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CHOCOLATE PAN FROSTING

 This frosting is a simpler, but just as delicious, version of the old-fashioned version your mother probably made.  It’s luscious on brownies, layer cakes, and chocolate sheet cakes

 8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter

4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

1/3 cup milk

4 cups powdered sugar, sifted

 

  1. Place the butter in a medium saucepan and melt over low heat, 2-3 minutes.
  2. Stir in the cocoa powder and milk.  Let the mixture come just to a boil, stirring, and then remove the pan from the heat.
  3. Stir in the sugar until the frosting is thickened and smooth.
  4. Pour the warm frosting over the top of a cooled cake of your choice, spreading it with a spatula so that it reaches all side of the cake.
  5. Work quickly because this frosting goes on best while still warm.