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Friday, August 3, 2012

THE BEST {and easiest!!} Chocolate Frosting + Birthday Cake!

You guys have only yourselves to blame for this post! Last weekend, I posted this photo of my husband’s birthday cake I made:

Looks good, right? And then you all went crazy asking, tweeting and emailing me for the recipe! Instead of responding to all of you, I just decided to do a blog post about the whole darn thing.

So, first things first. Happy Birthday Gord! 27 blissful years ago you emerged from your mother’s womb and graced this planet earth with your presence. Then you lived the first part of your life wondering what you were missing. Then you met me and your life was complete.

At least that’s what I tell myself. Like all the time.

Then I made you a chocolate cake and slathered the whole thing with chocolate frosting and angels sang praises. Then I lit ALL 700 candles, brought it over to you on the deck to sing happy birthday and the wind blew them all out. {Except for maybe 4?} Then you made a wish and we ate cake.

I think that pretty much sums up my husband’s existence. In 2 paragraphs. Haha.

I think by now you all should know that I am the lemon freak and my husband is the chocoholic in this house. So of course I had to give the man chocolate on his birthday. So I did. Big time. Chocolate on chocolate with a few sprinkles on top. That is this cake.

The cake portion is actually Ree’s Chocolate Sheet Cake recipe that I adapted and baked into 2-9 inch rounds. {I added 1/2 teaspoon baking powder to the batter so they would rise a bit more than usual.} They baked up beautifully and ended up being really moist! It’s a great go-to recipe.

Then I made a batch of my favorite frosting and ate it all with a spoon. Then I made another batch and frosted this cake. Try to refrain from licking your screen. I know it’s hard. I used a butter knife to frost the birthday cake and a 1M wilton tip to frost the cupcakes. Then we went to town and bedazzled these babies out with all the boy-ish sprinkles I could find.

Sprinkles make everything better plus super cute! Oh and did I mention this was the best cake ever? Sooooooo tasty! Especially all that creamy frosting! Mmmm…..and there are only 5 ingredients needed! Seriously! Take a peek a the recipe below!

Ya’ll should give them a whirl this weekend and let me know what you think Make sure to find some friends to share this with because after one bite you’re going to want to eat the whole thing. Here’s the printable:

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The Best & Easiest Chocolate Frosting

Yield: will frost 1-9 inch round layer cake or 24 cupcakes

Ingredients:

1 cup softened butter
1/2 cup cocoa powder, sifted
5 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3-4 tablespoons milk

Directions:

Whip butter and cocoa together until smooth in large bowl. Stir in vanilla and powdered sugar. Slowly stream in milk until frosting reaches desired consistency. Scrape sides and whip again until light, fluffy and smooth, 1-2 minutes. Frosts 1-9 or 8 inch round layered cake or 24 cupcakes.

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