Your chocolate or cake related recipes will never be complete with out the Chocolate Icing topped. This recipe is the most common but is not yet know to others.

1. This rich and creamy chocolate icing takes only 15 minutes to make. Use it to cover cakes,
cookies, cupcakes, and other baked goodies. All you need to make a luscious chocolate icing is
chocolate, corn syrup, vanilla, salt, and confectioner’s sugar. This recipe does not use butter and
therefore contains less calories and fat than other icing recipes. You can make the icing while the
cake is baking so that it is ready to apply and you can serve the dessert to your family and friends
in no time. The cake and the icing have to be cooled first for a few hours before the icing can be

2. applied to the cake so that the cake does not crumble. After making the icing, place it in a clean
dish and cover it with plastic wrap.
You can decorate a cake the day you plan to serve it and make it the day before. But you can also
decorate it the day before as long as you store it well in a cool dry place. Cake layers can also be
baked up to three weeks in advance, although this is not recommended. If you plan to bake the
cake layers in advance, you can individually wrap it in foil and freeze. When you are ready to
use and decorate them, let the frozen cake layers thaw for about two to three hours. Chilling the
cake layers make it firm and gives it better structure so that it is easier to apply the icing on the
cake when ready. Learn cooking recipes for dinner with these awesome videos for cooking.
Chocolate icing can be prepared up to two days ahead as long as you store it well covered in the
refrigerator. When you are ready to use, let it stand at room temperature and stir it until it
becomes smooth and easy to apply.
Ingredients
1½ square chocolate
2 tablespoons corn syrup
Red Label
½ teaspoon vanilla
Few grains salt
Sifted confectioners’ sugar to spread - about 1-½
cups
In a saucepan, melt the chocolate with little
warm water.
Add the corn syrup, salt and vanilla. Gradually add the confectioners’ sugar. Stir gently until
smooth. Allow to cool.
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