"Jorabi" > wrote in message
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>I made a layer cake and tried to make chocolate frosting
> from a recipe at allrecipes.com.
>
> http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Chocola...-2/Detail.aspx
>
> The consitency came out like WATER, so I kept adding
> confectioners sugar until it was the right thickness. I
> ended up using 2.5 POUNDS of conf sugar! Then the frosting
> was way too sweet to use IMO. I went to the local bakery
> and bought some chocolate buttercream from them and
> frosted the cake. They were sure amused at my story
>
> So now I am left with a big bowl of sweet chocolate
> frosting. Any ideas on what I can do with it? (no snide
> remarks please!) Is there a way to turn this into some
> walnut fudge that will stay set-up at room temp? The
> frosting is creamy at room temp and hard in the fridge.
>

Use it for filling in sandwich cookies. Make sure the cookies are not
extremely sweet, they should balance each other out.