Food and Recipes Desserts Wacky Cake Frosting 5.0 (1) Add your rating & review This rich frosting is great topped with your favorite Southern nut, pecans. You might even be reminded of a Texas Sheet Cake, but this frosting and the Wacky Cake it was developed for are much easier to make. By Pam Lolley Pam Lolley With 30+ years of experience in the culinary field, Recipe Tester & Developer Pam Lolley, has created and tested 1000s of recipes for Southern Living. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on September 25, 2022 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Total Time: 15 mins Yield: 1 frosting wacky cake Ingredients ⅓ cup butter ¼ cup whole milk 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa 2 ¾ cups powdered sugar, sifted 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Directions Cook butter, milk, and cocoa in a small saucepan over medium-low, stirring often, until mixture comes to a simmer. Remove from heat; gradually whisk in powdered sugar and vanilla until completely smooth. Top your favorite cake recipe, like our Wacky Cake. Will Dickey; Prop Stylist: Julia Bayless; Food Stylist: Ali Ramee Rate it Print