As a child I had a phobia of frosting. I was the kid at birthday parties that wanted the piece of cake with the icing scrapped off.

I didn’t care for the overly sweet taste and texture of ready-made icing. I also preferred fruit to most desserts. Weird kid. I know.

The weirdness has stuck with me.

Anyway, I still avoid frosting like the plague for the most part, except for maybe real cream cheese frosting. I like the tang!

I came across this recipe a few years ago for sour cream chocolate frosting.

I liked the idea that the sour cream would mellow out the sweetness of the frosting.

And I was right. It’s the perfect balance of sweet and “sour.”

Last night, after a mini wedding present opening party for my sister and her new husband who just returned from their honeymoon, I whipped up a simple yellow cake for work today.

We have two birthdays in our office this week so I thought I should do my duty as office admin and create a “celebration.”

As much of a celebration as one can have in an office full of engineers. Yawn.

If you are looking for a new frosting recipe give this one a try. It’s great! And the texture of the frosting is downright heavenly to work with.

Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting

Makes 2 cups

Ingredients

• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 3/4 cups confectioners’ sugar