How can i make a good chocolate icing/frosting without using cream or icing sugar?
Beat together some cream cheese with a couple Tbs of butter, and sugar until the light and fluffy – the sugar should obviously be melted, not grainy. Add sifted cocoa powder and a splash of vanilla. Adjust the cocoa powder to taste. Alternatively, you can make a lovely frosting out of melted chocolate chips mixed with sour cream (sounds weird, I know, but the sour cream cuts the sweetness). It won’t work with low-fat sour cream or yogurt though, since the water content of both will make the chocolate seize.
