Name: Chocolate butter icing
Yield: Serves
Ingredients: 100g butter or margarine, softened; 500ml (250 g) icing sugar, sifted; 60ml (25 g) cocoa powder; 30ml hot water; 5ml vanilla essence; 30ml About milk

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Preparation Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 10 - 15 minutes

Serves: Serves 6 - 8

Simple and delicious

Ingredients

100g butter or margarine, softened

500ml (250 g) icing sugar, sifted

60ml (25 g) cocoa powder

30ml hot water

5ml vanilla essence

30ml About milk

Method

Cream butter and icing sugar together. Mix cocoa powder with hot water until smooth and add to icing.
Add essence and just enough milk to mix to a smooth, spreadable consistency.
Sandwich cake layers with half the icing. Use remaining icing to ice top of cake.