We had out-of-state guests visit on very short notice this past week. I baked a three-layer cake using two Duncan Hines cake mixes. This was my shortcut, but I always make my own buttercream frosting. Here's the easy recipe:
1 cup butter (no substitutes), softened
2 pounds powdered sugar (2 boxes)
powdered baking chocolate
hot water and vanilla
Beat the butter until very soft. Slowly add the sugar alternately with hot water until it is the consistency you want. Add the powdered chocolate to the desired shade of chocolate. Finally, add about 2 teaspoons of vanilla.
My little dessert forks are part of a silver plated set I scored from a garage sale. They happen to be monogrammed with our last name initial!
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