Glossy Chocolate Icing - #

By jann

182 Calories per slice

Icing for old-Fashioned Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 1 stick unsalted butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
• Pinch of salt
• 1 1/4 cups heavy cream
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1 tsp. instant coffee granules
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat.
Stir in sugar, cocoa, and salt. Mixture will be thick and grainy.
Combine heavy cream, sour cream and instant coffee in a large measuring cup, mixing until smooth. Gradually add cream mixture to chocolate until blended and smooth. Cook until sugar has disolved, and mixture is smooth and hot to the touch and the sugar is no longer grainy. Do not boil.
Off heat, add vanilla. Cool icing at room temperature until spreadable. (Icing may be chilled until completely cold, then warmed gently in the microwave until spreadable. Heat at high power in 20 second intervals, stirring well after each interval.)