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Chocolate Frosting

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Submitted by Margaret Guffey

"This is a wonderful recipe, it doesn't matter if you have a mixer or even the full amount of all ingredients. I was short on powder sugar and it still came out perfect. Love, love, love it." - 1gardengirl

Yield: 1 Ready in 20 minutes

Cuisine: SouthernMain Ingredient: cocoa

(4, 13) 69% would make again (reviews)

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Chocolate Frosting
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Servings          
Original recipe makes 1
1/4 cupshortening
1/2 cupcocoa
1/4 tspsalt
1/3 cupmilk
1 1/2 tspvanilla
3 1/2 cupconfectioners sugar

Chocolate Frosting Preparation

Melt shortening. Remove from heat. Stir in cocoa, salt, milk and vanilla. Add sugar. Beat until smooth. Frost the cake!

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  • Calories Per Serving: 1312
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    Chocolate Frosting Reviews

    Give it a rating Would you make it again?   [please sign in to add your comment]
    1 months, 1 weeks, 5 days, 16 hours, 4 minutes ago
    Rich and delicious!! You won't find THIS in the store!!
    1 months, 1 weeks, 5 days, 19 hours, 10 minutes ago
    3 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 19 hours, 52 minutes ago
    This is a wonderful recipe, it doesn't matter if you have a mixer or even the full amount of all ingredients. I was short on powder sugar and it still came out perfect. Love, love, love it.
    6 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 20 hours, 6 minutes ago
    LOVE IT.......Mmmmm Great :-)
    8 months, 1 weeks, 5 hours, 53 minutes ago
    Question: Do you mean beat with a hand whisk or a hand mixer??
    9 months, 1 weeks, 3 days, 5 hours, 41 minutes ago
    When I followed the directions, I ended up with too dry a mixture. I had to add a few tablespoons of milk to thin it out enough to spread. It tastes yummy, though :)
    9 months, 3 weeks, 1 days, 19 hours, 52 minutes ago
    Easy... Tasty... Just the right quantity for a 9x13 cake.
    10 months, 1 weeks, 3 days, 5 hours, 7 minutes ago
    Very simple and delicious. Won't be buying canned frosting again
    10 months, 1 weeks, 4 days, 8 minutes ago
    Simple and taste great, my first time trying this recipe and one of my favorites now
    1 years, 1 months, 2 weeks, 1 days, 1 hours, 27 minutes ago
    Great frosting.
    1 years, 9 months, 2 weeks, 1 days, 17 hours, 14 minutes ago
    Is my first time doing a chocolate frosting and this came out easy and so chocolatey and I don't like chocolate flavor but this is good!!
    2 years, 7 months, 1 weeks, 2 days, 12 hours, 35 minutes ago
    [I posted this recipe.]
    3 years, 9 months, 1 weeks, 3 days, 6 hours, ago

    Tags

    1. sweet
    2. baking
    3. cocoa
    4. Southern

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