OK, I was tasked to make a cake for my family's December birthday party the other day. I knew we would be having my Mom's world famous angel food cake with chocolate pudding and chocolate whipped cream frosting, and several other desserts. I am not a huge fan of chocolate cake. I know that makes me some sort of freak but it's true. After a big meal, a piece of chocolate cake sits in my stomach like a brick. So, I started with a French vanilla box cake. I think it was Aunt Betty's (read Crocker) recipe. I baked it in a 9x13 pan.
When it came time to frost the cake I kind of threw this together. I poured about 2 C. of powdered sugar in a medium bowl. Then I melted a half a bag of semi sweet morsels in the microwave with 3 tbsp of butter. I added the melted mixture to the powdered sugar along with a tsp. each of vanilla and almond extracts. I started my hand mixer on low and then turned it up to medium adding half and half until I reached the desired thickness. If you add too much half and half just add more powdered sugar.
PS--It got rave reviews at the party!
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