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Chocolate Sour-Cream Icing
Photo: Charisse Kenion

Chocolate Sour-Cream Icing

6 ingredients 4 steps Enough for 1 cake wikibooks
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

418
Calories
18g
Protein
21g
Fat
36g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Yogurt 170g plain Greek 100
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (240 g ) chocolate chips
  • ¼ cup (60 g) butter
  • ½ cup (120 g) sour cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1–3 cup (240–700 g) icing sugar

Directions

1

Melt the chocolate and butter together in a double boiler .

2

Remove mixture from the heat, then stir in the sour cream, vanilla extract, and salt.

3

Slowly beat or stir in the icing sugar until the mixture has the desired consistency. An icing will be thinner and require less icing sugar than a thicker frosting.

4

Spread mixture on the cake of your choice.

Recipe sourced from wikibooks

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