Seeking Fudge Frosting Receipe

[Stuffed Monkey]

I'm looking for a really dark chocolaty frosting not a pale milky one for a classic birthday cake. Yellow layer cake with dark chocolate frosting. OK I'll admit it what I want is a homemade verison of the Duncan Heinz Fudge frosting.

[kshrimp]

DH shares the same qualifications, and after several embarrassing attempts the best I've found is the recipe CI published with their yellow cake:

20 T. butter, softened to 60-65 degrees
1c confectioners' sugar
3/4c dutch process cocoa
pinch salt
3/4c light corn syrup
1 t vanilla extract
8 oz melted chocolate, cooled slightly - they like milk, but say that milk, semi or bittersweet will all work fine. I like a combo of milk and bittersweet - it seems fudgier to me.

Process butter, sugar, cocoa and salt in food processor until smooth. Add corn syrup and vanilla and process until blended. Add melted chocolate and pulse to combine.

I think blending it a little longer that they suggest gives it a fluffier texture, more like canned, so give that a try if you want. It's *almost* canned fudge frosting - that's my standard, too! Hope somebody else has a recipe that's even closer, but this is my default for now.

Happy baking!

[kattyeyes]

I can't speak to the Duncan Hines fudge frosting, but my favorite birthday cake is their Butter Recipe Golden, so we are somewhat on the same page. My frosting of choice is delicious, super simple and fudge-like:

CHOCOLATE LOVERS' FROSTING
1 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
1 stick butter, softened
4 tbsp. milk (or substitute half the milk for sour cream if you have it)
1 tsp. vanilla

Last time I made this, I used an extra dark cocoa powder I had picked up on vaca. But even Hershey's or Droste does the trick.

[kshrimp]

Just wondering what you came up with, or if anyone else has some good ideas?

[Nyleve]

This is my favourite chocolate frosting. Nothing could possibly be easier, very very creamy and with a nice not-too-sweet chocolate flavour. I know Chowser posted another sour cream chocolate frosting link, but this is the one I use.

2 cups chopped bittersweet or semisweet chocolate (you can use chips if you're no in the mood to chop chocolate)
1-1/2 cups sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla

Melt chocolate in the usual way, stirring until smooth. Beat in the sour cream and vanilla with an electric mixer. You have to be quite speedy with this so that the cold sour cream doesn't stiffen the chocolate before it's all incorporated. Let sit for a few minutes until it's spreadable and then use immediately. (If you wait too long and the frosting becomes too stiff to spread, you can gently warm it and re-beat until it's useable.)

[chowser]

I don't know what the Duncan Heinz frosting is like but this sour cream chocolate one from epicurious is really good. I lean towards using more semisweet/bittersweet chocolate than milk chocolate, though.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/foo...