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Chocolate Frosting

Cakes - Icing - -

INGREDIENTS

1 cup sugar
6 T corn starch
4 T cocoa
1/2 t salt
2 T oil
1 cup water
1/2 t vanilla

METHOD

Mix sugar, cornstarch, salt, and cocoa in a medium sauce pan. Whisk in the water. Heat over medium until it gets thick and starts to boil. Boil for 1-2 minutes (make sure you don't boil too long, or it will set like toffee). Remove from heat and stir in oil and vanilla. Cool and spread on cooled cake.

Enjoy!

posted by Dana

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[Reply] - [link] - Mocha - [Colleeny] - 2006/08/28 - 14:57

I made this frosting replacing the 1 cup water with 1 cup strong coffee. Everbody loved it!

[Reply] - [link] - Fun fun fun! - [jess6] - 2008/07/18 - 14:20

The recipe does not convey how ridiculously fun this recipe is to make! The transition from liquid to semisolid is positively delightful. I bake just so I have an excuse to make this frosting. Oh, and it's tasty, too.

(Yes, I realize how nerdy this sounds!)