Vegan Chocolate Frosting

[virginiah]

This was really good! I wanted something that tasted just like the old Duncan Hines or Betty Crocker storebought bad-for-you frosting and this was IT! My definate go-to chocolate frosting!

[wassernixe]

This looks SO SO GOOD! I wonder if I can use chocolate soy milk instead of regular soymilk?

I'm having a chocolate craving, so I think I might make this to eat straight out of the bowl. 

[~treehugginghippiefreak~]

This looks SO SO GOOD! I wonder if I can use chocolate soy milk instead of regular soymilk?

I'm having a chocolate craving, so I think I might make this to eat straight out of the bowl. 

I would say definitely!

[devpav1]

WOWWWW!


This recipe was PHENOMENAL!  I used half of the powdered sugar (because I didn't have enough) and it was still sweet and amazing!  I actually will continue to do it that way... it really doesn't need any more!  I made a round, quadruple layer Vegan chocolate cake and crumbled vegan mint chocolate cookies on top of the frosting.  Everyone was going nuts over the cake.  They asked me to make it again!

I am not vegan, and 95% of my friends arent either, but everyone was obsessed, and it was all about this frosting.  GOOD JOB!  THANKS FOR POSTING IT!
             

[lacyrn12]

I made this for an event at my daughter's school! All of the kids loved it and so did the teachers! I used earth balance vegan whipped butter spread and it was a perfect consistency (omitted the salt).  THANKS!

[L2Baker]

This is probably the best frosting I've tasted in a long time!  I halved the recipe and still have leftover frosting.  What am I going to do about that... I put the frosting on some chocolate cupcakes for my friends birthday-- She loved them! 

[tcourtney]

This turned out great!
I didn't have powdered sugar on hand, but took the suggestion of making my own and used 1 C sugar to 1 T cornstarch mixed in a Vitamixer. I don't think I would have tried it otherwise.
I used rice milk and Tofutti cream cheese and vanilla then just mixed everything adding more sugar to get the consistency I wanted.
I ended up with enough to ice a two (very thin) layer round cake.
Yay for icing!!

[sphynxflank]

this is sooo good and so easy! it really does make a lot...enough to generously frost  2-8 inch round cakes with some to spare. thanks for sharing this recipe..it really is a gem!

[tyke99]

This frosting is awesome!  I only used about 3 tablespoons of the soy milk to get the consistency I wanted.  I will use this recipe again and again.  You can leave out the cocoa for a vanilla buttercream frosting (reduce the liquid, if you do), and you can use different extracts for different flavored frostings. 

[Taterbug160]

Can I use the tub Earth Balance margarine for this? It seems like it would be too oily but they don't carry any kind of vegan sticks here.

[tyke99]

Yes, I used the Earth Balance tub margarine, and it turned out great!

[morbidgrrrl]

Tastes ok, but very "buttery".  it does look nice though.

[xmissingpeacex]

This is the 2nd time I've used this recipe, this time I 1/2ed the recipe because it was a smaller cake.
Yum!
I used Starbucks Mocha powder instead of cocoa. That was a good idea... I'm glad I did it.

[EmbraceLife]

MMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. This turned out really well. I just set the margarine in a bowl on top of the warm oven while I had my cakes in and it was soft enough in a couple of minutes to mix with the remaining ingredients. Very simple and tasty. I am waiting to frost the cakes until they cool,  but I cant seem to keep the frosting spoon in the bowl! I wonder how much butter I've eaten so far...

[pixiedusty]

Great recipe! I've tried a few variations on it. It works well with Agave in place of Sugar but you have to add in a little flour or cornstarch (sprinkle, don't dump) to thicken it up. I would also recommend getting the cocoa powder as fine as possible if your brand is a little clumpier. Like some of the other reviewers I found that it doesn't need as much vanillia as the recipe calls for.