This Nutella Frosting is so easy to make, and absolutely delicious! This recipe makes enough frosting to frost 24 cupcakes, or a 6” 3 layer cake, or a 8” 2 layer cake.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword frosting, nutella
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 0 minutesminutes
0 minutesminutes
Total Time 10 minutesminutes
Servings 3cups
Calories 140kcal
Author Camila Hurst
Equipment
Electric mixer
Sifter
Spatula
Ingredients
Nutella Cream Cheese Frosting
1cupcream cheese softened 226 grams, 8 oz
1/2cupunsalted butter room temperature113 grams, 4 oz
2/3cupNutella176 grams, 6.2 oz
3cupspowdered sugar375 grams, 9.7 oz
1/4cupcocoa powder31 grams, 1 oz
1tspvanilla extract
Instructions
Nutella Cream Cheese Frosting
Place cream cheese and butter in the bowl of an electric mixer. Cream at medium-high speed for 5 minutes, until very fluffy and light in color. Scrape the bowl in between.
Add Nutella and cream for another minute.
Sift powdered sugar and cocoa powder together.
With the mixer off, add sifted powdered sugar and cocoa powder to the bowl.
Mix on low until incorporated.
Raise speed to medium-high and cream for 1 minute until creamy.
If you notice the frosting is too runny, add a bit more sifted powdered sugar to firm it up. And if you notice the frosting is too stiff, add a teaspoon of milk or water at a time until the frosting becomes smooth and creamy.
Add the vanilla extract and mix until combined.
Storage
Store this frosting in the fridge, covered. If you want to use it on the next day, let it sit at room temperature for about 1 hour until it softens up, and then cream it until fluffy, for 1 or 2 minutes.
Notes
You can use all butter instead of cream cheese in this frosting if you prefer.