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Chocolate Frosting
Recipe At A Glance
4 stars based on 11 reviews
Ready in: 30-60 minutes ?
Difficulty: 3/5
4 stars based on 11 reviews
Ready in: 30-60 minutes ? Difficulty: 3/5
Serves/Makes: 1.75 cups
photo by: RonPeterson
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INGREDIENTS:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS:
Melt the butter in pot over stove. After butter is mostly melted, slowly add sugar into the pot. After all sugar has been added, stir in the cocoa. after it has all melted, turn off stove and let cool.
In another large mixing bowl, stir in milk and flour. Pour the cocoa, sugar and butter (already melted together) into the mixing bowl, and, for best results, mix together with an electronic mixer.
Stir in the vanilla, and refrigerate until thickened, and cool.
NUTRITION:
81 calories, 4 grams fat, 11 grams carbohydrates, 1 grams protein per tablespoon. This recipe is low in sodium.
This Chocolate Frosting recipe from CDKitchen serves/makes 1.75 cups
Recipe ID: 62857
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REVIEWS:
11 Reviews
Guest: DJohnson 2010-03-10
Easy, delicious recipe, made easy to spread frosting. I doubled recipe thinking I would need extra for a layer cake-you don't-makes more than enough for standard cake. As easy and good as this is, I can see myself making frosting from now on instead of buying it.
Guest: Anonymous 2009-09-17
Yummy rich icing. I was running a little behind so I just popped it in the freezer for 15-20 minutes until it had cooled & thickened. Do use icing sugar not granulated.
Guest: gi gi 2009-04-30
I had all the ingredients already - so it was easy as pie! Making icing is just a click away to Yummy Chocolate ... kansas city mo
Guest: Kelly 2010-01-21
This recipe was fantastic!!! I needed chocolate frosting, read countless recipees and all called for confectioner sugar of which I had none. Easy as well!
RonPeterson 2009-04-29
A very nice, rich chocoloate frosting. The mixer and all utensils survived intact.
Guest: Brianne 2010-03-18
I used granulated sugar, and I was nervous that the frosting would be gritty. I just mixed it longer with the electric mixer and it seems to be okay. I don't think I'd add as much vanilla next time because I wanted more of a chocolatey flavor. But overall this was a quick, easy recipe and the frosting was pretty good!
Guest: Erin 2008-06-30
It was relatively easy to make. After about an hour in the fridge it was a nice consistency. I've never made my own frosting before, and I satisfied with how it turned out. Everyone liked the cake.
Guest: cheif 2009-01-24
This icing did not work! i followed the directions word for word and my end result was a concrete-like nasty, mess. i broke my wooden spoon i was using to stir it because it was so hard. this recipe needs to be taken off!!!
CDKitchen Note: Other reviewers suggest otherwise. Sounds like if you "broke a spoon" you let it get too hard in the refrigerator - the directions say to chill until it thickens so perhaps you left it in there too long?
Guest: DJohnson 2010-03-10
Easy, delicious recipe, made easy to spread frosting. I doubled recipe thinking I would need extra for a layer cake-you don't-makes more than enough for standard cake. As easy and good as this is, I can see myself making frosting from now on instead of buying it.
Guest: Anonymous 2009-09-17
Yummy rich icing. I was running a little behind so I just popped it in the freezer for 15-20 minutes until it had cooled & thickened. Do use icing sugar not granulated.
Guest: gi gi 2009-04-30
I had all the ingredients already - so it was easy as pie! Making icing is just a click away to Yummy Chocolate ... kansas city mo
Guest: Kelly 2010-01-21
This recipe was fantastic!!! I needed chocolate frosting, read countless recipees and all called for confectioner sugar of which I had none. Easy as well!
RonPeterson 2009-04-29
A very nice, rich chocoloate frosting. The mixer and all utensils survived intact.
Guest: Brianne 2010-03-18
I used granulated sugar, and I was nervous that the frosting would be gritty. I just mixed it longer with the electric mixer and it seems to be okay. I don't think I'd add as much vanilla next time because I wanted more of a chocolatey flavor. But overall this was a quick, easy recipe and the frosting was pretty good!
Guest: Erin 2008-06-30
It was relatively easy to make. After about an hour in the fridge it was a nice consistency. I've never made my own frosting before, and I satisfied with how it turned out. Everyone liked the cake.
Guest: cheif 2009-01-24
This icing did not work! i followed the directions word for word and my end result was a concrete-like nasty, mess. i broke my wooden spoon i was using to stir it because it was so hard. this recipe needs to be taken off!!!
CDKitchen Note: Other reviewers suggest otherwise. Sounds like if you "broke a spoon" you let it get too hard in the refrigerator - the directions say to chill until it thickens so perhaps you left it in there too long?
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