Chocolate Icing

Chocolate Icing

134 Reviews

“Rich chocolate fudge icing.” - by Chas

Ingredients

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Original recipe yields 2 cups

Directions

  1. In a saucepan, melt butter and brown sugar over medium heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved, then add milk. Bring to a boil and remove from heat.
  2. Sift together cocoa and confectioners sugar. Blend into butter mixture and add vanilla. If consistency is too stiff, add more milk.
  3. Spread Quickly over cooled cake, as frosting will set up very fast.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (10 total)

  • Calories
  • 157 cal
  • 8%
  • Fat
  • 4.8 g
  • 7%
  • Carbs
  • 29.2 g
  • 9%
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Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Reviews (134)

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Jenny Benny
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Jenny Benny

"SO GOOD!!! It needed tweaking for my 2 layer 9 inch cake. If you follow the directions it is VERY thick and hard for icing a cake but great for brownies. For the cake I used 3 Tbsp of milk and 2 tbsp ..." See morecocoa for a single batch. Because it sets up so quickly I made 2 seperate double batches, one for the middle of the cake using the original thick recipe, frosted it, then made the second double batch tweaked for spreadability for the outside of the cake. It is glorious... and I don't even like chocolate!"

Magick Dawn
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Magick Dawn

"This recipe was excellent - I added a few semi-sweet chocolate chips to tbe melted butter and sugar mixture while still warm, and it turned out rich, velvety and chocolatey! I kept the icing in the sa..." See moreucepan while spreading it on the cake, so that when it began to set somewhat, I would just warm it up on minimum heat with a bit more milk and I could continue to work with it. A total hit and a keeper of a recipe!"

RCGORDON2
52

RCGORDON2

"Outstanding!! I did add 1/2 cup of Chocolate cocolate chips to the butter & brown sugar mixture to make it a little more fudgy. It got raves from my company. I will use it frequently...." See more"

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