Jason King
AmyHuangYummy Basic Chocolate Icing
September 25th 2011 02:25
This is YUMMY and it is SWEET and avoid it at all costs if you are on any form of a diet 
. It is ideal on a chocolate cake and depending on your level of sweet-toothedness you can decide to use milk chocolate all the way through to uber dark chocolate couverture. I am on a race to become a diabetic with my sweet tooth so I went for cadbury milk chocolate in the recipe and actually found it bordering on way too sweet. Next time I will go with a 30% couverture and work my way to a 70%.
As for the cake - any damn chocolate cake you want will suit this great icing. Sometimes I will make one from a recipe and some times I am feeling very lazy so settle on a packet mix
There is a new packet mix I found at Coles that is very tasty and also gluten free. So I made Celebrate Health's Chocolate Chestnut Cake Mix that is Gluten Free and just divine! This is actually their suggested icing written on the pack and I just loved it so thought I would share
YOU WILL NEED:
* 2 cups of icing sugar
* 170gms of chocolate (melted)
* 3 TBSPs of milk
* 1tsp of vanilla essence
* 170gms of a lite cream cheese (softened)
YOU WILL NEED TO:
* Chop the chocolate finely and place in a microwave on medium for between 30sec and a minute - ensure it is melted through
* Mix the cream cheese with the icing sugar until nice and fluffy
* Add the rest and stir until nice and smooth - you could use a mixer if you prefer but I am totally old school and love using the wooden spoon
Then ice the cake and place in the fridge for a while to chill before putting on the pounds
DELISH and bloody easy!
. It is ideal on a chocolate cake and depending on your level of sweet-toothedness you can decide to use milk chocolate all the way through to uber dark chocolate couverture. I am on a race to become a diabetic with my sweet tooth so I went for cadbury milk chocolate in the recipe and actually found it bordering on way too sweet. Next time I will go with a 30% couverture and work my way to a 70%.As for the cake - any damn chocolate cake you want will suit this great icing. Sometimes I will make one from a recipe and some times I am feeling very lazy so settle on a packet mix
There is a new packet mix I found at Coles that is very tasty and also gluten free. So I made Celebrate Health's Chocolate Chestnut Cake Mix that is Gluten Free and just divine! This is actually their suggested icing written on the pack and I just loved it so thought I would share
YOU WILL NEED:
* 2 cups of icing sugar
* 170gms of chocolate (melted)
* 3 TBSPs of milk
* 1tsp of vanilla essence
YOU WILL NEED TO:
* Chop the chocolate finely and place in a microwave on medium for between 30sec and a minute - ensure it is melted through
* Mix the cream cheese with the icing sugar until nice and fluffy
* Add the rest and stir until nice and smooth - you could use a mixer if you prefer but I am totally old school and love using the wooden spoon
Then ice the cake and place in the fridge for a while to chill before putting on the pounds
DELISH and bloody easy!
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