Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
 
Ingredients
  • 2 (8-ounce) packages (454 grams) cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup (227 grams) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon (4 grams) vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon (1.5 grams) kosher salt
  • 4½ cups (540 grams) confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 cup (85 grams) Dutch process cocoa powder
Instructions
  1. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat cream cheese and butter at medium-low speed until smooth and creamy, about 1 minute. Beat in vanilla and salt until combined.
  2. Sift together confectioners’ sugar and cocoa. With mixer on low speed, slowly add sugar mixture to cream cheese mixture, about ¾ cup (90 grams) at a time, beating until combined after each addition and stopping to scrape sides of bowl. Increase mixer speed to medium, and beat until light in color and fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes, stopping to scrape sides of bowl.
Recipe by Bake from Scratch at https://bakefromscratch.com/peanut-butter-chocolate-marble-cake/