Hmmm. Not really keen on the word "frosting" ("Normally I would abhor such Americanisation" tm Richard Howard) but "icing" doesn't quite cover it, and "cake covering" is not really it either.
This stuff is lush. It will fill and top OR cover an 8 or 9 inch cake. If you want it to do both, make double - simples! I'm not sure how well it keeps but I imagine it would freeze okay. It never really lasts that long in this house!
You will need:
345g icing sugar
30g cocoa powder
85g butter
75ml evaporated milk
5ml vanilla extract
Cream the butter in a bowl. Gradually incorporate the icing sugar and cocoa, alternating it with blobs of evaporated milk. Finally, beat in the vanilla extract (do not even THINK about using nasty vanilla flavouring - you want the stuff that comes in a large glass bottle, or that Madagascan stuff from M&S) - voila! Easy peasy.
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