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Frosting: Old Fashioned Chocolate Fudge Frosting

Source of Recipe


From "Southern Cakes" by Nancie McDermott



List of Ingredients



• 1½ cups sugar
  
• ¼ cup cocoa
  
• ¼ tsp salt
  
• ¼ cup (½ stick) butter
  
• ½ cup evaporated milk or half-and-half
  
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
  






Instructions



1. In a heavy medium saucepan, combine the sugar, cocoa and salt, and stir or whisk to mix everything well. Add the butter and place over medium heat, stirring to melt the butter and mix everything together into a smooth, brown sauce. Add the milk, stir well, and bring the frosting to a lively boil, stirring often.
   
   
2. Adjust the heat to maintain an active but gentle boil, and cook for 5 minutes, stirring often. When the frosting begins to thicken, remove it from the heat, stir in the vanilla, and set it aside to cool for about 20 minutes.
   
   
3. Beat the frosting just until it thickens and looks shiny, and then spread it over the cake or the layers you want to ice.
   
   Makes enough for one two-layer cake,
   or one 13- x 9-inch cake.