Beautifully and simply decorate the cake with glaze: matte or glossy, thick or liquid, bright and pastel, it will instantly attract the attention of all present at the table to the dessert and will give an occasion to boast of its culinary skills. About how to make the icing for the cake, we will tell in the following recipes.
How to make chocolate icing for cake?
Add the chocolate flavor of saturation, and the glaze of density will help the cocoa powder. In the framework of this recipe, in addition to the basic ingredients, corn syrup will be used - a universal assistant to any pastry chef, which can be easily cooked by hand.
Ingredients:
- black chocolate - 115 g;
- cocoa powder 5 g;
- butter - 85 g;
- corn syrup - 15 ml;
- pinch of ground cinnamon (optional).
Preparation
Before you make a cocoa frosting frost, break the black chocolate. Put it in one bowl with all the other ingredients. Then you can go in two ways: melt everything using a water bath or put in microwave for 30-40 seconds, from time to time stirring the glaze.
How to make a mirror frosting on cake?
Ingredients:
- gelatin (leaves) - 10 g;
- sugar - 210 g;
- water - 110 ml;
- cocoa powder 65 g;
- cream - 65 ml;
- black chocolate - 50 g.
Preparation
Before making a glaze cake glaze, soak gelatin sheets in cold water as required by the instruction. Other ingredients, except chocolate, put in a saucepan and melt on medium heat, continuously mixing. Break the chocolate, remove the sauté pan from the fire and pour the pieces to the bubbling contents. When the chocolate melts completely, add the soaked gelatin, completely dissolve it, whisk everything with a blender and pass through a sieve. Before use, the glaze is left in the cold for the whole night, before covering it
How to make colored icing for a cake?
Ingredients:
- powdered sugar - 365 g;
- vanilla extract - 1 1/2 tsp.
- fat cream - 125 ml;
- gel food coloring.
Preparation
To the sifted sugar powder, add cream and vanilla, mix to make lumps. Add a drop of food coloring to the desired shade.
If you do not know how to make white icing for a cake, then use this recipe by removing the dye.