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Chocolate icing

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Chocolate cake with mocha frosting
Chatelaine Triple Tested

Nothing beats a decadent dessert topped with creamy icing.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature

  • 225-g pkg unsweetened chocolate, chopped and melted

  • 1 tbsp vanilla

  • 1/4 tsp salt

  • 6 cups icing sugar, sifted

  • 3/4 cup milk

Instructions

  • BEAT butter for icing in a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium, until creamy, 1 min.

  • ADD melted chocolate, vanilla, salt and 1 cup icing sugar. Beat for 1 min. With mixer on medium-low, add remaining sugar in 3 parts, alternating with milk and ending with sugar. Beat on medium-high, scraping down sides of bowl as needed, until fluffy and smooth, 1 to 2 min. Makes enough icing for one cake or 24 cupcakes.

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