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Icing, Chocolate, Sheet Cake

Frosting and Icing

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder
  • 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 box (1 pound) confectioners’ sugar (sifted)
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

  1. With about 10 minutes left on the timer, prepare the icing.
  2. Combine 1/2 cup of butter, 1/4 cup of cocoa, and milk in a saucepan; bring it to a boil then pull it off the heat.
  3. Add the confectioners sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla; blend the icing with an electric hand mixer until you fully incorporate the sugar.

Pour the icing over the hot cake.

  1. With a spatula or knife, spread the icing to the edges.