Chocolate frosting on a Saltine cracker
This is such a nostalgia hit for me. When I was growing up, if there was still frosting to spare after the beaters and bowl were licked clean and the cake got its share, we would enjoy it later spread on a saltine cracker. The creamy sweetness of the frosting combined with the crunchy saltiness of the cracker was the only reason we needed to love it. However I think the real mother of this invention was the affordability of Saltine crackers.
My mother enjoyed this as a child, too, and my daughters grew up with the same tradition.
Chocolate buttercream’s pretty hard to beat, but here’s another fabulous recipe for chocolate frosting:
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine
- 3 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
- 3 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate
- 5 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions:
In a medium saucepan, melt butter and chocolate over low heat. Cool several minutes. In a mixing bowl, combine sugar, sour cream and vanilla. Add chocolate mixture and beat until smooth. Frost cooled cake.
