joan's fudge icing

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 4 cups sugar
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/2 cup corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate, grated
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• combine sugar, shortening, cream, corn syrup, salt and slivered chocolate in a saucepan. cook over low heat until chocolate and shortening melt, stirring continuously. bring to rolling boil 220 degrees f (105 degrees c) and hold one minute. remove from heat and begin beating and beat until 120 degrees f (49 degrees c). add vanilla and beat to spreading consistency.