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Chocolate Frosting

What you need:
½ cup (1 stick) margarine, softened
3 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
4 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

What you do with it:
1. Put the softened margarine in a large mixing bowl. Cream it until it's soft and fluffy by rubbing it against the side of the bowl with the back of a spoon.
2. Slowly mix in 1 cup of the sugar. Then mix in 2 tablespoons of the milk. Then mix in the rest of the sugar and the rest of the milk. The mixture should be creamy so that it will be easy to spread.
3. Add the vanilla and beat with an exxbeater until the frosting is light and fluffy. If you want a softer frosting, stir in another tablespoon of milk.

Make enough to frost and thinly fill a 9-inch layer cake (or frosts about 24 cupcakes) See How to make Cake Layer

tips
beat in food coloring along with the vanilla to make a frosting that's any color of the rainbow. Add it a few drops at a time until you have the color you want.