Chocolate Frosting is a delicious creamy chocolate icing or topping used for decorating desserts, especially cakes. Ideally, a yellow cake is topped with a luxuriant layer of rich chocolate. Ingredients and Method of Preparation of Chocolate Frosting Chocolate frosting can be made with different kinds of chocolates in combination with other ingredients. Basically, it is made using butter, sugar, low fat milk, cocoa and vanilla flavoring. The butter is beaten with an electric beater till light and fluffy. Cocoa and sugar are then added one at a time along with milk. The ingredients should all make a smooth paste. Vanilla flavoring is added at the end with powdered sugar. Different kinds of chocolate frosting recipes are made by adding candies, fruits, nuts and other ingredients of choice.