Chocolate Icing

Submitted by mielhollinger

"This icing is the perfect finishing touch-- velevty and oh-so-smooth. (This recipe is from the cookbook "How It All Vegan.")"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• 1 cup cold water
• 5 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup dry sweetener
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 6 tablespoons margarine
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder

directions

1. In a small saucepan, whisk together the flour and water constantly over medium heat until thick (about the consistency of glue).
2. Be careful not to burn it!
3. Once thick, remove from heat and cool off completely by setting the pot in a slightly larger pan of cold water, or a sink with a bit of cold water.
4. While it's cooling, in a medium bowl, mix together the sweetener, vanilla, margarine, and cocoa powder until well mixed.
5. Add the cooled flour mixture to the bowl and stir together until there are no lumps.
6. Let cool in the fridge for 30-60 minutes-- before using.

Reviews

[Jenny Gray]

I would have never thought to make icing this way! It came out just perfect--and you do need the extra fridge time to thicken it up a bit.

 

[Aunty Peach]

Kinda like sweetening up the papier mache mix! Fun recipe. I substituted the sweetener with half white sugar/half icing sugar. I added 4 tbsp of cocoa. I also added half of a brick of cream cheese. (I added it after I had already mixed the entire recipe smooth, so my final product ended up kinda lumpy...but that was OK. I was making a "construction" b'day cake.) Good recipe. Will make again.

 

[Mommyx5]

Great recipe! Made this for my niece who has several food allergies, she loved it! Substituted 6 tablespoons canola oil for margarine since margarine has soy. Used sugar for dry sweetener. Used with Moist White Cake recipe #344115.

 

[AGH Ornish RD]

Great Recipe. I used fat free promise margarine (only 3 TBSP) to make it a fat free icing. I also used 1 cup powdered sugar instead of the dry sweetner. It turned out better than I thought.

 

[Mishisan]

This was great! I did change the recipe a bit. I used icing sugar instead of a dry sweetner and I used 4 heaping teaspoons of cocoa since we are all chocolate lovers. Everyone who had it loved and my mil asked for the recipe.