Chocolate Frosting (No Eggs or Milk Needed)

"No eggs or Milk needed!! Easy and yummy I found this on vegweb posted by Sarah , EVERYONE LOVES this recipe."
 
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Ready In:
10mins
Ingredients:
7
Yields:
1 cakes worth
Serves:
12
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ingredients

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directions

  • Mix sugars, cornstarch, salt, and cocoa in a medium sauce pan.
  • Whisk in the water.
  • Heat over medium until it gets thick and starts to boil. Boil for 1-2 minutes.
  • (Make sure you don't boil too long, or it will set like taffy.)
  • Remove from heat and stir in oil and vanilla. Cool and spread on cooled cake.

Questions & Replies

  1. The recipe worked fine for me after a couple of tweaks. First I used melted butter instead of oil. Secondly cook the chocolate longer than the recommended 2 minutes while continually stirring with a wisk until thick. Then let cool. Worked perfectly!
     
  2. Cut the water to 1/2 cup... Works great
     
  3. Ok so I followed the directions of this recipe exactly and it never thickened. So after it cooled I got out my blender and added about 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar and blended it into this chocolate syrup that i had came up with with this recipe and it actually turned out thick and awesome like cake icing consistency. ??
     
  4. I have tried to make this 2 times without success is there a sugar missing in the ingredients? I have followed the directions exactly as they are on here and keep ending up with syrup consistancy.
     
  5. Can this be left out or should it be refrigerated?
     
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Reviews

  1. I've never made cooked frosting before, and I use a gas stove. So, I had my doubts the whole time I was making it. Being cooked on a gas stove, the frosting got really thick as soon as it began to boil. So, I went ahead and turned off the heat within less than a minute. When I was stirring in the oil and vanilla, the mixture was very thick, and it didn't seem like the oil was going to mix in. I was worried I'd cooked it too much. But once I actually started frosting my cake with it, I realized it was just fine. And it kind of tastes like the inside of a Lindor truffle. I really like this recipe and the fact that it doesn't require powdered sugar, which I don't usually have. So, it will probably be my go-to chocolate frosting recipe from now on. Thank you!
     
  2. This is really delicious and all the ingredients are usually on hand. I have used this quite a few times for cupcakes and for birthday cakes. Only recommendation is to stir, stir, stir!! You may even want to sift the dry ingredients first. But never stop stirring!! Thanks for posting!
     
  3. This made a fantastic frosting, almost like a ganache. I subbed orange extract for some of the vanilla and orange juice for some of the water. It ended up tasting like a Terry's Chocolate Orange! Absolutely brilliant.
     
  4. This turned out amazing! In the beginning it was super liquidity so I let it set on high for a minute or two. Came back and it had turned into a beautiful ganache! Absolutely amazing!
     
  5. I made some gluten free brownies for a bake sale and they turned out pretty awful (too much cocoa powder I think). The next morning I thought about adding an icing to try and fix them. I had no eggs or butter and about 15 minutes to get it made. This recipe was a life saver. It really turned the brownies around and it was easy to sub in stevia for the sugar. I will be making this again for sure.
     
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Tweaks

  1. Delicious! I was topping peanut butter cookies with this. So I upped the cocoa to 1/3 c. and I used 2 tbsp butter instead of the oil. Because of the review "too thin," I was sure to boil at least two minutes. But it thickened up quickly so I was not too worried about thinness. It had good body when drizzled thickly on the cookies, and did not even ooze off a side! Will definitely make this again!
     
  2. Ion used coconut oil instead of oil and it turned out marvelous! It tastes even better.
     
  3. Put warm frosting on a warm cake. It kinda soaked into the top and was super good!
     
  4. This made a fantastic frosting, almost like a ganache. I subbed orange extract for some of the vanilla and orange juice for some of the water. It ended up tasting like a Terry's Chocolate Orange! Absolutely brilliant.
     

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