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Rich Chocolate Frosting
SUBMITTED BY:
Amy Via
PHOTO BY:
Cesar
"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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PREP TIME
15 Min
READY IN
15 Min
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2 cups butter (no substitutes), softened
9 cups confectioners' sugar
2 1/2 cups baking cocoa
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk
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In a large mixing bowl, cream butter. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar, cocoa and vanilla. Add enough milk until frosting reaches spreading consistency.
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Reviewed on oct. 26, 2007 by
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oct. 26, 2007
I'm giving this 5 stars because my only problem with it was it tasted a little too cocoa-y, but that is probably my fault for adding slightly less sugar and not compensating with the amt. of cocoa powder. I halved the recipe and it was the perfect amt. to ice and fill a 9 inch round cake. In order to avoid having problems with the cake crumbing or coming apart when you frost, you will need to add more milk than the recipe calls for. The best way to do this is to add 1T at a time as you are mixing it. Stop the mixer and take a rubber spatula and spread it around the frosting as though you were spreading it on a cake. When you pull away the spatula, if it 'sticks' to the frosting and forms very stiff peaks when you pull it away, it is too stiff and you need to add more liquid (but only add a little bit at the time). You want the consistency to be very smooth and creamy; then it will spread with no problems. From now on this is the chocolate frosting recipe I will use.
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Reviewed on feb. 5, 2008 by
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naples34102
feb. 5, 2008
I scaled this down to 6 servings to frost "Frosted Cake Brownies," also from this site. I used Bailey's, both in the brownies and in this frosting. I found it needed more milk (or in my case Bailey's) than the recipe called for. What I liked about this recipe after reading it over was the high ratio of butter to sugar compared to similar recipes. Just as expected, it produced a very rich and creamy frosting that did not dry out or harden. Simply perfect on the brownies, and I will go back to it for my next cake too. Thanks Amy!
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I scaled this down to 6 servings to frost "Frosted Cake Brownies," also from this site. I used...
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Reviewed on apr. 16, 2007 by
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cwkeys
apr. 16, 2007
Okay, if you are looking for the ultimate chocolate frosting, this is it! I followed others advice and halved the recipe. It was the perfect amount to frost a two layer, nine inch cake. (I like a generous amount of frosting.) This is the only frosting I will ever use from now on.
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Reviewed on apr. 7, 2007 by HotMama
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apr. 7, 2007
I have used this recipe twice now and it has come out PERFECTLY every time. I used it to frost a 2 layer chocolate cake with a strawberry layer in the middle with chocolate strawberries on top. Be sure to adjust the above recipe with your cake. I halved the recipe and still had enough frosting left over to put away for 12 cupcakes. Be sure to smooth the lumps out of your confectioners sugar! ALSO- I reduced the amount of sugar so it would not be so sweet. I use 2 cups in a halved recipe instead of 2.5 I also use SALTED butter.
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I have used this recipe twice now and it has come out PERFECTLY every time. I used it to...
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Reviewed on aug. 3, 2007 by
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Bakergrrl
aug. 3, 2007
This is a great chocolate frosting- I didn't find it too sweet and turns out nice and fluffy, both great things when you are piling it on cupcakes. My advice is to make this a night ahead and fridge it so the cocoa flavor can really mellow and the flavors can come together- but be sure to remove it from the fridge at least a half hour before using because its pretty hard otherwise. Also, half the recipe made a ton!
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This is a great chocolate frosting- I didn't find it too sweet and turns out nice and fluffy,...
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Reviewed on may 24, 2008 by TinAZ
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may 24, 2008
I asked my husband what he wanted me to bake for his birthday- I said I'd make anything- pie, cake, cookies, someother dessert. He asked for a bowl of this icing.
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Reviewed on jul. 8, 2008 by
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amy beth
jul. 8, 2008
I am trying many different chocolate frosting recipes for a cake I am making for work. So far, this one is my favorite. It is rich and creamy, not too sweet, has just the right amount of chocolate flavor, and the butter flavor is fantastic. The only thing I don't like is the color. It is just too light. The flavor more than makes up for that though!
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Reviewed on nov. 15, 2008 by
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STACYB1967
nov. 15, 2008
My family of chocoholics really enjoyed this frosting on a Duncan Hines Butter Recipe cake. Yummmm! It has a very distinctive cocoa taste, but that's what we like. I also really liked the texture. I scaled the recipe to work with 2.5 cups of powdered sugar (that's all I had) and it was sufficient for a 9x13 cake. Since the frosting is so rich, you don't need to go overboard on it. Oh, one last thing, I didn't have real butter so I substituted Land of Lakes margarine and it was just fine. Perhaps I'll try real butter next time just to see what the difference is, but don't let the fact that you don't have real butter on hand keep you from trying this recipe. We thought it was great!
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Reviewed on apr. 14, 2009 by PATTY33
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PATTY33
apr. 14, 2009
Oh my this frosting is sinfully delicious. I made half to frost a 2 layer 9 inch cake everyone loved it, yum.
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Reviewed on may 30, 2007 by
cookin'mama
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cookin'mama
may 30, 2007
Excellent! This does make a ton, though, so adjust accordingly.
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Excellent! This does make a ton, though, so adjust accordingly.
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