Many housewives prefer not to buy desserts, and cook them yourself. For their decoration, you can make a beautiful chocolate icing, and you can take milk, bitter, white, add vanilla, condensed milk - there are lots of recipes.
How to make chocolate icing
If you want the glaze to have the desired consistency, you first need to determine what it will be used for.
Technology depends largely on whether you need a matte or glossy mixture.
It is very simple to cook classic glaze - each housewife prefers to use her own recipe, but the general technology will be as follows:
- The consistency should not be too thin or too thick - ideally, if it is like sour cream, so that it is convenient to apply to the cake. And the frosting will harden faster.
- If the composition is too liquid, do not rush to throw it away: add 1-2 tsp. powdered sugar, and too thick a mixture to dilute 1 tbsp. warm water.
- If you need powdered sugar, it is better to make it yourself, but the finished powder is preferably further sifted.
- If instead of water you take lemon juice, the icing will turn out sour.
- If, before putting the icing on the cake, you spread the jam on the surface, the mass on top will fall perfectly.
The classic recipe for icing cocoa and milk
Cooking time: 10 minutes.
Caloric content per 100 g: 542 kcal.
You can make a sweet mass of cocoa or chocolate. The resulting mixture can be used for connecting cakes, inscriptions, decorating cupcakes, cakes. The classic recipe involves the use of ingredients such as sugar, cocoa, butter, water or milk. And after cooking, the mixture should be cooled, otherwise it can spread on the dish.
And you should not save on products: only high-quality products will help to get a beautiful glaze, which, after solidification, will decorate the dish with a glossy crust.
We will need:
- cocoa powder (from dark cocoa beans);
- 4 spoons of milk;
- 50 g butter;
- 4 spoons of sugar.
The cooking is incredibly simple: put the milk in a bowl on the pan, add sugar and cook until it is dissolved.
Also melt the butter in a separate container, then pour it over the milk. Separately, sift cocoa and also send to the pan.
We warm the whole mixture for about 2-4 minutes. Everything! It remains only to cool the mixture and you can use it for its intended purpose.
And to make the chocolate glaze taste good, you can add a little vanilla.
Simple icing recipes for cake decorating
This is the easiest way to prepare the glaze, because you just need to buy a tile (or several depending on the desired volume) and melt it. And no matter what kind of chocolate you use - you can take white, dark, milk.
Dark chocolate
Cooking time: 10 minutes.
Calories per 100 g: 389 kcal.
To prepare for this recipe you will need:
- 5 tbsp. milk;
- 100 g dark chocolate.
For cooking, you need to break the tile, put it in a pan, smearing it with oil beforehand. According to this recipe, you should not add water - instead milk goes to give the mass the desired density. After that, put the container in a water bath and warm up to 40 degrees. Use a dry spoon to mix the composition.
White chocolate
Cooking time: 15 minutes.
Caloric content per 100 g: 271 kcal.
White chocolate glaze is made in almost the same way, with the addition of condensed milk or vanilla to the mass. We will need such products:
- 180 grams of powdered sugar;
- 200 g white chocolate;
- 2-3 tablespoons milk
The preparation is as follows:
- Break the tile, put the chocolate in a container.
- Put the bowl in the water bath.
- Add milk and powdered sugar there.
- Stir the mass constantly until it thickens.
- Remove the container from the stove and pour in another 1 tbsp. milk
- Beat the mass with a blender.
Use a lot of need, until it froze.
Milk Chocolate
Cooking time: 10 minutes.
Caloric content per 100 g: 397 kcal.
If you are going to decorate muffins or other desserts from thin dough, it is better to choose milk chocolate: the prepared mixture will be fragrant and tender.
Looking for the following ingredients:
- 150 g low-fat cream;
- 200 grams of chocolate.
Just break the tile, put the chocolate in a bowl, add the cream and cook over low heat until smooth.
Cooking on sour cream
Cooking time: 10 minutes.
Caloric content per 100 g: 330 kcal.
Prepared according to this recipe, the mass will be thick, having a sour taste. It is best to use it to cover cookies or cakes, and the glaze will not spread, but will decorate your dish with a mirror-like smooth surface.
We will need:
- 2 tbsp. sour cream;
- 1 tbsp. cocoa;
- 4 tsp. powdered sugar;
- 0.5 tsp vanilla;
- 1 tbsp. butter.
Cooking method:
- Combine all products in the same container except butter.
- Put the saucepan on a low heat and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring regularly.
- Remove the bowl from the heat and add the oil.
Apply the prepared icing on the cakes or cookies until it cools.
How to get a mirror glaze
Cooking time: 25 minutes.
Caloric content per 100 g: 335 kcal
Such a recipe involves the use of either a special syrup or a small amount of gelatin - if everything is cooked properly, the resulting mass after application will harden very nicely on the surface of the cake. If bubbles appear, pass the mass through a sieve before putting it on the dish.
Ingredients:
- 150 g of glucose syrup;
- 130 ml of water;
- 150 grams of sugar;
- 100 g of condensed milk;
- 15 g of gelatin;
- 150 grams of chocolate.
Cooking method:
- Fill the gelatin with 60 ml of water and stir.
- Add water, glucose syrup and sugar to a separate container, set on slow fire.
- Stir to dissolve sugar.
- Put chocolate in a separate container, breaking it into pieces, pour in gelatin and condensed milk.
- Pour hot syrup over the top.
- Beat the icing with a blender and wait for it to cool to the desired temperature.
Delicate combination of chocolate and cream
Cooking time: 15 minutes.
Caloric content per 100 g: 397 kcal.
This recipe is very simple to make, because even the novice cooks day will do. Chocolate can be taken any, and the cream will give the mixture plasticity and density. Products need the following:
- 100 g of chocolate;
- 50 g butter;
- 3 tbsp. cream (30%).
The preparation method is as follows:
- Break open the tiles, put in a clean container.
- Put the pot in the water bath and add the oil.
- Stir until the mass thickens.
- Whip cream separately and gently enter into the mass.
Chocolate and butter recipe
Cooking time: 15 minutes.
Caloric content per 100 g: 510 kcal.
A proven option - the preparation of glaze from butter and chocolate (it can be any, but still it is better to use the composition without additives). And if there is a desire to decorate the dessert with berries, then it is better to lay them on top of the already frozen icing.
Ingredients:
- 130 g of chocolate;
- 50 g of oil;
- 3 tbsp. cream
All products are placed in a clean container, put it in a water bath, stirring constantly. When the mass becomes homogeneous, turn off the heat and leave the icing to cool.
Chocolate and Milk Frosting
Cooking time: 20 minutes.
Caloric content per 100 g: 570 kcal.
This recipe is ideal for beginner housewives, because it is prepared very simply. To enhance the taste of chocolate, you can add a little cocoa. And remember that you do not need to wait until the mixture cools - it is much more convenient to apply it immediately after cooking, since the cakes are better soaked and the surface of the dessert will resemble a glossy mirror.
Ingredients:
- 100 g dark chocolate;
- 50 g butter;
- 100 ml of milk;
- 50 g sugar;
- 2 tbsp. cocoa.
The cooking is very simple:
- Heat the milk in the pan, but it should not boil.
- Throw butter, broken pieces of chocolate, stir.
- Mix sugar with cocoa and a thin stream pour in the chocolate mass.
- Stir and boil until sugar is dissolved.
- Hot put on cakes.
How to cover the cake obtained glaze
It is important not only to be able to cook a lot, but also to decorate a cake or other dessert with glaze. Glazing is an easy procedure that even an aspiring cook can handle. There are some simple rules to follow.
The prepared icing should cool slightly (but it all depends on the recipe), but it does not thicken, because in this case the mass will turn into a lump, and you will not be able to apply it. Also for applying the composition is better to buy a special rubber brush. If you wish to decorate a thick dough cake, additionally use a layer of jam, jam.
To decorate the cake with icing, put the dish on the grill and begin to pour the mixture, leveling with a rubber brush. Additionally on top, when the mass hardens, decorate it with berries. Leave the cake for a couple of hours in the fridge, then serve it to the table.
