5 fudge frosting recipes

Chocolate fudge icing, the old-fashioned cooked kind made from just milk, sugar, and chocolate boiled to soft-ball stage, then beaten until thick and glossy. Sets to a rich, fudgy frosting on cakes and brownies.

Add extra to your fudge, top it with this white vanilla frosting. This icing also works well with cakes.

Soft, pillowy potato doughnuts made with mashed potatoes and buttermilk, fried golden, and dipped in a quick chocolate fudge frosting. This big-batch recipe yields about 48 doughnuts.

A Depression-era chocolate cake made with no eggs, no butter, and no milk. Mixed right in the pan with the famous three-holes method, topped with rich fudge frosting.

Vintage white cake layered with toasted pecans and grated semi-sweet chocolate, finished with a glossy chocolate fudge frosting. A 1960s-era bake-off showstopper.