Chocolate Butter Frosting

Ingredients

  • 4 Tbsp butter
  • 2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • dash of salt
  • 4 tsp milk or so
  • 2 oz. Baker’s Unsweetened Chocolate, melted

Preparation

Step 1

Melt chocolate over medium heat, remove from heat and cool. Cream butter and add part of sugar gradually, blending after each addition. Add vanilla, salt and chocolate; mix well. Add remaining sugar, alternately with milk, until of right consistency to spread. Beat after each addition until smooth. Variation: add 2 Tbsp grated orange rind.