This chocolate icing uses butter and brown sugar with plenty of confectioners' sugar for a quick frosting for your cake.
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 0.5 cups packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1.5 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
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1
In a saucepan, melt butter and brown sugar over medium heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved, then add milk. Bring to a boil and remove from heat.
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2
Sift together cocoa and confectioners sugar. Blend into butter mixture and add vanilla. If consistency is too stiff, add more milk.
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3
Spread Quickly over cooled cake, as frosting will set up very fast.
Nutrition Facts
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