| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 30 min |
| Prep: | 20 min |
| Inactive: | 5 min |
| Cook: | 5 min |
| Yield: | Icing for 1 cake |
Ingredients
- 1 cup good quality dark chocolate (recommended: Guittard)
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) room temperature salted butter
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla (recommended: Nielsen Massey)
- 1 tablespoon coffee-flavored liqueur (recommended: Kahlua)
- 1 pound sifted confectioners’ sugar
Instructions
- Barely melt the chocolate in a double boiler over gentle heat. Remove from the heat source and pour into a large mixing bowl then cool for five minutes. Add the butter, cream, vanilla, coffee-flavored liqueur, and mix on medium speed until the mixture thickens. Finally add the confectioners’ sugar in small batches until the mixture holds a medium peak. If the kitchen temperature is warm, and the icing is not of spreading consistency place the bowl in the refrigerator for a few minutes, then recommence mixing. Slather the icing over the cake with an offset palette knife.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 4 servings |
| Calories | 960 |
| Total Fat | 45 g |
| Saturated Fat | 27 g |
| Carbohydrates | 136 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 5 g |
| Sugar | 124 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Cholesterol | 73 mg |
| Sodium | 197 mg |
Reviews
Made a double layer cake so I doubled the recipe and had plenty of frosting. Light and fluffy, yet full of chocolate flavor! So easy to make!
Delicious! Light, fluffy and chocolatey! Makes a ton of icing.
how much icing will this make?
Great! No need to look further for a great frosting.