Anne's Chocolate Fudge Frosting

Submitted by gingerkitten D

"This is a good all purpose chocolate frosting. It comes from the Anne of Green Gables cookbook by Kate Mac Donald."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Yields: 1 cake's worth

ingredients

• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1⁄4 cup vegetable shortening
• 3 cups icing sugar (powdered sugar)
• 1⁄3 cup milk

directions

1. Put 2 inches of water in the bottom of a double boiler.
2. Add the chocolate chips and vegetable shortening to the top of double boiler.
3. Allow the chocolate and shortening to melt.
4. Stir in the sugar a little at a time.
5. Add the milk.
6. Remove the top pot from the heat.
7. Beat frosting with the electric mixer until it is thick and creamy--about 5 minutes.
8. With a metal spatula or knife, spread about 1/3 of the frosting between the two layers and use the rest to cover the top and sided of the cake.

Reviews

[Kitchencastaway]

Excellent! Dense and fudgy. I only added a tad more milk to make it more spreadable.

 

[BrendaGNGa]

Awesome, exactly the type of icing I was looking for!

 

[butterscotchgirl]

Great and easy old-fashioned tasting chcocolate icing. I love the simplicity of the few ingredients. I used this to frost a Boston Creme Pie Cake and there were more raves for the icing than the cake itself. Plus, anything endorsed by Anne-with-an-"e" is alright by me. :) Thank you!

 

[Antifreesz]

taste like a big old chocolate candy bar! I used butter instead of shortening and added a little more milk as I went to thin it out so it would spread easier.