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Chocolate Frosting IV

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"This is one of my favorite chocolate frosting recipes."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 1.7 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (8)

Prep Time:
10 Min
Cook Time:
5 Min
Ready In:
15 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 1 frosting for 1 cake
 

Ingredients

  • 3 cups white sugar
  • 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 1/2 cups evaporated milk
  • 1/4 cup butter

Directions

  1. In a saucepan, combine sugar and cocoa. Stir in water to make a paste. Add milk and butter. Cook over medium heat until it comes to a boil. Continue boiling for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and beat until cool enough to spread on cake.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 276 | Total Fat: 6.6g | Cholesterol: 19mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 1.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 8, 2003 by Billie Jo   view full review
The problem with this recipe is that I didn't know it was a glaze, not a frosting. So, as a...
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 1.7 star rating.
Reviewed on May 18, 2007 by BuGaBoos   view full review
*READ THIS IT WILL HELP* After fully cooking the frosting, put it in a mixer with a whip...
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 1.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 6, 2006 by MARION384   view full review
There is no way that this recipe is written down correctly to make frosting. It barley even...
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 1.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 3, 2007 by caliboo   view full review
Way too thin to be called frosting. I wonder if an ingredient wasn't left out, or perhaps it...
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 1.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 17, 2006 by meganbau   view full review
Unfortunately this recipe makes something like chocolate soup, NOT frosting. And it makes a...
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 1.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 2, 2008 by rvb   view full review
Did not get hard
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 1.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 31, 2007 by Cookie   view full review
i think it would be a frosting if confectionors sugar was substituted for the 3 cups of sugar.
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 1.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 3, 2007 by stacey   view full review
This recipe didnt work at all! It dosent thicken it stays runny. It soaks in to the cake and...

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