Nutella Frosting (VIDEO)
This creamy and delicious Nutella frosting is a decadent chocolatey treat perfect for topping your cakes and so many other uses. With just a handful of simple ingredients, you can create a wonderfully rich and silky chocolate hazelnut frosting that will add a touch of elegance to any dessert.
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- Not listed
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 750 g Whole milk
- 150 g Granulated sugar
- 120 g Egg yolk (approx. 6 egg yolk)
- 37 g Corn starch
- 37 g Flour
- 75 g Dark Chocolate (eg. Callebaut 811, semi-sweet good quality chocolate finely chopped)
- 225 g Nutella
- 225 g Unsalted butter (soft, room temperature)
- 25 g Cocoa powder (unsweetened, dutch processed)
Instructions
- 1
Start with chocolate pastry cream for the Nutella frosting
- 2
In a large enough bowl with the help of a Hand whisk, whisk together sugar and egg yolk until slightly fluffy for about 1-2 minutes
- 3
Mix in corn starch and flour until throughly incorporated and have a smooth paste
- 4
Bring milk to simmering in a saucepan on medium heat
- 5
Pour the warm milk over the egg yolk mixture slowly while whisking vigorously with a Hand whisk.
- 6
Pour the mixture back into the saucepan and cook on medium heat for a few minutes until it thickens. Concretely it is approximately 1 min after the first boil. It might get lumpy first, don't worry just keep whisking and the cream will get smooth and glossy. If in doubt, strain the pastry cream for a lump free, creamy end result
- 7
Add in chocolate in 3 stages, and mix with a Rubber spatula until completely incorporated. Place the cream into a shallow bowl and cover the entire surface with plastic wrap to avoid skin forming on top. Let it cool to room temperature
- 8
Preparing the Nutella frosting
- 9
The Nutella frosting can be made with room temperature chocolate pastry cream, Nutella, cocoa powder, and room temp soft butter. Make sure everything is room temp otherwise the mixture might curdle
- 10
Once the pastry cream is set and at room temp, prepare the frosting by whipping room temp butter first for a few minutes, then whip in the cocoa powder and Nutella for 1-2 minutes
- 11
Start adding in the room temperature pastry cream in 4 stages until the cream reaches a stable yet fluffy texture. Do not over whip the mixture as it can become runny
- 12
Chill the cream if needed for an hour before proceeding with your recipe
- 13
Store refrigerated for 2-3 days