Birthday cake!! and the best chocolate frosting, ever.

Ingredients

• 5 1/4 ounces natural cocoa
• 8 ounces heavy cream
• 8 ounces unsalted butter, very soft
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 tbsp cream cheese, softened
• 14 ounces powdered sugar, divided

Preparation

• Sift the cocoa, confectioners' sugar into a bowl. Blend well.
• Bring the cream to a simmer on the stove or in the microwave, and whisk into the cocoa mixture. Keep whisking until it appears smooth and glossy, set aside to cool to room temp.
• In a large mixer bowl, beat the butter, salt and 2 cups (8oz) of the powdered sugar until light and fluffy with no lumps. Beat in vanilla and cream cheese.
• Beat in cooled chocolate mixture with mixer running on low. Be sure to scrape the bowl a few times. Set aside to cool if frosting is too loose to use immediately.
• Use any leftovers to make graham cracker sandwiches immediately. Seriously, do this. Those are out of this world with leftovers.

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