I think that this recipe and I were meant to be! My daughter & I made cupcakes, then I realized we were out of powdered sugar for frosting. So, I checked AR of course to see what I could find. I was so excited when I found this recipe. I *just happened* to have 1-1/2 cups of whipping cream left over from making ice cream. I only buy whipping cream 2 or 3 times a year and I just happened to have the EXACT amount needed for this recipe! Best of all is that this recipe is awesome. It could have easily iced 4 dozen cupcakes. I only made 2 dozen and it took all the will power I have to not eat the rest of it right out of the bowl. I LOVE this recipe. I will be making it from now on. This recipe and I were meant to be!

Reviewed On: Oct. 14, 2009

I made half the recipe with 1 cup of cocoa. It frosted a 4 layer 9" cake. I'll never use another chocolate frosting recipe. This is the best!

Reviewed On: May 29, 2007

I've used this recipe many times and we love it. I don't use the mushrooms and olives since my children don't care for them. The only other thing I do differently is that I put the filling down the middle 50% of the dough and then just barely overlap the side braid strips in the center. When I followed the original recipe and put the filling in the middle third of the dough, the top of the braid is really thick (twice as thick as the bottom).

Reviewed On: Nov. 11, 2006