How to Make 5-Minute Chocolate Icing

This is my grandmother's quick and easy recipe for chocolate icing. I've been making icing this way for as long as I can remember. It is cheaper than the store bought kind, and it tastes much, much better!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 2 cups of sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 tsp. vanilla

1. Measure out your ingredients. Put the sugar, cocoa and milk into a medium-sized pot. Mix these ingredients well.

2. Put the pot on the stove on high until it begins to boil. Once it starts to boil, remove it from the heat.

3. While it is still hot, add the butter and the vanilla.

4. 

   If you like "wet" icing, you can go ahead and pour the icing on top of the cake. This is especially good if you poke some holes in the cake and let the chocolate seep through. This probably isn't a good way to go if you want the cake to look nice, even though it is yummy!

5. Otherwise, let the icing stand and cool for about 20 minutes. Then beat the icing until it is thick enough to spread on the cake.

[femwriter]

on 8/30/2009 This looks like a very good recipe and thanks for sharing this one! 5* + recommendation

[gahazeleyes]

on 8/8/2009 This is great! Thanks 5*****

[MommyTeach]

on 8/6/2009 I've done this before too except I added powdered sugar and soy milk to the bowl and just melted whatever chocolate I had since I ran out of cocoa. I think I had no butter either. 5* Thanks for sharing.

[xrayness]

on 8/4/2009 Excellent article on How to Make 5-Minute Chocolate Icing.

[sparklechi]

on 8/4/2009 Looks divine! 5*'s!! Yummy ^w^