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Chocolate Glaze

chocolate glaze on a cake

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This chocolate glaze firms up nicely to make a shiny chocolate finish for cakes, doughnuts, brownies, and eclairs or cream puffs.

Ingredients

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  • 1 ounce semisweet chocolate
  • 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons boiling water
  • 1 1/2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Pour about 1 inch of water in a saucepan. Bring the water to a simmer and then turn the heat to low.
  2. Place a metal bowl over the simmering water. Add the chocolate and heat until it has melted.
  3. Meanwhile, bring about 1/4 cup of water to a boil.
  4. Sift the confectioners’ sugar and then measure 1 1/2 cups.
  5. With an electric mixer or whisk, beat about 1/2 cup of the confectioners’ sugar and 1 tablespoon of the boiling water into the melted chocolate. Repeat with another 1/2 cup of the confectioners’ sugar and another tablespoon of boiling water. Beat in the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar and 1 more tablespoon of water.
  6. Add the corn syrup and vanilla and beat until smooth.
  7. The mixture should be thick but pourable. If necessary, add more boiling water, about 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon at a time, as needed.
  8. Spoon the chocolate glaze evenly over the cake and spread gently.
  9. Makes enough to ice a Bundt cake or cover an 8- or 9-inch one-layer cake.