Sometimes it seems that a homemade cake lacks some zest that completes the chord. Professional confectioners skillfully use all kinds of sweet decorations for this purpose, and, of course, each of them has their own, signature glaze recipes. After all, it is able not only to turn any cake into elegant and festive, but also to complement and diversify the taste spectrum. It would seem that it is easier to melt a bar of chocolate and pour the product. But a real cake, as you know, and decoration requires a real one.
It turns out that there are many recipes for a delicious addition to the cake. Glaze can be coffee, caramel, sugar, vanilla, orange. But let's talk about how to prepare the most common decoration - chocolate icing. With its help, you can not only cover the cake with a delicious and beautiful โfur coatโ, but also create all kinds of flowers, leaves and nets.
Chocolate icing from cocoa
This recipe is perhaps the easiest. For it, you need 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder and the same amount of sugar, 2 tablespoons of sour cream (tablespoons) and butter (50 grams). Mix the ingredients (except oil), bring the mixture to a boil. Now you can add oil, keep the mass on fire until it dissolves. Everything, decoration is ready!
Chocolate cake icing
Let's complicate the recipe a bit. It will take a little more time to cook, but the divine taste of such fudge is worth it.
Chocolate icing can be prepared with the addition of condensed milk. So let's get started. Pour 100 grams of condensed milk into a saucepan and add a tablespoon of sugar to it. A bar of chocolate (certainly dark) should be broken into small pieces and added to the condensed milk. Next, you need to slowly cook the composition until a homogeneous mass is obtained. Remove it from the fire, add a little vanilla (a pinch) and a teaspoon of butter. All mix well.
After the mass has cooled, you can start decorating cakes and cakes. If the glaze is too thick, add some milk (necessarily hot) and boil the mixture until smooth.
Chocolate icing with cream
This is a very simple recipe. He will need cream (150 ml) and dark chocolate (180 g). Grate chocolate on a coarse grater or break into small pieces, pour cream. Melt everything on fire until completely dissolved. Remember to add a small piece of butter at the end. Icing with cream is ready!
White chocolate icing
And this is for those who bake homemade cake for a particularly special occasion. White chocolate glaze will make it truly elegant. You will need: powdered sugar (180 g), a bar of white chocolate (200 g), milk - 2 tablespoons.
It is necessary to break into pieces a bar of chocolate and put in a water bath. That is, place a bowl with pieces of chocolate in a pot of boiling water. Pour powdered sugar into a bowl and pour one tablespoon of milk. Stir the mixture until a thick, homogeneous paste is obtained. Remove from heat, add another spoonful of milk, beat the mixture. Pour the icing over this cake until it has cooled.
White chocolate glaze with vanilla and cream
Ingredients: 280 ml cream (double), 200 g quality chocolate (white), vanilla extract (a few drops).
White chocolate must be melted in a bowl in a water bath, in another bowl, whip the cream with vanilla extract. Neatly connect both masses. Such icing can be used to decorate rolls, cakes and cookies.
Chocolate Cinnamon Glaze
And finally, we show how you can diversify the classic recipe for the preparation of glaze.
We need: 2 tablespoons of milk, 170 g of powdered sugar (you can make it in a coffee grinder from sugar), 20 g of cocoa powder, 25 grams of butter, cinnamon (a pinch).
Melt the butter in a saucepan, add cocoa to it and cook, stirring, for half a minute. Remove the pan from the heat, add milk and powdered sugar, stirring constantly. Add cinnamon and put the pan on the fire again, literally for a minute. As a result, the glaze should be homogeneous and shiny. You need to water the cake quickly until the mass has cooled.
Glaze recipe can be changed by adding your favorite ingredients. Feel free to experiment, and your homemade cakes will always be irresistible.