Anyways, my dear sister graduated from nursing school this weekend and we had much to celebrate! The family went out to eat after graduation and my sister chose a lovely little restaurant housed in a historic home. The atmosphere was relaxed and private, but unfortunately, we arrived very close to closing and the dessert staff was leaving. My sister didn't get a celebratory dessert and being the foodie that I am, I was bothered by that deeply. This morning, I got up and decided to make her favorite dessert. She loves a basic yellow cake with super rich homemade chocolate butter cream. While this old standby is delish, I wanted to kick it up a notch. I decided to come up with a butter cream that included nutella. I began to search the internet for recipes and quickly decided to come up with my own. Here's what I came up with:
Two sticks salted butter, softened
3-4 cups of powdered sugar
2-3 TBSP milk
1 tsp pure vanilla
1/3 cup dark, dutch unsweetened cocoa
2/3 cup Nutella
Cream butter, add nutella and mix well. Add vanilla and cocoa, mix. Add powdered sugar and enough milk to bring to desired consistency. I beat this for a good minute to stiffen the mixture up.
The end result was delish! My family went crazy over this new concoction. Right now I am dreaming of fresh strawberries that can be dipped into the leftover butter cream. WOW! This recipe makes more than enough to frost a 13x9 cake. Believe me in that you want a bit extra to enjoy!
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