One recipe, two uses! Nestlé’s Ever Ready, an instant cocoa mix made with cocoa, sugar and powdered whole milk, is combined with confectioners’ sugar, butter and vanilla to make a simple chocolate frosting. Add a little more water and the same mixture becomes chocolate sauce—a clever bit of kitchen efficiency from an ingredient that has long since disappeared from grocery shelves.
Combine
1 c Nestle’s Ever Ready
2 1/2 c sifted confectioner’s sugar
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 c boiling water
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup butter
Beat until smooth.
Fills and frosts two 8″ layers.
Ever Ready Chocolate Sauce
Prepare frosting on reverse side of card, then beat in additional 1/4 c water.