Mocha Icing

62 Reviews

“This is an old recipe I have for Mocha Icing. I hope you like it. The recipe makes enough for one 8 inch layer cake.” - by Carol

Ingredients

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup strong, hot, brewed coffee
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1/3 cup melted butter
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

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Original recipe yields 2 cups

Directions

Combine coffee and cocoa in small bowl of electric mixer. Beat until blended. Add sugar, butter or margarine, salt, and vanilla. Beat until blended. Scrape bowl, and beat icing until it has a spreading consistency.
Frost the cake, and sprinkle with chopped walnuts if desired.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (12 total)

Calories
184 cal
9%

Fat
7.1 g
11%

Carbs
31.6 g
10%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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JENNYPENNY1

Feb. 13, 2007

"This recipe was ok, the flavor was good, but it was not what I would call "icing". It was kind of thin, closer to a glaze than icing, I had to add more powdered sugar to get a better spreading consis..." See moretency."

Miss Marie

Jan. 29, 2004

"Delicious! Reminded me a bit of Terimasu! I did, however, make a few alterations! 1) I used esspresso instead of coffee (added amazing flavor... however, almost too much flavor) 2) I mixed the ini..." See moretial ingrediants in the blender for a bit, before adding the confectioners suger a bit at a time 3) I served with a dark chocolate cake, wich, although delicious, proved to be to much. THIS WAS DELICIOUS! I definate keeper!"

rebecca1810

Sep. 13, 2010

"good flavor but as written doesnt work, i had to add almost double the amount of sugar to get a spreading consistency tried a second batch with about 1/2 the amount of coffee, and didnt melt the butt..." See moreer, and it worked much better"

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