Chocolate Frosting
This complimentary recipe is from The Joy of Vegan Baking.
A chocolate lover’s dream! Though many of the commercial brands of frosting are ‘vegan,’ they’re also made with unsavory ingredients, such as partially hydrogenated oil or high-fructose corn syrup. This recipe is as easy as it is delicious.
1/2 cup (112 g) Earth Balance, softened
3 cups (300 g) powdered (confectioner’s) sugar, sifted
1/3 (42 g) cup cocoa, sifted
1 teaspoon vanilla or 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
3-4 tablespoons (45 to 60) water or nondairy milk
With an electric hand mixer, cream the butter until smooth. With the mixer on low speed, add the sugar, and cream for about 2 minutes. Add the rest of the ingredients, and turn the mixer to high speed once all the ingredients are relatively well-combined. Beat on high speed until frosting is light and fluffy (about 3 minutes). Add l or 2 tablespoons more milk if it’s too dry. Cover the icing with plastic wrap to prevent drying until ready to use. Store it in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. Re-whip before using.
Yield: Enough for one 9-inch (23-cm) cake or 8 cupcakes
What’s the Difference?
The terms ‘frosting’ and ‘icing’ tend to be used interchangeably, and they both describe a sugary, buttery mixture that covers and fills cakes and pastries. People in New England, the Upper Midwest, and the Western United States tend to use ‘frosting,’ and Pennsylvanians, New Jerseyeans, and those in the Lower Midwest and the South, prefer ‘icing.’ A few people in the South call it by a third name, ‘filling,’ even when it goes on top.
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4 Comments for this Post
March 24, 2012 at 2:27 pm
one of the best homemade vegan frosting recipes I have tried!
May 30, 2012 at 6:55 am
Used this recipe for my 17 year old daughter’s birthday. It is so delicious! Thank you for sharing it. This was the perfect ending to a happy birthday!
January 5, 2013 at 7:48 pm
Made this cake for a dinner party tonight and it was a huge hit! Didn’t tell anyone it was vegan until they had scarfed it all down. They could not believe it! Thank you!
January 5, 2013 at 7:52 pm
Oops – thought I was on the cake recipe page. Well, the cake rocked. I did tweak the frosting recipe as my sister had made it before and said it was too “earth balancey” . So I increased cocoa to 2/3 C & increased the milk to 1/3 cup. Everyone said frosting was incredible.