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Monday, March 6, 2023

Too Much Chocolate Cake with Ermine Frosting


BTW...
He likes the frosting just as much as the cake!
Maybe more!

I made this cake for my hubby today. He says, "There's no such thing as too much chocolate!" Here's the recipe. It's my kind of baking... simple, easy, very little measuring and just plain good! 

Too Much Chocolate Cake

1 (15.25 ounce) package devil's food cake mix
1 (5 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
1 cup sour cream
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1/2 cup warm water
2 cups mini semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl, mix together the cake and pudding mix, sour cream, oil, beaten eggs and water. Stir in the chocolate chips and pour batter into a well-greased 9x13 pan. Bake for 30 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool cake thoroughly.


Ermine Frosting

Ermine Frosting is an old fashioned/Vintage recipe. It's claimed to be of French origin, others claim it is German based. It is also often known as “boiled milk frosting”. It’s silky smooth and less sweet than traditional buttercream and is the traditional frosting used for red velvet cake. It was used before Cream Cheese Icing came along.

1 1/2 cups Cold Milk
7 1/2 tablespoons All Purpose Flour
Pinch of salt
3 sticks Butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups granulated Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla

In a medium saucepan, whisk flour into milk and add a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Whisk constantly. (Do not walk away!) It will thicken like soft mashed potatoes. Place in a bowl and cover against mixture with plastic wrap. (to keep a skin from forming) Let cool. 

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla. Whip in flour mixture. If loose, refrigerate until stiff. Frost cake as usual. 






26 comments:

  1. I'm so intrigued by that Ermine frosting recipe! Who knew?

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    1. Ermine frosting is so good...I had when I was a child and loved when I found the recipe

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    2. We call it scalded milk icing. The ONLY icing I make

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    3. Delicious! We have made this frosting our whole life, it was my mom's home made Custard frosting. Everyone always loves it, and yet not many people make it.

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  2. That sounds luscious. No wonder you husband wanted it again.

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  3. Sounds interesting

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  4. Frosting sounds like a gob filling recipe. Always delicious 😋

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  5. This looks so delicious! I love to bake so I will try this! Thank you for sharing 😊😋

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  6. Looks good. Gonna try it!

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  7. Looks yummy and I’m going to make🤗

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  8. Looks and sounds yummy.

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  9. This is the best cake I have had in a long time and reminds me of the one my Auntie used to make. I leave the chocolate chips out because that’s how I remember it.

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  10. Sounds good - I will have to try

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  11. My mother made this in the 60s. She called it South Buffalo frosting

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  12. Looks really yummy!!!

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  13. I am going to try it this weekend. Sounds delicious

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  14. Absolutely delicious! My family loved it. I did cut the frosting recipe in half, it was enough for us. Thank you!!!

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  15. I would love ❤️ to post this delicious cake and frosting on Pintrest.

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    1. There is a Pinterest button on the top right of this page. If you don't see it scroll to the bottom and click "web version." That will give you the options to pin and print.

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  16. I make this frosting. It is my favorite. It was the only frosting I had as a child

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  17. It’s now my family’s favorite cake. I used to make red velvet with cream cheese icing. But this icing is like my mom’s

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  18. its sounds like my mom cook frosting and its good

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  19. Exited to make this!! My kiddos love the chocolate, and the frosting looks sounds amazing..

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  20. Looks Amazingly Yummy!!!

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