Chocolate Frosting

Chocolate Frosting

Ingredients

  • 1/2 Cups soft buuter
  • 1 Tsp vanilla
  • 4 Cups icing sugar
  • 6 Tbsp cocoa powder
  • 4 - 5 Tbsp warm milk

Directions

Cream butter with beaters. Beat in vanilla and cocoa. Warm the milk in the microwave for about 30 seconds.
Blend in icing sugar alternately with milk. Beat until smooth and of good spreading consistency. Add more icing sugar or milk to get the right consistency. (should be the consistency of soft butter).
chocolate icing
Makes sufficient to ice top, sides and middle of two layer cake.
If using this recipe to frost Brownies, then put the remaining icing in a container and freeze. When you need to use it again, it can be heated in the microwave.