Chocolate Frosting Recipe

So you have got your super delicious, decadent cake and now what about that super delicious rich chocolate frosting that you need to finish this perfect delight?

This chocolate frosting recipe is not only delicious but it is easy too!

Anyone can use frosting from the can, but it takes a true baker to make their own.

Suddenly, you will be the star of that neighborhood block party when you bring out your delicious cake covered with this decadent rich chocolate frosting that you have made from scratch.

Yield: 4 cups; enough to frost one 9-inch 2 layer cake or one 8-inch three layer cake

Ingredients:

• 16 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped fine
• 1 ½ cups heavy cream
• 1/3 cup light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1) Place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Bring the heavy cream to a simmer in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Pour over the chocolate. Add the corn syrup and let it stand for three minutes.

2) Whisk gently until smooth. Stir in the vanilla. Refrigerate 90 minutes- stirring every 15 minutes, until the frosting reaches a consistency that makes it easy to spread, a little thinner than the consistency of cream cheese).

3) Once the frosting is ready, spread it onto the cake, using a light ‘crumb layer’ of frosting to prevent excess crumbs lodged in your frosting. (This ‘crumb layer’ should be a lighter consitency… about the consitency of sour cream. You can add water to the frosting to thin it down.)

This frosting is perfect for a chocolate cake, a yellow cake, or even a white cake. With something so versatile, it is no wonder that it is delicious as well!

So instead of grabbing for that can of frosting that has been sitting on the grocery store shelf for longer than you would like to know, make a different decision and instead make a rich chocolate frosting all by yourself. Believe me it is well worth the effort!

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