Fudge Icing
Submitted by sarahh on September 01, 2010 at 10:56 pm

3 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup granulated sugar
¼ cup milk
dash salt
¼ cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix all but vanilla in a medium saucepan. Place over medium heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat slightly and boil for one minute.

Remove from heat and add vanilla. Stir until thick enough to top cake (will look like a thick milkshake). Pour over cake and spread to edges.

If frosting a layer cake, let icing run down sides of cake and then smooth with a knife. Let icing cool thoroughly before covering cake.

Cake is even better the next day.

This is a wonderful icing, especially on the Black Devil's Food Cake also posted in my recipes. It is also really good on yellow cake. Beat it until thick, but don't wait for it to get like regular icing, because it will harden and tear the cake when you try to spread it.

This is a good recipe to make with carob powder, for anyone who can't eat chocolate. I have made it this way many times.