Glossy Chocolate Frosting Recipes

GLOSSY CHOCOLATE ICING

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.)

GLOSSY CHOCOLATE FROSTING

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.

CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Add butter and mix on low to medium speed until smooth. Add vanilla and blend into the butter. Add powdered sugar, salt, and cocoa powder.
• Add most of the milk. Begin mixing at low speed so you won't have a cloud of powdered sugar in your kitchen.
• Continue to mix adding remaining milk as needed. It may take 5 to 6 minutes to reach the smoothness and consistency you like. It will take longer if using a hand mixer. As you mix the frosting will become very smooth. You can add additional milk (1 Tablespoon at a time) if the frosting is too thick or additional powdered sugar if too soft.

GLOSSY CHOCOLATE ICING

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.

SHINY KAHLUA CHOCOLATE ICING

Steps:

• Dump all ingredients into a medium sauce pan and cook on medium heat.
• Whisk until smooth and all ingredients have combined and melted.
• Drizzle over cooled cake while warm.
• Store leftover in fridge and serve with icecream!
• ENJOY with someone you love!

OLD FASHIONED CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH GLOSSY CHOCOLATE ICING

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.