1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix sugar, cocoa, butter and milk together. Over medium heat, bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute. Add vanilla. Cool partially, then beat with a mixer for 3 minutes or until spreadable consistency.
This is not a fluffy kind of frosting that you use to decorate a cake. I did use it on the layer cake in the picture, but this is more of a icing that would go on a sheet cake, like Texas Sheet Cakes. The mixture will harden some, but it definitely shouldn't be soupy. Be careful not to heat it over too high a heat, or the sugar will start to turn to candy, which will make the mixture grainy. Spread on the cake quickly and let it set until completely cooled.
I need to make this icing, it will go great with a peanut butter cake that I am baking!! Nettie
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of a cake my grandmother would make. Looks terrific!
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother and aunt used to make this. It is so DELICIOUS!
DeleteLove the sound of this glaze, it'll be perfect on the chocolate Victoria Sandwich cake I have planned for the weekend ♥
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious... The perfect "icing on the cake" for just about any cake!
ReplyDeleteThis is old school goodness right here! Love it.
ReplyDeleteClassic deliciousness!
ReplyDeleteKeep this
ReplyDeleteThat looks like the old "Canadian War Cake" we always had when I was a child.
ReplyDeleteMy mom always made this to go on her Texas sheet cake. I have been looking for a recipe because I could not find it in my mom's recipes after she passed away two years ago.
ReplyDeleteMemories; thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteSounds like our Monday “wash day cake “ long ago and good.
ReplyDeleteThis was my Mama's recipe also..Sometimes she would bring it to a boil and boil while stirring it for 4 minutes and it makes the BEST fudge
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this receipe.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of my mother back in my childhood days
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this recipe! I have been looking for this recipe for years. So glad to hsve it.
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna try this today, sounds delicious
ReplyDeleteMy Grandmother use to make a chocolate sheet cake with this icing and put coconut flakes on top especially around Easter. As kids we heard “Sheep” cake (it was white on the outside and looked like sheep wool to us) to this day that is what it is called at our house! ❤️
ReplyDeleteThis would be perfect for a spice cake.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like the icing we learned to make years ago from my mother’s kitchen.
ReplyDeleteGoing to make this
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to make it
ReplyDeleteThis cake looks delicious.
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