Brownies With Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

ByAlexis
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Brownies With Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting to die for! I serve these plain but if you want to kick it up a notch on the fun factor, add your favorite sprinkles. Sprinkles make everything better.

Brownies With Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Brownies With Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

Sprinkles take everything up a notch. Make these for the next school bake sale or birthday party and you will win all the awards.

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Brownies with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

By Alexis
Brownies with frosting to die for! I serve these plain but if you want to kick it up a notch on the fun factor, add your favorite sprinkles. Sprinkles make everything better.
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Ingredients
  

Brownies:

  • 1 â…“ cup salted butter soft at room temperature
  • 2 â…“ cup granulated sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 ¼ cup all purpose flour
  • 1 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Frosting:

  • 4 oz cream cheese soft at room temperature
  • 2 tablespoon salted butter soft at room temperature
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 cups powder sugar
  • 2 tablespoon heavy cream
  • sprinkles

Instructions
 

Brownies:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Line a 9x13 cake pan with foil and spray with non stick cooking spray.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
  4. Beat in eggs and vanilla until mixed well.
  5. Add in flour, cocoa, and salt while mixing on low and gradually mix together until well combined.  Batter will be thick.
  6. Spread batter in to prepared baking dish.  Bake for 40-45 minutes until center is done when tested with toothpick or knife. 
  7. Cool completely before frosting.

Frosting:

  1. In a medium mixing bowl, cream together cream cheese and butter until smooth.  Add in vanilla and cocoa powder and mix well.
  2. Slowly add in powdered sugar and tiny amounts of the heavy cream until all combined.  Frosting will be light and fluffy.
  3. Spread on cool brownies and top with sprinkles if desired.
  4. Enjoy!
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