Chocolate Icing

Ingredients

• 1-2 cup butter
• 5 tablespoons strong coffee
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg yolk (beaten)
• 2 tablespoons cocoa (heap-ing)

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter with sugar.

2. 2

   Add beaten egg yolk.

3. 3

   Cream again.

4. 4

   Put cocoa into hot coffee.

5. 5

   Stir well adding vanilla.

6. 6

   Add this to above.

7. 7

   Beat until very smooth.

8. 8

   Then spread over each layer, and sprinkle with nuts.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Old-time recipes (1947) by Esther Wray, page 8. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHOCOLATE ICING 1-2 cup butter 5 tablespoons strong coffee 3 cups powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 egg yolk (beaten) Nuts (ground fine through 2 tablespoons cocoa (heap-

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