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Chocolate Fudge Frosting
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- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- EASY
Ingredients
4
- 1 cup (8oz/225g) butter, at room temperature
- 6 cup (24oz/690g) powdered sugar, SIFTED
- 11/3 cup (51/3oz/152g) cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup (5floz/142g) whole milk
Instructions
- 1
In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat room temperature butter until lightly fluffy. Add the sifted powdered sugar 1 spoon at a time and mix well. It will get light in color and bigger in volume.
- 2
Add vanilla and cocoa, and the milk, scraping down the sides of the bowl as you work.
- 3
Turn mixer on medium high. Beat frosting until light, fluffy and of spreading consistency.
- 4
If the frosting is too thick, slowly add more milk or half and half, one tablespoon at a time, until it reaches the desired consistency.
- 5
You can use the frosting immediately, or store it in the refrigerator for 3 days.