Old-Fashioned Southern Chocolate Frosting

MAKES: 1 1/2 cups

CHILL TIME: 30 Min

COOK TIME: 10 Min

Our Old-Fashioned Southern Chocolate Frosting is a glossy frosting that's perfect for topping cakes that you want to fancy up with decorating gel.

What You'll Need

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
1 (5-ounce) can evaporated milk
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 (1-ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
1 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

What to Do

In a small saucepan, combine butter, evaporated milk, granulated sugar, and chocolate squares. Cook over medium-low heat until chocolate has melted and mixture has come to a low boil, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to low and cook 4 to 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat and add confectioners' sugar and vanilla; mix well. Chill 30 minutes to thicken before using.

Notes

This isn't like traditional frosting; it's more of a cross between a glaze and a thick icing.
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Dendi

Nov 16, 2015

Think there is a typo with the butter amount. It says 1/4 C. (1 stick). 1/4 C. is actually 1/2 stick of butter.

peach1

Oct 09, 2013

Did you use evaporated milk or condensed milk? Condensed milk will definitely make it sickly sweet.

Test Kitchen Team

Oct 10, 2013

We use evaporated milk in this recipe. Condensed milk would be way too sweet.

dcook2002 2251583

Mar 03, 2013

Never can get too sweet or too much chocolate!

rosebud3918

Feb 07, 2013

This is much too sweet. No one in my house can eat it. We had to scrape it off the cake so we could at least enjoy the cake itself.

meatandtaters

Sep 29, 2014

Y'all must be yankees. This is the filling you have to use to make 7 to 14 layer cakes because the layers are too thin for spread type frosting. It's all we used when I was a child.

dorislinda 9170483

Nov 14, 2015

So, who is making layer cakes? They show the recipe photo with the icing on a pound cake. In my opinion, it's really a glaze , not a frosting. Yes, I am a Yankee!