Best 6 Thin Chocolate Icing Recipes

CHOCOLATE ICING

Steps:

• In a saucepan, melt butter and brown sugar over medium heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved, then add milk. Bring to a boil and remove from heat.
• Sift together cocoa and confectioners sugar. Blend into butter mixture and add vanilla. If consistency is too stiff, add more milk.
• Spread Quickly over cooled cake, as frosting will set up very fast.

SATINY CHOCOLATE GLAZE

Steps:

• In a double boiler over hot, but not boiling water, combine chocolate chips, butter, and corn syrup. Stir until chips are melted and mixture is smooth, then add vanilla.
• Spread warm glaze over top of cake, letting it drizzle down the sides.

DELICIOUS CHOCOLATE ICING

Steps:

• Beat the icing sugar, butter and cocoa powder together in freestanding electric mixer (Or use a handheld electric whisk) on medium/slow speed until the mixture comes together and is well mixed.
• Turn the mixer down to a slower speed. Add the milk to the butter mixture a couple of tablespoons at a time.
• When the milk has been incorporated, add the melted chocolate.
• Once all the chocolate has been combined, turn the mixer up to a high speed
• Continue beating for about 5 minutes, until it is light and fluffy. The longer the frosting is beaten, the lighter and fluffier it becomes!
• Spread on anything and enjoy!!!!!!! :D

DOUBLE DECADENCE CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH SHINY CHOCOLATE ICING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300ºF.
• Spray two 9 x 2-inch round cake pans with Crisco No Stick Cooking Spray. Line bottoms with rounds of wax paper or parchment paper; spray again.
• Combine chocolate chips and hot coffee in a bowl. Let mixture stand, whisking occasionally, until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth.
• Whisk together sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
• Beat, in the bowl of an electric mixer, eggs until thick and yellow, about 3-5 minutes. Slowly add Oil, milk, vanilla and melted chocolate mixture to eggs, beating until combined well. Add dry ingredients and beat on medium speed until just combined well.
• Divide batter between pans and bake in middle of oven until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 45 minutes.
• Cool layers in pans on racks for 30-45 minutes. Run a thin knife around edges of pans and invert layers onto racks. Carefully remove wax paper and cool layers completely.
• Whisk together, in a 1-1/2- to 2-quart saucepan, the cream, sugar and corn syrup. Bring to a boil over medium heat, whisking until sugar is dissolved. Remove pan from heat and add chocolate chips, whisking until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth.
• Crisco into 3 pieces and add to frosting, whisking until smooth.
• Transfer icing to a bowl and chill until spreadable, about 30 minutes.
• Spread icing between cake layers and over top and sides.

THIN LAYER CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Cake: mix all ingredients together with mixer.
• Grease and Flour 8 inch cake pans.
• Pour about 1 to 1 1/2 cups of batter in each pan (depending on how thick you want the cake layers) then spread out the batter evenly in the pans.
• Bake at 300 for about 15 to 20 minutes until done.
• Icing: Mix sugar and cocoa in large pot.
• Add milk, butter and vanilla.
• Cook over medium heat until boiling, stir constantly.
• Lower heat and continue to stir.
• As layers come out of the oven spread icing on them, stacking the layers and finish off by putting icing on side and top.
• The icing will set like fudge as the cake cools.
• This will make a 10 to 15 layer cake.

THIN CHOCOLATE ICING

Steps:

• Melt together over hot water: 1 square unsweetened chocolate or 3 tablespoons of Hershey's pure cocoa 2 tablespoons butter Boiling water Remove from over hot water and blend in: 1 heaping cup confectioners sugar 2 tablespoons boiling water
• Beat with spoon until very smooth. Add a little more boiling water to achieve the consistency you desire. It should spoon on, then run down sides to look nice.