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Chocolate Icing

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This recipe originally accompanied epi:recipeLink="101009"Orange-Almond Cake with Chocolate Icing</epi:recipeLink>.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes about 4 cups

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups whipping cream
3/4 cup unsalted butter
6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
4 1/2 tablespoons light corn syrup
16 ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon (scant) almond extract

Preparation

  1. Whisk first 4 ingredients in medium saucepan over medium heat until butter melts and mixture comes to simmer. Remove saucepan from heat. Add chocolate and both extracts. Whisk until chocolate is melted and smooth. Refrigerate frosting until slightly thickened but still spreadable, stirring occasionally, about 45 minutes.

TagsIcingDessertCocoaChocolateGluten FreeBon Appétit
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