Anne's Chocolate Fudge Frosting

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

• Ready In: 25 mins
• 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.