Time 15m Yield 1-1/4 cups. Number Of Ingredients 7 Steps:
In a saucepan, combine the sugar, sugar substitute, cocoa and cornstarch. Add water and stir until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1 minute or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla until smooth. Spread over cupcakes or cake while frosting is still warm.
Yield about 4 cups Number Of Ingredients 12 Steps:
Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in sugar, cocoa, and salt. Mixture will be thick and grainy. Combine heavy cream, sour cream, and instant coffee in a large measuring cup, mixing until smooth. Combine cream mixture with chocolate and stir until blended and smooth. Cook until sugar has dissolved, and mixture is smooth and hot to the touch. Do not boil. Off heat, add vanilla. Cool icing at room temperature until spreadable, about 3 hours. (Icing may be chilled until completely cold, then warmed gently in the microwave until spreadable. Heat at high power in 20-second intervals, stirring well after each interval.)
Time 20m Yield 2 cups Number Of Ingredients 5 Steps:
Melt butter and chocolate together. Beat in the remaining ingredients. Place bowl in larger bowl containing ice water and continue stirring until icing is thick enough to spread.
Yield 1 bowl Number Of Ingredients 8 Steps:
Melt butter in large saucepan over medium heat Stir in sugar, cocoa, and salt. Mixture will be thick and grainy. Combine heavy cream, sour cream, and instant coffee in a large measuring cup, mixing until smooth. Gradually add cream mixture to chocolate until blended and smooth. Cook until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is smooth and hot to the touch, 6-8 minutes. Do not boil. Off the heat, add vanilla. Cool icing at room temperature until spreadable, 2-3 hours. Icing may be chilled ahead of time and warmed in microwave until spreadable. Heat on high at 20 second intervals stirring well after each interval.
Time 15m Yield Serves 12 Number Of Ingredients 0 Steps:
Beat the icing sugar, butter and cocoa powder together in freestanding electric mixer (Or use a handheld electric whisk) on medium/slow speed until the mixture comes together and is well mixed. Turn the mixer down to a slower speed. Add the milk to the butter mixture a couple of tablespoons at a time. When the milk has been incorporated, add the melted chocolate. Once all the chocolate has been combined, turn the mixer up to a high speed Continue beating for about 5 minutes, until it is light and fluffy. The longer the frosting is beaten, the lighter and fluffier it becomes! Spread on anything and enjoy!!!!!!! :D
Time 18m Yield 4 Number Of Ingredients 4 Steps:
In a double boiler over hot, but not boiling water, combine chocolate chips, butter, and corn syrup. Stir until chips are melted and mixture is smooth, then add vanilla. Spread warm glaze over top of cake, letting it drizzle down the sides.
Yield 4 Number Of Ingredients 3 Steps:
Place the chocolate and butter in the top of a double boiler. Add corn syrup and set over a pan of simmering water. Stir occasionally until melted and smooth. use immediately.
Time 1h10m Yield 1 layer cake Number Of Ingredients 18 Steps:
Preheat oven to 350 with rack in the center. Spray two 8" round cake pans with nonstick spray. Whisk dry cake ingredients together in a large mixing bowl. Combine water, oil, vinegar, instant coffee granules, and vanilla in a large measuring cup. Add to the dry ingredients and whisk until combined- a few lumps are ok. Divide batter between the two pans (about 3 cups each), then bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean (35- 40 min). Cool cakes for 15 minutes on a rack, then invert them onto the rack. Leave upside down until completely cooled before frosting them. To make icing, melt butter in large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in sugar, cocoa, and salt- the mixture will be thick/grainy. Combine cream, sour cream and coffee granules in a large measuring cup, mixing until smooth. Gradually add cream mixture to chocolate until blended and smooth. Cook until sugar has dissolved, and mixture is smooth and hot to the touch. DO NOT BOIL. Take mixture off the heat, and add vanilla. Cool at room temperature until spreadable (up to three hours). If it isn’t getting thick enough to be spreadable, put in the refrigerator until thick enough to spread. If it gets too thick to spread easily, warm gently in the microwave until it’s just right (20 seconds or so, repeat if necessary). Stir well, and ice cake, frosting first layer, then placing second layer on top, and icing the top and then the sides.
Yield Makes enough to coat 24 Lamingtons Number Of Ingredients 5 Steps:
Place the milk and butter in a small saucepan over medium heat, and heat until butter is melted. Transfer to a medium heat-proof bowl; add the vanilla extract, confectioners’ sugar, and cocoa powder. Stir until combined.
Time 15m Yield 24 Number Of Ingredients 4 Steps:
- Heat corn syrup and chocolate over low heat, stirring frequently, until chocolate is melted; remove from heat.
- Stir in butter and vanilla. Serve warm or cold. Store covered in refrigerator up to 10 days. Reheat slightly before serving if desired.
More about “glossy chocolate icing recipes”
Time 30m Yield Makes about 5 cups Number Of Ingredients 6 Steps:
Combine cocoa and the boiling water, stirring until cocoa has dissolved. With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter, confectioners’ sugar, and salt until pale and fluffy. Reduce speed to low. Add melted and cooled chocolate, beating until combined and scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Beat in the cocoa mixture. If not using immediately, frosting can be refrigerated up to 5 days, or frozen up to 1 month, in an airtight container. Before using, bring to room temperature, and beat on low speed until smooth again.
