Malted Belgian Chocolate Icing
 
 
Ingredients
  • 1 lb butter (4 sticks or 2 cups) at room temperature
  • 4 cups icing sugar (confectioners' or powdered)
  • 3 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup Ovaltine Classic (brown in colour)
  • 8 oz (250 g) Callebaut (or other premium brand) bittersweet chocolate chips, or chopped, and melted (I used the microwave)
  • 1/2 cup whipping (35% fat) cream
Instructions
  1. In a bowl of stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, combine the icing sugar and butter and beat on low speed for about 1 minute. Add vanilla and malt powder, and beat on low until well combined. Add the melted chocolate and beat on medium speed until smooth (about 2 minutes). Add whipping cream and beat on medium speed for only about another minute. Try not to over whip, this creates air bubbles in the frosting.
  2. *Just a note that the frosting will become an even richer brown a short while after it’s been made.
Recipe by Just a Smidgen at https://justasmidgen.com/2012/02/29/man-cake/