- 1/2 cup margarine (1 stick)
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 or 5 tablespoons milk
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- Good dash salt
Soften or melt the margarine first. I
usually melt it in the microwave, because
that is easiest for me. Add the cocoa,
vanilla, and 4 tablespoons milk. Using
electric beaters or a whisk, beat these
ingredients together until they are good and
smooth. Add the powdered sugar, about a cup
at a time, and continue beating the
frosting. After you have added all four cups
of powdered sugar, you may need a little
more milk to give the frosting spreading
consistency. If you think you need more
milk, add it a teaspoon at a time. If too
much milk is added, you will end up with
runny frosting. Fix this by adding more
unsweetened cocoa, or more powdered sugar,
or both. If desired you may replace the milk
with strong coffee and end up with a very
tasty grown up mocha flavor. I don't give
this to the kids because they are wired up
on the chocolate and sugar already, they
don't need caffeine on top of it. This
recipe is supposed to make enough for a
layer cake. Depending on one's skill in
frosting layer cakes, this may or may not be
true. If you have a child who wants a
chocolate layer cake with chocolate frosting
for their birthday, this is the one to
choose. I use it to frost my
Chocolate Cake recipe, and always get
good results.
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