Chocolate Glaze or Frosting

Submitted by Junebug

"This is very quick to prepare and can be used immediately after making as a glaze to drizzle on your cake or dessert. You can let it sit a few minutes and it will thicken up into a delicious and creamy frosting. Or add a little more powdered sugar to thicken it even more. I have no idea of the number of servings because it would depend on what you were using it for. So I just stuck a number in because I had to put something there. But I would probably double it for a two layer cake. But for a glaze over a cake or dessert this would probably be plenty."

 

• Ready In: 5mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 8-12

ingredients

• 3 tablespoons cocoa
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons warm water
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla

directions

1. Melt your butter.
2. Add all other ingredients.
3. Stir until well mixed and smooth.
4. Add more water if you want it thinner at this point.
5. If using as icing and you think it's too thick just let it sit for a few minutes.

Reviews

[Marie Nixon]

Excellent! As with any glaze, you may need to play around with the ingredients to get the correct consistency you desire. I combined all of the liquid ingredients and then started the confectioners sugar at 1/2 cup. I added about a tablespoon more of the confectioners sugar until I got the desired consistency for my mini bundt cakes. The glaze had a really great chocolate flavor. It tasted like I had used chocolate chips or a gourmet chocolate rather than cocoa.

 

[devilish007_98]

It's a lazy Monday and I have a craving for yellow cake with chocolate icing. I don't want to run to the store so I made a cake from scratch. I found this perfect recipe for chocolate frosting. It is absolutely delicious.

 

[Ranee118]

Tasted good and worked for our spontanious cake pop-a-thon. I had hot water on 'Stand by' for when it got too thick. My girls loved it! I thought this tasted better than those "candy coatings". I always have the ingrediants in the house. Will use again.

 

[Kimo-Sullivan]

The results if you follow the recipe come out way too thin. I suggest adding the water one tablespoon at a time.

 

[Kelly S.]

I used this as a glaze for our Valentine's Chocolate Bundt Cake and it was absolutely delicious. I maybe needed another 1/2 cup or so for it to have been perfect. Also, someone had mentioned using some almond extract in it. I didn't have any on hand, or I would've done that also.