Chocolate Butter-cream Frosting Recipe

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Ingredients

Directions

Step #1 Dissolve the cocoa in the boiling water, making a paste.
Step #2 Cream the fat to soften it, then add the icing sugar & beat really well until the mixture becomes pale in colour & light in texture.
Step #3 (An electric mixer is helpful).
Step #4 Mix in the cooled cocoa.
Step #5 extra flavouring of vanilla or peppermint essence, dissolved instant coffee or the finely grated rind of half an orange may be added.
Step #6 store this in a covered container in the refrigerator or freezer.
Step #7 The quantity of butter icing given in the recipes refers to the weight of butter & sugar added together.
Step #8 This recipe makes enough butter icing to fill & decorate a 20cm (8 inch) sponge cake.
Step #9 Plain Butter Icing - Used For Halloween Magic Omit the Bournville Cocoa & make as above, adding a few drops of vanilla essence.
Step #10 Add grated lemon rind & a little juice instead of the vanilla essence to make lemon butter icing.
Step #11 --.
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