Whipped Nutella Frosting is so creamy and smooth, you’ll want to eat it with a spoon! This easy frosting recipe is fantastic for both cakes and cupcakes. Once you make this hazelnut frosting, you won’t want to try any other recipes!
I am a frosting girl. That’s me. Hi.
I can’t be on your team if you have ever uttered the words, that’s “too sweet” or, “I scraped the frosting off”.
Just no.
Quick and Easy Whipped Nutella Frosting Recipe
My people ask for a corner piece…an extra rose (or two).
My people eat the frosting first…you know, to make sure it’s the RIGHT kind of frosting. No fake stuff allowed. Only the real deal for my brethren. If the frosting ain’t right, the cake ain’t worth it.
I should really write bumper stickers.
Anyhow, today I am sharing with you maybe my new favorite food. And DEFINITELY my new favorite frosting.
I don’t want to be all exaggeratey, but today’s pretty major.
Whipped Nutella Frosting. OHHHYEZZZZY.
My Favorite Hazelnut Frosting For Desserts
I have to tell you this frosting never made it onto a cupcake, or a cookie or even a toothbrush. It went straight from the mixing bowl and into my face. And when I ate so much I couldn’t feel my fingertips any longer I gave the rest to my neighbors, where they also ate it with a spoon, from the bowl.
I was going to make dark chocolate cupcakes and pipe a giant swirl of this creamy love fluff on top. But it never stood a chance.
It’s THAT good.
So I will say make this at your own risk…because I know it’s not health food or anything. But I’m pretty sure you deserve a giant heap of frosting in your face right now.
I know this because you are my people.
And if you’re the type with self-control you betcha it will be great on THESE cupcakes! Or THIS cake! Or even in place of the mousse on THIS CAKE!
Or you know…straight off a spoon 🙂
Enjoy!
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Whipped Nutella Frosting
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 1 batch 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Description
Whipped Nutella Frosting is so creamy and smooth, you’ll want to eat it with a spoon! This easy frosting recipe is fantastic for both cakes and cupcakes. Once you make this hazelnut frosting, you won’t want to try any other recipes!
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup salted butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup Chocolate Hazelnut Spread (like Nutella)
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 Tbsp heavy cream
Instructions
- In bowl of stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment beat the butter and Nutella together for 2 minutes until combined and creamy, scraping sides as necessary.
- Turn mixer to low and add in the powdered sugar, vanilla and heavy cream.
- Once the powdered sugar is mixed in turn mixer back up to medium high and whip for 2 more minutes until creamy and fluffy, again, scraping sides as needed.
- Spread or pipe on top cake or cupcakes.
Notes
Store airtight in the refrigerator for up to a week. Freeze up to a month.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 189
- Sugar: 17.7 g
- Sodium: 93.2 mg
- Fat: 13.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 18.2 g
- Protein: 0.3 g
- Cholesterol: 33.3 mg
So wonderful!! Made it for my dads birthday at a family birthday and EVERYONE went crazy for it!!
Can’t wait to make this for my sister’s birthday! Can you suggest the perfect cake to accompany this? Would you do yellow or chocolate?
I can totally appreciate your love of this frosting. There was a pastry shop I had gone to for 45 years. Hands down best buttercream in the world. I too would eat it by itself, and actually bought it in a container on occasion. Whenever we did our death row last meal it always included this. I would always say if I had to choose between one million dollars or a bowl of this buttercream, I would choose the buttercream. Until someone said,… “Why don’t you take the million dollars?? Then you could buy all the buttercream you want AND have all that money!” Duh…. LMAO! ?
omg this is too funny!! and here’s my perfect chocolate cake recipe!
This was delicious! The directions were easy to follow and gave the desired result (even though this is only the second frosting I’ve ever made, and the first in over 10 years. We haven’t eaten it with the cake yet, but it was delicious out of the bowl, even after refrigerating overnight. We can’t stop eating it, so I decided to leave this review! Also loved that it didn’t call for heavy cream, and just whole milk. I usually don’t have the former, but do have the latter for my 2 year old, who is still asking for more! Thanks for a great recipe!
Thanks so much for commenting! I can never stop eating this…I usually don’t even make a cake!
Omg thank you so much for sharing this! I needed urgently to do some cupcakes and my frosting came like cr@p, so I did yours and it came out surprisingly delicious! Oh and by The way I had to do it again cause we ate it before we put it on the cup cakes lol xxx thanks again 🙂
How much frosting does this make? I want to be able to fill a cake and frost it as well.
It makes about 2 cups. I would double it to fill and frost and cake 🙂
Powdered sugar is castor sugar or icing sugar
hilarious
Best frosting
You made me laugh out loud. Have you tried Salty Nutella Thumbprint cookies–so yummy. I was looking for recipe when I came across this. Thanks for the laugh; picking up heavy cream right after yoga tonight! 🙂
I just got back from yoga and I wish I had a big bowl of this!
You made me laugh out loud. Have you tried Salty Nutella Thumbprint cookies–so yummy. I was looking for recipe when I came across this. Thanks for the laugh; picking up heavy cream right after yoga tonight! 🙂