Chocolate Glaze

A fabulous easy to make cake glaze that is very very shiny and clean looking.

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Yields: 1 1/4 cup

Ingredients

• 3  tablespoons heavy cream
• 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
• 1⁄2 cup water, plus
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons water
• 1 1⁄2 ounces  Dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin (or 1 1/4 sheets of sheet gelatin)

Directions

1. In a large saucepan, combine cream, sugar, 1/2 cup of the water and the cocoa.
2. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer whisking often until very thick like hot fudge sauce- 8-10 minutes from beginning of simmer.
3. Watch carefully so miixture doesn't boil over.
4. Remove pan from heat.
5. While mixture cools, bloom gelatin in 1 1/2 tablespoon of cold water.
6. Melt the bloomed gelatin over very hot water or in the microwave.
7. (If using sheet gelatin, soften for 5 minutes in cold water, wring out gelatin and whisk into chocolate mixture).
8. Whisk gelatin into chocolate mixture and strain the glaze through a medium sieve into a metal bowl.
9. Let glaze cool at room temperature until thick but still pourable, about 5-10 minutes.
10. Pour glaze over your cake.