Chocolate Frosting Recipe

An easy chocolate frosting recipe in old homemade style.

• 1 square of chocolate,
• a pinch of salt,
• 5 tablespoonfuls of boiling water,
• 1 teaspoonful of vanilla,
• about three cups of sifted confectioners' sugar.

Melt chocolate in bowl over tea-kettle, add water, salt and vanilla, and when smooth add the sugar, and heat until very glossy.

Make the chocolate frosting stiff enough to spread without using a wet knife.

It will keep indefinitely.

Recipe 2

The whites of four eggs, three cups of powdered sugar and nearly a cup of grated chocolate. Beat the whites a very little, they must not become white, stir in the chocolate, then put in the sugar gradually, beating to mix it well.