Chocolate Frosting

Name: Chocolate Frosting
Yield: Makes about 4 cups
Ingredients: 20 tablespoons, unsalted butter (2 1/2 sticks), cut into pieces and softened; 3 tablespoons, heavy cream; 2 1/2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 8 ounces (227 grams), semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled; 3 cups (12 ounces/340 grams), confectioners' sugar; 3 tablespoons, unsweetened cocoa powder

Desserts or Baked Goods
Chocolate
Cakes

Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2010

For creamy, satiny frosting, it's the little things that count.

SERVES Makes about 4 cups

TIME 30 minutes

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