Cake with Drop Flowers

I tried making a yellow cake with chocolate buttercream frosting earlier in the week and it turned out OK..it was kind of dry and the buttercream icing isn't my favorite. So, I found another yellow cake recipe and tweaked it a little and added my own little touches and it came out so moist and delicious!! And I used a different chocolate icing recipe that is more milk chocolate and not as bitter as butter cream is.

Fudge Chocolate Icing Recipe
1 lb powdered sugar
1/2 cup cocoa powder, unsweetened
1/4 tsp salt
6 tablespoons boiling water
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened at room temp

In a large bowl, combine sugar, cocoa powder, and salt. With an electric mixer, beat in boiling water, vanilla and butter until smooth and thick. Yields 2 cups.

You may want to double the recipe if you're going to ice a 2 layer cake- especially if you're icing a 3 layer cake!

It is a chocolate fudge icing and taste so yummy! You can add more powdered sugar to make it a little thicker if you are going to decorate your cake with it. The only downfall with this icing is that you can't get it as smooth as you can get a butter cream icing.

This is my finished yellow cake with fudge chocolate icing! The flowers on the cake are made out of buttercream and are called drop flowers. I will give you a couple tips on how to make the drop flowers, leaves, and how to color your icing in other posts.

Stay tuned!