Chocolate Icing Cupcakes

Ingredients

• Icing Sugar 8 oz
• Softened Butter 5 oz
• Cocoa Powder 2 tbsp
• Very Hot Water 2 tsp

Method

• Using an electric beater, beat butter and icing sugar together.
• Continue to beat the mixture, till the mixture is well mixed and smooth and no granules are seen.
• Then add cocoa powder and water to the mixture.
• Beat again till the icing is smooth and creamy in consistency.
• You may want to sift the sugar and cocoa powder, before you use it, to get icing with smooth consistency.

Chocolate Fudge Icing
This recipe makes great homemade chocolate icing for cupcakes. Once you have this icing, you will always want to make this easy chocolate frosting for all your cakes. You will be able to make icing for 16 cupcakes.
Ingredients

• Unsalted Butter, at room temperature 2/3 cup
• Unsweetened Chocolate 4 ounces
• Icing Sugar 1 1/3 cups
• Pure Vanilla Extract 1 ½ tsp

Method

• Chop the chocolate coarsely and sift the sugar well.
• In a heatproof bowl, place the coarsely chopped chocolate.
• Place the bowl in a saucepan with simmering water, till the chocolate melts.
• After the chocolate melts, remove the bowl from heat and let it cool down, till it comes to room temperature.
• Take the unsalted butter in another bowl and whip it, till it is smooth and creamy. This will take about a minute.
• Then add sugar to the butter and beat it together, till it is light and fluffy for about 2 minutes. Make sure you beat it, at low speed.
• Then add chocolate to the mixture and beat it at medium speed, until the icing is smooth and glossy