Food and Recipes Desserts Wacky Cake Frosting 4.5 (2) 1 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 Pam Lolley developed and tested recipes for Southern Living Magazine in the Souths most trusted Test Kitchen for 19 years. She worked closely with the editors planning and packaging stories, collaborating with art and photo teams on food styling and recipe reproduction to ensure reader satisfaction, content quality control, and recipe authenticity history and cooking. Her area of expertise was baking and and pastry development and she acted as the point person for these areas in the Test Kitchen. With 30+ years of experience in the culinary field, Pam created and tested 1000s of recipes for Southern Living. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on January 23, 2023 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Total Time: 15 mins Yield: 1 frosting wacky cake Will Dickey; Prop Stylist: Julia Bayless; Food Stylist: Ali Ramee 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. Rate it Print