Shiny Fudge Frosting

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Shiny fudge frosting is so easy to make and sooooo delicious! It has a great gloss and perfect soft texture. No mixer needed, just a saucepan, a whisk and a knife for spreading.

This glossy fudgy chocolate frosting is the perfect wrapper for a cake. It spreads so smoothly and it packs a big flavor punch.  You are going to love this vintage recipe for deliciously shiny fudge frosting!

I knew for Little Dude’s birthday I wanted to make a rich and dark chocolate cake.  I wanted that cake to be enveloped in a rich and fudgy frosting.

This combination of devilishly good chocolate cake and fudge frosting was the perfect thing!  It is so chocolaty, the flavor is deep and delicious.

This is another one of my now infamous cooked frostings.  But, it comes together much differently than the whipped cream cheese frosting and whipped cream frosting I have been droning on about.

It is done completely in the saucepan.  Then it is allowed to cool to room temperature slowly and is the perfect consistency for smoothing over a cake.   

You can tell how rich and wonderful it is just by looking at it!

At first it may not seem like it is going to work.  It is relatively thin when it is warm.  Delicious and fudgy, but thin.

A couple of hours later it becomes the perfect spreading consistency.  In fact, it spreads so easily.

I generally make this frosting to go with homemade chocolate cake.  It almost melts between the layers to make it one continuous and extra moist cake.  Just look at that slice of cake below!

The sour cream and cream give this frosting great body.  It stays silky and delicious with a great soft texture.

The deep cocoa flavor helps give tons of flavor and cuts the sweetness nicely.  The sheen makes the cake extra enticing.

With all of the cakes and frosting recipes on the site, I don’t have a chance to many of them too many times after I’ve posted them.  This frosting and the devilishly good is by far the cake and frosting combo I make the most.

Whenever I am at a loss as to what to make, this is what I make.  Every time it gets rave reviews and I am always so pleasantly surprised at how easily it comes together.

Then it makes a shiny, fudgy, delicious, happy, wonderfully amazing chocolate robe for your cake.  I mean yummmmmm!  You definitely have to give this a try!

If you are a frosting fanatic like me, check out my Frosting 101. It goes through the different types of frosting and links to all sorts of delicious recipes!

Glossy Chocolate Frosting

Carlee

Shiny fudge frosting is so easy to make and sooooo delicious! It has a great gloss and perfect soft texture. No mixer needed, just a saucepan, a whisk and a knife for spreading.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Additional Time 2 hours hrs

Total Time 2 hours hrs 15 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 24 Servings

Calories 147 kcal

Equipment

• Libbey Selene Glass Cake Stand with Dome
• Twist Whisk 2-In-1 Balloon and Flat Whisk Silicone Coated Steel Wire

Ingredients

  

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• ½ cup butter
• 1½ cups granulated sugar
• 1¼ cups cocoa powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1¼ cups heavy whipping cream do not substitute
• ¼ cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon instant coffee
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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Instructions

 

• In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat.
• Stir in sugar, cocoa and salt.
• In a separate bowl, stir together cream, sour cream and instant coffee until smooth.
• Continuing to heat over medium-low heat, slowly add the cream mixture to the cocoa mixture. Stir until each addition is incorporated, then add more until the cream mixture is gone.
• Keep heating for another 5-6 minutes, being careful not to bring the mixture to a boil
• Remove icing from heat and stir in vanilla. Allow to cool at room temperature for at least a couple of hours or until spreading consistency.

Notes

You can hasten the cooling process by putting the frosting in the refrigerator. If it becomes too thick to spread, warm up in the microwave 10 seconds at a time. Stir after each 10 second interval and continue until you reach the desired consistency.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1ServingCalories: 147kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 1gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 26mgSodium: 79mgFiber: 1gSugar: 13g

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