Chocolate Frosting

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The only reason I am putting two stars is that I had to add more cream and more vanilla. The frosting is, of course, DELICIOUS....but if it were delicious and no adjustments needed it would have rightly deserved 5 stars.

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Just made this frosting today and paired it with yellow cupcakes. You definitely need to ADD MORE HEAVY CREAM for it to turn out right. 3-4 tbs of heavy cream was not enough and leaves you with dry chunks. I added a total of 6 tbs of heavy cream to get a beautiful and smooth consistency. If you use Hershey's unsweetened cocoa powder it tastes somewhere between dark chocolate and milk chocolate frosting, but nonetheless tasty. I will give this recipe 4 stars only because I had to add double the amount of cream.

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I read the reviews and agree that extra cream does the trick. I didn't add any water though. I couldn't get my dry ingredients to sift so I just combined them into the bowl anyway. This didn't seem to affect the quality of flavor or texture as it was mixed very well with the mixer. I do advise adding a bit of extra cream as you mix because cream itself thickens up. Turned out very light, creamy and tasty! Will use again.

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I am a total novice but WOW, I just found my new easy piece of heaven! Like others I added a couple of table spoons of warm water and extra cream.

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I used much more heavy cream than what it asked for and it turned out nice, light, and "airy". I also added some instant coffee to increase the chocolate flavor. I will never buy store bought frosting ever again. The texture and flavor was off the chart!!!!!

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DELECTABLE....I added a Tbsp of finely ground coffee beans for an extra ummmmppphhhh....WHOA! Ann Thornton's chocolate cake was covered in this stuff and let me tell you it was gone REAL FAST.

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the best frosting ever!!! i did not measure my cream and just added enough for the consistency i wanted and i also whipped it on high speed so it turned out light and fluffy!! i also added black cherry spreadable fruit to compliment my chocolate cake that i am baking... absolutely amazing (even w/o the fruit!!!!!!!

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Very good frosting recipe. Used it for the first time this Thanksgiving. It was pretty thick at first but I read the reviews before making and added the adjustments are advised. It came out perfect!!! I used it on my German Chocolate Cake and it didn't last thru the night. I added a little more cream and 2 tablespoons of hot water. This helps it spread easily.

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this frosting was very easy to make. I realized that i only had half a stick of butter so I used that and 4tbs of tub butter. it came out great. Spread nicely. the perfect consistency.

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This is a review of this frosting recipe which I have used before. I'm sorry that some people have had problems with this frosting recipe. But it's a Hersey's TYPE classic. Very simple - and easy. Try 1 to 2 tablespoons of hot water instead of cream. Cream can cause things to stiffen up. Look up some others and compare (sometimes Hersey's has it on the back of the can of powered coco. But this type of frosting is a good ole stand bye to have.