry bag and kids iced cookies. It was so much fun.....tastes even better if mom lets you squirt it directly into you mouth. If you have trouble making it whip the cream first and put whipped cream back in the fridge to stiffen up and then mix in the nutela. I also added 1 teaspoon gelatin to the whipping cream because I didn't want the icing to soak into the cookies and make tham soggy, but they were all gone before they had a chance to get soggy.

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As must as I love Nutella, I never thought about mixing it with cream for a frosting. For best results, I chilled my bowl and beaters before mixing the frosting. That makes a big difference anytime when whipping cream is involved. Thanks, Evelyn. My hips will never forgive you, though! ;-)

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This recipe tasted wonderful, but I along with Jawserwog had trouble making it thicken. It was just runny,so I even went out and bought extra whipping cream to add and it didn't help. So I served it anyway. I had made cupcakes for the kids and chilled them along with the icing and just dipped them in and told the kids to eat them quick before all the icing came off. I will try it again but instead of whipping cream I am going to use the packaged dream whip and add liquid as needed. Thanks for the recipe.

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I don't know what I did wrong but man it tasted great but was so runny I tried to put it on my cake but it was like soup. Oh well everybody loved the taste of it.

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This tasted wonderful, but was too runny. I think it would be better used in another application...not for frosting a cake.

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Taste was awesome. But can anything not taste great with Nutella in it? I had difficulties however it getting it to peak or stiffen up. Once I put the icing in the fridge for awhile, it became like a frosting however once the frosting was on the cake and left at room temperature for even 10 mintues, it became too runny for frosting. I might have done something wrong. But the flavour was still fantastic.

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