Reduced-Fat Creamy Chocolate Frosting

Name: Reduced-Fat Creamy Chocolate Frosting
Yield: Makes 2 cups
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces; 1 ounce (28 grams), unsweetened chocolate, chopped; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1/4 teaspoon, instant coffee granules; 3/4 cup (2¼ ounces; 64 grams), unsweetened cocoa powder; 3 cups (12 ounces; 340 grams), confectioners' sugar; 1/2 cup, skim milk

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2005

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We wanted to lighten up chocolate frosting without lightening up on chocolate flavor.

SERVESMakes 2 cups

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We stuck close to a traditional buttercream frosting for this Reduced-Fat Chocolate Creamy Chocolate Frosting recipe, but excluded much of the butter and replaced it with skim milk. This produced a creamy, rich tasting frosting only slightl...

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