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Chocolate Custard Frosting

Prep Time15 minutes
Cool Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 1 cake

Ingredients

  • 3 egg yolks
  • ⅔ cup milk
  • 2 tbsp all purpose flour
  • 1 and ⅓ cups confectioner's sugar (added at different times)
  • 1 tsp vanilla or other extract
  • 8 tbsp butter
  • 10 oz melted chocolate

Instructions

  • In a small pot, whisk together egg yolks, milk, flour, and ⅓ cup confectioner's sugar. Cook over low heat until thickens. Make sure to continually whisk and not let it curdle! Quickly transfer to a mixing bowl.
  • Beat in remaining 1 cup confectioner's sugar and extract.
  • Beat in melted chocolate (I usually slowly and carefully melt it in the microwave).
  • Let cool for about 20 minutes, then whip in butter. If frosting is too thin, cool for longer. It could get too hard to spread if cooled for too long, so pay attention.