Grandma’s Chocolate Icing

The best chocolate cake ever!

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% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

From Aunt Myra:

Step 2

Melt 2 cups of chips in a double boiler. At the same time take 4 eggs and two sticks of butter or margarine out to get to room temperature. When the melted chocolate cools, and the eggs and butter are at room temp you just combine all three ingredients together. Beat them until they turn a lighter color chocolate.

Step 3

1. I usually add and mix in the eggs and butter one item at a time, mixing by hand and then with the mixer.

Step 4

2. Butter has a tendency to break down quickly so, sometimes I use one butter and one margarine especially if it's a warm day.

Step 5

3. If when I am mixing the frosting and it doesn't seem to have more volume, I will put it in the frig for a short time to cool it down and then beat it again with the mixer.

Step 6

4. The more you beat it the lighter it becomes and has more volume. It will be plenty to cover a 9" two layer cake.

Step 7

5. Cook a cake according to the directions. I use Duncan Hines Devils Food only. I have tried other and it just isn't the same.

Step 8

NOTE: I remember Grandma freezing her cake so that's what I do because of the raw eggs.