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Chocolate Frosting with Cocoa Powder and Powdered Sugar

Mar.posted by Paula 78 Comments

This is a simple chocolate frosting recipe that you’ll use over and over again. Chocolate Frosting with Cocoa Powder and Powdered Sugar is ready in minutes with ingredients your more-than-likely have on hand.

This is not a mind-blowing original recipe. I’ve been making it for years and years. It is a basic Chocolate Frosting recipe that you need to have in your arsenal. Plus, it’s my favorite. If I could, I would eat spoonful after spoonful of it straight from the pan….oh, wait, I did do that!

Chocolate Frosting with Cocoa Powder and Powdered Sugar recipe -This is not a mind-blowing original recipe. I've been making it for years and years. It is a basic Chocolate Frosting recipe that you need to have in your arsenal. Plus, it's my favorite. If I could, I would eat spoonful after spoonful of it straight from the pan....oh, wait, I did to that!

Chocolate Frosting with Cocoa Powder and Powdered Sugar is my go-to basic chocolate frosting recipe. I use it for my Chocolate Coca-Cola Cake and on my Famous Rocky Road Brownies. This frosting is great on donuts, over ice cream, and on a classic white cake.

This recipe is also easily adaptable. If you have a large sheet pan of brownies, you may want to double the recipe. For just a few cookies, you may want to half the recipe.

It really is a delectable 5-minute frosting that goes great on cakes and cupcakes. Add an additional 2 tablespoons of milk to make it into an easy pouring sauce for ice cream and bread pudding.

Chocolate Frosting with Cocoa Powder and Powdered Sugar

One tip you must remember when making this icing recipe is to sift your sugar. Otherwise, you’ll have lumps and will have to stir A LOT, to get them out. I find that lumps are near impossible to get out once the sugar is stirred into the mixture.

Another tip, ok, I know this is two, is to use real butter. Margarine really doesn’t work well because it’s mostly oil. Use real butter at room temperature.

This is a simple chocolate frosting recipe that you'll use over and over again. Chocolate Frosting with Cocoa Powder and Powdered Sugar is ready in minutes with ingredients your more-than-likely have on hand.

*The calorie count is for the whole recipe.

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Chocolate Frosting with Cocoa Powder and Powdered Sugar is smooth, creamy, and rich.
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Chocolate Frosting with Cocoa Powder and Powdered Sugar

Chocolate Frosting with Cocoa Powder and Powdered Sugar is a must-have recipe. It's creamy, smooth, and rich. This icing can be made stove-top or in the microwave and just takes minutes to stir together. It goes well on cakes and cupcakes.
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time5 mins
Total Time10 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American/Southern
Keyword: chocolate, dessert, frosting
Servings: 2 cups
Calories: 1084kcal
Author: Paula Jones
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Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup butter salted or unsalted, I use this
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder I prefer this brand
  • 1/3 cup milk whole or 2%
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract preferred brand
  • 3 and ½ cup confectioners sugar sifted

Instructions

  • Sift sugar.
  • Heat butter in a small pan on medium heat, do not let butter get brown.
  • When butter is melted, whisk in cocoa, milk, and vanilla. Add sugar 1/2 cup at a time, whisking after each addition.
  • Remove from heat, after all the sugar has been added.
  • Whisk until smooth.
  • Immediately pour over cake.
  • If icing is too thin, add additional sifted sugar 1/4 cup at a time until desired thickness or sit it in the refrigerator a few minutes. Take it out and whisk it until creamy again.
  • Frosting will thicken as it cools, but it'll be harder to spread.
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Nutrition

Calories: 1084kcal | Carbohydrates: 220g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 65mg | Sodium: 227mg | Potassium: 272mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 208g | Vitamin A: 775IU | Calcium: 71mg | Iron: 2mg

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Chocolate Frosting with Cocoa Powder and Powdered Sugar is smooth, creamy, and rich.

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Comments

  1. Vinu says

    11.24.20 at 11:05 pm

    5 stars
    Awesome recipes but I forget to place the plate on the salt while preparing cooker cakes n all cakes are pathetic. But today I’ll do exactly as you’ve shown n post a pic.❤️

    Reply
  2. Paul Reed says

    10.16.20 at 1:52 pm

    My mother made this frosting back in the early 50’s and all the time I was growing up. But instead of whole milk she used Carnation Evaporated Milk one can I believe. I don’t know if her amounts were the same. I have her recipe somewhere if I can find it.

    Reply
    • Angie Ragan says

      12.01.20 at 8:09 pm

      5 stars
      Very Easy & Delish 😊 reminds me of my grandmother’s that she used to pour over butter cake. Be prepared to work fast as it hardens rather quickly. More of a thick glaze that holds onto the cake than a whippet frosting. Great Recipe

      Reply
  3. Kate says

    10.14.20 at 5:45 am

    Can we pour this on a cake with buttercream frosting? Will not melt down the frosting? Please advice.

    Reply
    • Paula says

      10.16.20 at 11:22 am

      Don’t pour it on while still warm, it’ll melt the buttercream.

      Reply
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