Milk Cake with Chocolate Frosting

By LisaMK

This recipe is from the newspaper, submitted by Nancy White.

Ingredients

• Icing:
• 1 c milk
• 1 stick unsalted butter
• 4 eggs
• 2 c sugar
• 2 c flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 4 oz unsweetened chocolate
• 3 c sugar
• 2 tbs light corn syrup
• 7 oz milk
• 4 tbs butter

Details

Servings 6
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 42mins

Preparation

Step 1

Cake: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Melt butter in milk, do not boil. Beat eggs and combine with sugar; mix well. In a bowl, add flour, baking powder and salt. Gradually add the flour mixture to the sugar and eggs. Add milk mixture and vanilla and stir. Place in to 9 inch greased and floured round cake pans. Bake in oven for 20 -25 mins until done.
Icing: Cook all ingredients stirring constantly, and bring to a rolling boil. Then boil for 2 min without stirring. Remove from heat and cool. Stir until the icing loses its gloss and starts to thicken. Ice the cake once cake has cooled.