Chocolate Icing

          

This chocolate icing uses butter and brown sugar with plenty of confectioners’ sugar for a quick frosting for your cake.

Original recipe makes 2 cups

Ingredients

4 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
 

Directions

  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.
  2. Sift together cocoa and confectioners sugar. Blend into butter mixture and add vanilla. If consistency is too stiff, add more milk.
  3. Spread Quickly over cooled cake, as frosting will set up very fast.

Nutrition

Calories: 157 kcal
Carbohydrates: 29.2 g
Cholesterol: 12 mg
Fat: 4.8 g
Fiber: 0.2 g
Protein: 0.3 g
Sodium: 37 mg