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Directions:Stir sugar, milk and cocoa constantly on medium heat until it boils. Once it begins to boil, let it rest by turning down the heat. Only stirring occasionally until it reaches "soft ball" stage. Once it is at the soft ball stage let the icing rest by removing it from the heat for 5 minutes. Then add vanilla extract and butter. Beat it constantly until the icing thickens and loses the glossy appearance. Then add the final bit of milk and beat again until it thickens again. Pour and Spread on to a yellow cake or gram crackers.
The icing should set up after its poured and have a nice sheen. If you poured the icing too soon it will not set up and will taste more like a ganache (still yummy) and if you poured too late the icing will be dull in appearance and you would be able to chip a piece off of the cake (still delicious). |
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Notes: As Grandma Kay always say's, "Waste Not, Want Not!". So have some spoons nearby to scrape the remaining bits of icing that stuck to the pan after you pour it on to the cake. You can save the spoons full of sugar for treat later or enjoy once the icing sets up. She also suggests to always eat your mistakes. Thankfully the icing is good even if you pour too soon or too late. Chris likes it best when its too soon and I like it best when it's too late. Win-Win!
During the 2020 Quarantine, we had to find a substitute for the cocoa. I used 1 packet of Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa in lieu of Hersey's cocoa and it worked great and tasted more on the Milk Chocolate side.
The Billington's as a whole have agreed that a Double-Batch is best for 13 x 9 cake pan.
Grandma Kay's Mother would make this icing regularly, by herself for the family dinners. She believes she got it off the back of a Hersey's Cocoa container. Grandma Kay loved this icing and made it a staple in her home, everyone always looked forward to having it. There is usually a debate on which way you liked to have it, because it always varied depending on if you pour to soon, on time or too late.
Often it was the first thing we would do, when we'd go to visit her, is help her make the icing so that we could all have cake throughout the visit. As a small child when I would go visit Grandma Kay's in the summer, I remember she would serve it up for us to have for breakfast and we'd eat it on her front porch.
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