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Finally, a cookbook exclusively for frosting! Author Heather Saffer won Food Network'sCupcake Wars, owns Dollop Gourmet Cupcakery in upstate New York and published this cookbook last month. They had us at "salted triple chocolate..."

Finally, a cookbook exclusively for frosting! Author Heather Saffer won Food Network program Cupcake Wars, owns Dollop Gourmet Cupcakery in upstate New York and published this cookbook last month. But, honestly, they had us at "salted triple chocolate…"

Traveling home after the Cupcake Wars showdown was exhausting and our brains just weren't working — so much so that my assistant extraordinaire, Markie, and I not-so brilliantly packed a container of cocoa powder into Markie's checked luggage. As each passenger's bag dropped onto the baggage carousel, a puff of brown smoke was released into the air. Soon we were rolling on the baggage claim floor roaring with laughter — especially when Markie's suitcase was finally released…completely covered in dark brown cocoa powder. This event was the inspiration for this happiness-inducing Brownie Batter Frosting. And why not: If cocoa makes you laugh, chocolate makes you smile.

Reprinted with permission from The Dollop Book of Frosting