Rich Chocolate Frosting Recipe

Rating 5

My husband, Doug, loved his chocolate groom's cake that was topped with this smooth, creamy frosting and accented with chocolate-covered strawberries. Some were made to look like tuxedos.

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Rich Chocolate Frosting Recipe
  • Prep/Total Time: 15 min.
  • Yield: 32 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups butter, softened
  • 9 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 2-1/2 cups baking cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 to 1-1/2 cups milk

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream butter. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar, cocoa and vanilla. Add enough milk until frosting reaches spreading consistency. Yield: about 8 cups.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 piece) equals 255 calories, 12 g fat (7 g saturated fat), 32 mg cholesterol, 120 mg sodium, 38 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Rich Chocolate Frosting in Down the Aisle Country-Style , p53

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Reviewed on Oct. 02, 2012 by Brandy30

I decorate cakes for a living and this is the best chocolate icing I have ever made. I cut the recipe in half but for the amount of cupcakes I made I needed the entire recipe. I also substituted the butter for shortening. I will absolutely keep making this icing, it's by far the best:)

Reviewed on Apr. 07, 2012 by Babsy_Boop

Delicious fudgy taste - made half the recipe and worked perfectly for a round two-layer cake.

Reviewed on Sep. 29, 2011 by lxc283

Just wasn't sure about this recipe. I made double chocolate cupcakes for a bake sale and I used this frosting. The temperature in which the sale took place was warm in the morning hours, so the frosting just gooped over the edges of the cupcakes. Mainly because of the butter. I wasn't happy about that. I stored the frosting in a sandwich bag overnight and just slit a corner of the bag to frost the cupcakes. Taste was good, consistency not good. Maybe I did something wrong. I would've tried to thicken it a bit, but I ran out of confectioner's sugar.

Reviewed on Jun. 08, 2011 by 00moose

I tried this recipe for a birthday cake for my father who believes there is no such thing as too much chocolate. He loved it so much he ate half the cake in one night. I found the frosting not as sweet as I like my chocolate, but that's what he loved about the frosting. It had more of a cocoa flavor than a typical chocolate bar. I have so much frosting left over I am going to make cookies to use it up. It is a great recipe if you prefer semi-sweet chocolate. But it makes a LOT of frosting.

Reviewed on May. 08, 2011 by micheleclow

This chocolate frosting was exactly what it should have been. I used this to substitute for canned frosting and it turned out perfect. This is now my recipe for chocolate frosting. I did cut it down in half and then in half again for a sheet cake size.

Reviewed on Apr. 04, 2011 by Chocolateeyes

Very Very good! So creamy! An excellent Chocolate frosting.... I believe one of the best around!

Reviewed on Apr. 03, 2011 by cherie.godbey

Very good, made with "Cinnamon Mocha Cupcakes" was absolutely delicious!

Reviewed on Feb. 13, 2011 by maball

Yum yum yum! My daughter ate this and not the homemade cake I made...I cut down the powdered sugar and 1/2d the recipe.

Reviewed on Jan. 23, 2011 by khorsenut

quick and easy, and very tasty

Reviewed on Mar. 06, 2010 by sarahsandra

very easy and good. I used with the Cinnamon Mocha cupcakes instead of purchased frosting.

 
 

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