Mocha Frosting

Prep: 10 min.

This recipe goes with Chocolate Marble Sheet Cake

Yield: Makes 2 1/3 cups

Ingredients

• 3  cups  powdered sugar
• 2/3  cup  unsweetened cocoa
• 3  tablespoons  hot brewed coffee
• 2  teaspoons  vanilla extract
• 1/2  cup  butter, softened
• 3  to 4 Tbsp. half-and-half

Preparation

1. Whisk together sugar and cocoa in a medium bowl. Combine coffee and vanilla.

2. Beat butter at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar mixture alternately with coffee mixture, beating at low speed until blended. Beat in half-and-half, 1 Tbsp. at a time, until smooth and mixture has reached desired consistency.

Mocha-Almond Frosting: Decrease vanilla extract to 1 tsp. Proceed with recipe as directed, adding 1/2 tsp. almond extract to coffee mixture in Step 1.