Fluffy chocolate frosting

This is a terrific frosting for the Devil's food cake. It's also quick and easy, completed in under 15 minutes.

This recipe comes from Good Housekeeping's Best-Loved Desserts.

  
    Recipe makes
    Active time
    Total time
  

    Enough to cover a three-layer cake
    15m
    15m
  

  
    Special equipment needed
  
    Stand mixer, although a hand-held mixer can be used

  
    Variations
  
    • Use orange extract instead of vanilla extract.

  
    Storage
  
    • This is best made right before you frost the cake.

  
    Ingredients
  
1/2 sticks of butter, at room temperature
  
cups confectioners' sugar
  
teaspoon vanilla extract
  
ounces semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled slightly
  
ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled slightly

  
    Instructions
  
    • Beat the butter until light and fluffy. With the motor running, add the confectioners' sugar a little at a time until it is light and fluffy.
  
    • Add the vanilla extract. Mix.
  
    • Add the melted chocolate. Mix thoroughly. Turn the mixer on high and beat until light and fluffy.
  
    • Put about one tablespoon of the frosting on the bottom of your cake plate to hold the cake in place. Add one cake layer. Add a light coating to the top and sides of one cake layer. Add the second cake layer and repeat. Add the final cake layer and spread with the remaining frosting.

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