Chocolate Frosting
Recipe

This traditional sheet cake frosting is everything you’d expect: rich, fudgy and almost achingly sweet. Chopped nuts add crunch and character—irresistible!

 

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Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, room temperature
4 tablespoons cocoa
6 tablespoons milk
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cups chopped pecans or walnuts
Directions
  1. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan.
  2. Add the cocoa and milk and bring to a boil.
  3. Remove from the heat and add the powdered sugar, vanilla and nuts.  Keep warm until ready to use.

 

 

Preparation Time: 
10 minutes.

A Barbara Adams Beyond Wonderful recipe by Chef Catherine Christiansen.

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