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Glossy Chocolate Frosting Recipe

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“The original recipe for this thick chocolate frosting was my grandmother’s,” writes Melissa Wentz from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. “I lightened it up, but it still has all of the original’s taste.”

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Glossy Chocolate Frosting Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 15 min.

Yield: 15 Servings

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Ingredients

1/2 cup sugar
Sugar substitute equivalent to 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup baking cocoa
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup cold water
4-1/2 teaspoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

In a saucepan, combine the sugar, sugar substitute, cocoa and cornstarch. Add water and stir until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1 minute or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla until smooth. Spread over cupcakes or cake while frosting is still warm. Yield: 1-1/4 cups.

Editor's Note: Recipe makes enough to frost 12 cupcakes or the top of a 13-inch x 9-inch cake. This recipe was tested with Splenda No Calorie Sweetener.

Nutritional Analysis: 4 teaspoons equals 54 calories, 1 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 3 mg cholesterol, 12 mg sodium, 11 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1/2 starch, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Glossy Chocolate Frosting in Light & Tasty February/March 2006, p49

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Reviewed on Jul. 19, 2010 by emilykac

This frosting was easy to make and tasted great!

Reviewed on Jul. 12, 2010 by AngryGood

Eh, artificial sweeteners make you look and feel bloated. Since they don't get fully digested, they ferment in the gut and give you bloating, gas, and diarrhea. I'd rather use a sweetener like maple syrup. I saw some recipes that used tofu instead of butter and maple syrup instead of sugar. I wonder if Taste of Home has any?

Reviewed on Mar. 02, 2010 by betheab199@aol.com

This frosting is awesome! Not only is it pretty, thick and glossy on the cake, it has a silky dark chocolate flavor. I also like that it isn't mostly fat like so many frostings are.

I made it with sugar, but I would like to try the sugar substitute. I will definitely be making this one again!

Reviewed on Feb. 23, 2010 by jcackler

easy, rich, and not too sweet. I didn't have enough sweetner, so ended up using all sugar, but still better than the similar frostings with cream