Last week was my husband’s birthday which of course means cake! Now, if it was my birthday, there would absolutely, no question, be copious amounts of chocolate in that cake, but my husband and daughter are vanilla kind of people (can’t explain it) so what to do?
After a bit of searching on some of my favorite recipe sites I decided to try a zebra cake – chocolate and vanilla swirled into a very cool zebra pattern – I loved the idea of using both flavors and wanted to surprise and amaze my family when they cut into the cake with the zebra stripes! I intended to use vanilla for the frosting (really) but in a weak moment I decided to use this chocolate frosting instead and that is the very reason for this post – So.good. Quite possibly the yummiest chocolate frosting ever!
This frosting is thick, and creamy with a super chocolate flavor. It is easy to spread looks shiny and luscious and is sooooo delicious. It is a bit more work than your regular powdered sugar and cocoa but it takes the frosting on the cake to whole new level. A level I am becoming quite fond of. If you ever needed a reason to go make a cake this it. Now go have your cake….. and the icing too!
I used Annie’s eats zebra cake recipe but this cake seems to show up in a lot of places on the internet. Any one of your favorite cake recipes or flavors would work. The frosting is adapted only slightly from a recipe here: sifting focus.
3 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 stick of butter softened
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
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4 ounces of good quality chopped semi sweet or bittersweet chocolate
Method:
1. Sift together the confectioners sugar and cocoa.
2. In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat combine the butter, brown sugar, pinch of salt and light cream. Stir occasionally until small bubbles appear around the perimeter of the pan, 4 to 8 minutes.
3. Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring frequently until mixture thickens and turns a deep golden brown – about 5-8 minutes.
4. Transfer to a large bowl, add the chopped chocolate and the vanilla,stir until smooth.
5. Slowly whisk in the confectioners sugar and the cocoa until incorporated. Cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally.
6. Refrigerate for about 30 minutes until the frosting reaches desired spreading consistency.
