Chocolate Icing Recipe?!


Question: Chocolate Icing Recipe?
Anyone have the perfect recipe for chocolate icing? I'm making a chocolate birthday cake, the recipe says to use 225g plain chocolate and 100g unsalted butter. I made the icing using milk chocolate instead of plain, but it tastes a little sickly. Could this be because I didn't use plain chocolate? Any help or recipes greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Answers:

Yes this is an amazing chocolate frosting/icing...

"PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE" CHOCOLATE FROSTING

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
2/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
3 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla. About 2 cups frosting.

You could use vegetable oil instead of butter, whatever you like better...
I've used this recipe a bunch of times,

ENJOY!!

http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/184/HERSHEY'S%20%22PERFECTLY%20CHOCOLATE%22%20Chocolate%20Cake.aspx



Almond Fudge Icing Recipe----------------------
1 pound Powdered sugar...1 package (8 oz size) Cream cheese, softened......1/2 cup Margarine or butter, softened........1/4 cup Cocoa........1/2 cup sliced almonds.........Mix powdered sugar, cream cheese, margarine and cocoa together, beating well with electric mixer. Spread over 8 x 13 or two layer cakes of choice; sprinkle with 1/2 cup almonds to decorate.
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1 Minute Chocolate Frosting Recipe---------------------------
1 package chocolate pudding -- not instant
1 cup sugar.....1/2 cup evaporated milk........1 tablespoon butter....2 teaspoons evaporated milk...Mix well in a heavy 1-1/2 quart saucepan pudding, sugar and 1/2 cup evaporated milk. Cook and stir to a full all-over boil. Lower heat, stir and boil slowly for 3 minutes. Take off heat. Without stirring add butter and let cool 10 minutes. Stir until mixture is VERY thick. Add 2 tsp evaporated milk and stir until thick enough to spread on a cool cake. Enough for a 9 x 13" cake. If frosting is too stiff to spread easily, stir in a few drops of evaporated milk.
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Brownie Frosting Recipe---------------------
2 squares semisweet chocolate....1 tablespoon butter or margarine....3/4 cup milk....1 tablespoon cornstarch....1/2 cup sugar...1/2 teaspoon vanill
n a small saucepan melt butter and chocolate together over low heat. Add the cornstarch and sugar and mix well. Add the milk and continue to cook stirring constantly until thick like frosting. Stir in vanilla. Cool thoroughly before using



Icing sugar (preferrably sifted), cocoa powder (also sifted) and equal parts of milk and water, depending on what quantity you want.

Years of baking



Plain simple butter icing then sifted coco powder to taste! It will melt in the mouth as although it is rich it is also lighter than melted chocolate which sets and goes very 'heavy'.




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