I am so embarrassed and ashamed. A friend asked me for my recipe for
chocolate cake frosting. She loves mine. Enjoyed it here many times.
There is nothing in my heart that would prompt me to hide special
touches or techniques to make her look like an 'also ran' cook. I wanted
her to enjoy success and compliments.
It's the ordinary 'in every cookbook' recipe where you bake a sheet cake
and pour a chocolate frosting on top while the cake is still hot out of the
oven.
Butter, powdered sugar, milk, cocoa, and bit of salt and a little
vanilla.
I've seriously considered every ingredient in the mix.
The concoction works with butter - or margarine.
It works with 'real' milk or 2% or whatever's in the refrigerator.
My box of powdered sugar ( one pound) says it contains 3 3/4 cups. She
used a sack (?) that's said to contain 4 cups.
Are any of you familiar with this cake frosting and have just ANY
clue as to why hers turned to soup? It didn't matter to her brothers who
were quite agreeable about using a drinking straw =) but she (and I ) are
disappointed and puzzled.
Is it possible that a store-brand powdered sugar caused the failure?
Would the post-hurricane strange weather be a factor? Any thoughts? Polly