Sheree's Homemade Cooking Made Easy

I grew up eating this icing on a plain vanilla cake that my grandmother would make from scratch. This icing is so simple to make, and it goes well with a boxed vanilla, white, chocolate, or yellow cake mix that you can bake straight from the box. You will need the following ingredients:

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Recipe:

1/2 cup of whole milk

8 tablespoons of butter

3 tablespoons of cocoa powder

2 cups of white sugar

1 teaspoon of vanilla (you can add a little more if you really like vanillia)

Tip: You will need a large skillet to make this icing in as you do not want this hot boiling icing to boil over onto you or your stove.

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Add the butter to the skillet and let it melt on medium heat. Add the milk, sugar, and cocoa powder and begin whisking this together until it is smooth.

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Turn the stove to medium high and bring this icing to a boil while you continue whisking. When the icing reaches a boil reduce the heat back to medium heat and continue to boil the icing for 5 minutes. You will need to continue whisking this while it is boiling so the icing does not burn.

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When the five minutes are up, remove the icing from the heat and whisk in the vanilla. Enjoy!

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Note: You could make this in a large heavy bottomed saucepan if you do not have a large skillet. This icing will also set up as fudge when the cake has cooled.

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I like to serve this icing over a sheet cake that I have made homemade or from a cake mix in a box. I have also halved this recipe and made this icing to pour over brownies.