Hundred Dollar Icing

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 2 to 3 tbls. cocoa (depends on how much chocolate you like)
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups chopped pecans
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Directions

1. Combine sugar and cocoa in a (4-quart) saucepan. Add milk and butter and bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil for exactly 21/2 minutes. Remove from heat and add pecans and vanilla.

2. Cool by setting the pot in about 2 inches of cool water in the sink and stirring until mixture thickens. Spread over cooled cake. This icing will harden when cooled.

Note: This recipe also works well with your favorite yellow, chocolate or white cake mix.

*Source: The Advocate – Baton Rouge, Louisiana