Name: Uncooked Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients: seven tablespoons cream; 1 square of melted choco- late

Uncooked Chocolate Frosting

A chocolate frosting thickened with powdered sugar and melted chocolate.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription

By Hamilton, Ohio. First Methodist Episcopal church. [from old catalog] · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients

Uncooked Chocolate Frosting

Ingredients

seven tablespoons cream
1 square of melted choco- late

Directions

Use seven tablespoons of cream or milk (cream preferred).
Thicken with powdered sugar and add one square of melted chocolate.

By Hamilton, Ohio. First Methodist Episcopal church. [from old catalog]. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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What each ingredient does

Cream: Provides liquid and fat, giving the frosting a smooth, spreadable texture.
Chocolate (in the method): Adds flavor and richness, and firms the frosting as it cools.
Powdered sugar (in the method): Thickens the cream and adds sweetness to the frosting.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.