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CINNAMON-CHOCOLAT
CINNAMON-CHOCOLATE E

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING G
CREAM CHEESE FROSTIN

henever I make up this MAKES 3 ⁄ 2 CUPS, ENOUGH TO FROST
1
A 2- OR 3-LAYER CAKE
frosting, I can’t decide
PREPARATION TIME: 5 MINUTES
what to do first—
slather it on the Chocolate Pump-
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, at
kin Spice Cake (page 195) or pop a room temperature
8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, at room
big spoonful into my mouth! Fla-
temperature
vored with dark Dutch-process
1 ⁄2 cup Dutch-process unsweetened cocoa
cocoa and ground cinnamon, it is a powder

perennial as far as I am concerned, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
delicious on any dark chocolate
4 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
layer cake or cupcake in this book.

R

the Cake Mix Doctor says

To lighten the color of this frosting, use
1. Place the cream cheese and the but-
regular unsweetened cocoa powder.
ter in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an
Cream cheese frostings are a snap to
electric mixer on low speed until well
prepare the day ahead—just chill and
combined, 30 seconds. Stop the
then let come to room temperature
machine. Add the cocoa powder, cinna-
while the cake bakes.
3
mon, vanilla, and 3 ⁄4 cups of the con-
fectioners’ sugar. Blend with the mixer