Chocolate Heritage Frosting

By KitchenGnome

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups whole milk, room temperature
• 2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Details

Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 25mins
Adapted from addapinch.com

Preparation

Step 1

Cook flour and milk over medium high heat until thickened, approximately three minutes. Remove from heat and cool completely. After flour and milk mixture has cooled, cream together butter, sugar, and cocoa until light and fluffy, about three minutes.
Add flour and milk mixture to butter mixture and beat until it has reached a whipped cream consistency. Add vanilla and beat one additional minute.