Delicious with Christmas Spice Cake! Adapted from Maida Heatter’s Cakes.
Bittersweet Chocolate Icing
2016-08-01 14:20:03
This recipe accompanied Maida Heatter's recipe for Tomato Soup Cake, which I refer to as Christmas Spice Cake because most people can't conceive of tomato soup as a cake ingredient. Yet it is delicious. The soup adds moisture in a nutricious way to a recipe fragranced with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and cocoa. To me, this cake spells Christmas.
Ingredients
- 1/2 c. whipping cream
- 3 oz. unsweetened chocolate, chopped coarsely
- 5 oz. milk chocolate, chopped coarsely
Instructions
- Place cream in a small saucepan over moderate heat. Let cook uncovered, until there is a slight wrinkled skin on top or small bubbles form around the edges.
- Add the unsweetened cohocolate and stir until it is almost all melted.
- Transfer the mixture to the small bowl of an electric mixer. Beat at medium-high for 1 to 2 minutes, until the mixture becomes beautifully smooth, shiny and thick. Then, without waiting, pour the icing on the cake and quickly spread it over the top with a long, narrow spatula.
Adapted from a Maida Heatter recipe.
Adapted from a Maida Heatter recipe.
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