Hot chocolate chocolate cake w/ cream cheese frosting. How to Make the Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting Using a mixer, beat the cream cheese and butter together until it is smooth. Mix in the cocoa powder, vanilla, and salt. Slowly, beat in the powdered sugar until it is combined.

Add the eggs and vanilla, and pulse until. Start with the chocolate cake as it will need a while to cool. Place the butter, cocoa and water in a small saucepan and stir on low heat until it comes to a boil and the butter is melted. You can have Hot chocolate chocolate cake w/ cream cheese frosting using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Hot chocolate chocolate cake w/ cream cheese frosting

You need 2 cups of flour.
You need 1 cup of sugar.
It's 1 1/2 tablespoon of baking soda.
Prepare 1 1/2 tablespoon of baking powder.
Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
You need 9 packets of hot chocolate mix.
Prepare 1 tablespoon of vanilla.
It's 3 of large eggs.
It's 3/4 cups of oil.
You need 1 cup of milk.
Prepare 1 cup of boiling water.
It's 1 package of cream cheese.
Prepare 3/4 cup of butter unsalted.
It's 1 cup of powdered sugar.

Mix together the sugar, flour, baking soda and salt. Using a mixer, mix together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Slowly add in eggs, sour cream buttermilk, espresso, oil, and vanilla. The cakes are done when a toothpick comes out clean.

Hot chocolate chocolate cake w/ cream cheese frosting step by step

Start with your flour, sugar, baking soda and powder, salt, hot cocoa packets, and vanilla. Mix..
Add your eggs to the mix, add milk and oil. Mix well.
Once everything is incorporated add the boiling water and mix well. Mixture will be watery..
Add cake mix to your choice of pan this batter can make a two layer cake for round pans or as I did in a fluted bunds pan. Make sure you grease your pan..
You want to bake for 30-35 min in a 350 degree oven. until knife or tooth pick comes out clean..
While cake is baking start your yummy frosting. What is cake with no frosting. You want your cream cheese room temp so keep it out if your making this straight away..
I usually mix this by hand with a whisk because I'm a glutton for punishment but you can use your mixer. In a bowl add your cream cheese a splash of vanilla and butter please unsalted unless you like salty frosting. Mix or cream mixture together, once smooth incorporate the powdered sugar slowly that way you can taste as you go until your desired sweetness, then add hot cocoa powder and continue to mix well. Once smooth and creamy set aside..
Once cake is done and totally cooled turn onto serving plate. Go crazy with frosting. I don't feel you can overdo frosting so have fun. Cake is not super sweet and frosting is light and not overwhelmingly sweet. Please enjoy, share and comment..

To make the cream cheese frosting, combine the cream cheese and butter, and beat until soft and creamy. Spread cream cheese filling > frosting on top of cake. Add second layer of cake and proceed to frost top of cake with cream cheese filling. Remove cake from refrigerator and add large dollop of chocolate frosting on top of cake. When cupcakes have cooled complately, prepare frosting.