Classic icing for cake. How to make chocolate frosting for cake decorating

Good afternoon, dear homemade baking lover! I want to offer you not only all kinds of icing for cocoa cake, but also excellent recipes for chocolate creams for decoration. I recommend taking all the recipes into service. You are not against a varied serving of desserts? So they will come in handy.

And from the practical point of view it is very convenient. After all, recipes for every taste are great opportunities for culinary improvisation, the use of those products that are in the refrigerator at the moment.
I don't think you need to persuade you for a long time. Let's take a better look at how to make cocoa cake frosting.

Cocoa and milk frosting recipe

I can't help but sing an enthusiastic ode to the wonderful cocoa product! A real find for homemade cakes. Well, judge for yourself - together with the most affordable products, it will decorate the dessert and saturate it with chocolate notes. What is called, cheap and cheerful. And what is important, natural.

I will tell you briefly about this recipe. That's how simple and quick, so delicious.

For a chocolate masterpiece, you need to prepare

  • Three tbsp. cocoa
  • Three tbsp. Sahara
  • Four tablespoons milk
  • Sixty gr. butter.

The icing for the cake will turn out much tastier if you listen to your wishes

  • Use good quality cocoa powder, which should be brewed rather than boiled over. In this case, the frosting will have a pronounced chocolate flavor.
  • Buy butter and milk fatter.

Please note that the cocoa milk chocolate icing can thicken quickly. Therefore, you need to use it hot. And yet another moment: the indicated proportions are enough to decorate one medium-sized confection. So add more ingredients as needed based on your needs.

Chocolate icing for cake based on cocoa and sour cream

Cocoa frosting can be prepared taking into account the characteristics of the cake. If the cakes are very sweet, then you can give preference to options from cocoa and sour cream. A sour milk product will balance the taste of the finished product.
I really like this recipe. I advise you to take a closer look at him.

Cooking food

  • Cocoa - 2 tablespoons
  • Sour cream - 2 tablespoons
  • Butter - 2 tablespoons
  • Powdered sugar - 4 tablespoons
  • Vanilla sugar - 0.5 tsp (optional).

Preparation


Chocolate icing will turn out to be simply gorgeous if you add coconut flakes, a couple of drops of rum or brandy to it.

And if you suddenly miss the moment, and the product hardens strongly, then send it to a water bath and correct the situation.
The recipe can be slightly changed. Add 2 tbsp instead of sour cream. heavy cream. It will be good too. So experiment with your health.

How to make condensed milk cake frosting

Remember, I told you that it is good to have different recipes on hand? This is exactly the case. There is condensed milk in the fridge, which means you can safely prepare icing for the cake. It will turn out to be very tasty.

And the dessert is beautiful and so soft that it will melt in your mouth.

Simple grocery set

  • Condensed milk 4 tbsp
  • Cocoa 4 tablespoons
  • Butter 4 tablespoons

Tip: Remove the oil from the refrigerator beforehand. We need it softened.


The glaze becomes especially fragrant and glossy if you add 1 tablespoon to it. cognac. This must be done before removing the dishes from the heat.


An ordinary egg will make the glaze especially delicate. This decoration is perfect for cakes with thick cakes.

Need to prepare

  • 5 tbsp cocoa
  • 130 gr. butter
  • 2 tbsp Sahara
  • 1 egg.

Step by step cooking


A very good recipe. Only the egg needs to be injected in a timely manner. So that the temperature of the semi-finished product is loyal to the protein, and it does not curdle.


A very interesting recipe for glaze with honey. He brings his extraordinary aroma, gives shine to the finished product.

Ingredient List

  • Cocoa powder 4 tablespoons
  • Milk or cream 4 tablespoons
  • Powdered sugar 4 tablespoons
  • Honey 2 tbsp
  • Butter 2 tablespoons (room temperature).

Glaze preparation


Now you can put the final touch on your confection. Decorate it with a magnificent glaze, from which you can't take your eyes off.


We're going to level up our culinary skills now by making a mirror-like chocolate glaze.

This will require the following ingredients

  • Instant gelatin 2 tsp
  • Heavy cream 100 ml. (at least 30 percent)
  • Sugar 7 tbsp
  • Cocoa powder 4 tbsp
  • Water 170 ml.

Step-by-step preparation of a mirror miracle


If you prepare a mirror glaze in advance, then you need to store it in the refrigerator as follows: pour it into a container, cover the very surface of the glaze with a film so that it does not come into contact with air.


And now we will prepare such a treat that it can be served as a separate dish. Needless to say, cocoa powder chocolate cream will be great both as an interlayer and as a cake decoration?

Cooking a set of products

  • Milk 0.5 l.
  • Cocoa powder 2 tablespoons
  • Butter 30 gr.
  • Sugar 3 tbsp
  • Starch 3 tablespoons
  • A pinch of salt
  • A pinch of vanillin (if desired).

A little about products

  • Choose milk with a high percentage of fat.
  • Starch can be replaced with flour.
  • The amount of cocoa can be increased if you want to make a cream with a more pronounced chocolate flavor.

How to make chocolate cream from cocoa powder

  1. Let's separate 300 ml. milk, pour it into a saucepan, put it on fire, heat it up.
  2. Add salt, sugar, cocoa and butter to it. Mix well.
  3. Bring the mixture to a boil, boil for 2 minutes. Make sure that the mass becomes homogeneous, without a single lump. Then we will remove from the fire.
  4. Dilute the starch in the remaining milk.
  5. Pour the mixture carefully into the hot milk, stirring all the ingredients without stopping.
  6. Put the saucepan on the fire. Bring to a boil and boil the mass until thickened. By time it is min. 2 - 3.
  7. Then turn off the oven, add vanillin, mix. We will give time to cool, after which we will put the finished cream in the refrigerator.

The taste of the cream can be made even richer by adding finely grated chocolate in the process. It should be put in the first batch of milk, and boiled along with sugar and cocoa.

If there is gr. 50 natural chocolate, you must add. You will like it, you will see.

And if you plan to serve the cream as a separate dessert, then leave the chocolate for sprinkling. In a grated form, it will decorate the serving and enrich the taste.


And for a snack - a recipe for chocolate cream for a biscuit cake. I took out this recipe separately, because I love biscuits and bake often. When there is no time to do the icing, I grease both the top and the sides with this excellent cream. Well, I grease the cakes, of course. It turns out nice and tasty.

Necessary products

  • Condensed milk 200 gr.
  • Butter 270 gr. (Softened)
  • Cocoa 35 gr.
  • Two yolks
  • Boiled water 200 ml. (Chilled).

How to cook

  1. Mix the yolks with water, beat with a whisk.
  2. Add condensed milk, mix.
  3. Put on fire, boil with continuous stirring. Boil the mixture until thick.
  4. Add pre-melted butter, cocoa. To mix everything. Keep on fire for 1 minute. and take off.
  5. Refrigerate and use as directed.

The cream can be used for other cakes, not just biscuit. It will not only serve as a wonderful decoration, but also perfectly saturate the cakes.

It remains to add the following: the proposed recipes can be used as basic ones. Add flavors, adjust the amount of cocoa and sugar to your taste. So fantasize at your discretion and let your pastries be the most delicious and beautiful!

Any cake, cupcake, cookie or cake, when applied to them with chocolate glaze, becomes more beautiful and appetizing. And how delicious juicy fresh fruit in a crust of chocolate glaze is!

Which chocolate is better to choose, how to make the icing of the desired consistency and uniformity? To prepare the glaze, you must take pure chocolate, without filling in the form of raisins, nuts, cookies and other inclusions.

Among porous, milky, white and black (dark) types of chocolate, not every type is useful for melting. From porous chocolate under heat influences it is rarely possible to achieve the required density and consistency uniformity.

An excellent product for the glazed mass is white chocolate. Chocolate icing for cake, roll and other confectionery products, if white chocolate is used, is also convenient in that it can be tinted in various colors. White chocolate is melted using a steam bath, adding vegetable oil and food coloring of the desired color to the mass.

Culinary chocolate, dessert chocolate, couverture and fondant are also used to obtain glaze. Cooking chocolates differ in their percentage of cocoa butter.

Culinary chocolate melts more easily, but dessert chocolate tastes better. The glaze from it turns out to be a thick consistency, so it is important to dilute the melted chocolate with milk or butter exactly according to the recipe in order to get a not too dense mass.

Couverture has a significant cocoa butter presence. The glaze from it is obtained with a smooth structure.

Fudge contains less cocoa butter than couverture. It is well suited for making glaze.

Chocolate icing made from chocolate - recipe

An example of preparing a dark chocolate icing with 72% cocoa includes the following starting products:

100 g dark chocolate with 72% cocoa, no additives;
... 5 tbsp. spoons of milk.

When you look at how to make a chocolate frosting step by step, it turns out to be a simple process. You just need to follow some rules.

Break the chocolate bar into pieces and place them in a dry bowl to melt the chocolate for the icing. You can brush the bowl with butter or sunflower oil to make it easier to remove the icing and wash the bowl after cooking. But there shouldn't be a drop of water!

Add 5 tablespoons of milk. It is necessary so that the glaze is not too thick. At high gravity, the icing on baked goods will set too quickly. You may not have time to coat the cake, and the icing will already harden. Melted chocolate without milk added is good for dipping dried fruits in it - prunes, dried apricots, as well as fresh berries and fruits.
... Put the dishes with chocolate and milk in a water bath and, stirring occasionally, heat until the mixture turns into a homogeneous mass. To stir the prepared mixture, take a dry spoon without fail, even a drop of water can negatively affect the density of the glaze mass.

How to melt the icing chocolate correctly? It is very important to ensure that the bottom of the melted chocolate ladle does not touch the boiling water in the saucepan. Quickly heated chocolate acquires an ugly white bloom that appears when it solidifies. Ideally, the temperature of the heated finished chocolate glaze should not exceed 40 ° C.

The contact of the prepared glaze with steam or condensate is undesirable, as it can lose its elastic consistency and quickly thicken. Therefore, the bowl with the food in it should be larger in diameter than a saucepan or ladle of boiling water. A bowl of chocolate should always be open; it should not be closed with a lid so that condensation does not collect.

After preparing the glaze and turning off the gas, it is better not to remove the bowl from the pan and quickly apply the finished glaze to the baking surface, spreading it with a brush or spoon.


Glaze options

Using a similar technology, you can prepare a white chocolate glaze, consisting of the following ingredients:
... white chocolate - 100 g,
... butter - 40 g,
... heavy cream (or sour cream) - 3 tbsp. spoons.

First, melt the chocolate and cream, and after removing the glaze from the fire, add butter and mix the mixture thoroughly.

An interesting variant of chocolate glaze with the addition of honey.

Ingredients:
... any chocolate - 100 g,
... milk - 4 tbsp. spoons,
... butter - 30 g,
... honey - 4 tsp.

After removing the cooked homogeneous mass of chocolate and milk from the fire, first add butter, stir, then add honey and stir again.

For a variety of tastes, you can add various natural flavors, a little cognac, rum, ground nuts, and coconut to the finished glaze.

Cocoa frosting is an indispensable ingredient in any birthday cake, if true lovers of baking with chocolate are among the guests. Of course, cocoa powder cannot replace natural chocolate melted in a water bath, but the taste of cocoa glaze prepared on its basis can change any baked goods beyond recognition, and give it new colors of taste.

When a cocoa frosting is prepared, sugar or icing sugar is necessarily put into it, these ingredients are responsible for the sweet component. In order to regulate the consistency of the glaze, vegetable or animal fats are added to it. For these purposes, products such as vegetable oil, sour cream, milk and butter are used. Having decided on all the ingredients, it remains to mix them well, and then, depending on the specific recipe, heat them in a water bath, or bring them almost to a boil over low heat.

Heating the glaze makes it uniform and brings it to an even color shade. When the icing has reached the desired condition, it can be immediately poured over homemade cakes: cakes, muffins, pies, pastries, etc. Quite often, cocoa icing is used to decorate desserts and sweet snacks. During cooling, the glaze solidifies in an even layer, and forms an appetizing crust, thereby giving any dish its zest.

If you have the desire and the mood, you can play with the color of the glaze. It depends not only on the quality of the cocoa powder, but also on what you will cook it with. The lightest glaze will be cooked in water, slightly darker in sour cream and milk. Add a few cubes of dark or milk chocolate to it for added flavor and richness.

This glaze is versatile. It is perfect for any cake: shortbread, biscuit, custard, etc. The filling will also not matter much, as it is difficult to find a product that would not go with chocolate.

Ingredients:

  • 3 tbsp. l. Sahara
  • 5 tbsp. l. milk
  • 3 tbsp. l. cocoa
  • 70 g butter

Cooking method:

  1. Pour sugar into a saucepan.
  2. Heat the milk a little and pour 2 tbsp into sugar. spoons.
  3. Add the slightly melted butter and cocoa powder to the saucepan.
  4. We mix all the ingredients together and put on a small fire, stirring constantly.
  5. After the oil dissolves, add 3 tbsp. spoons of warm milk and mix again.
  6. Remove the glaze from the heat and let it cool slightly, after that you can use it as directed or just eat it with a spoon.

Cocoa and sour cream chocolate icing

The fattest version of the glaze, which is obtained as such due to sour cream. The frosting will be thick and hold its shape perfectly on any baked goods.

Ingredients:

  • 5 tbsp. l. sour cream
  • 5 tbsp. l. Sahara
  • 5 tbsp. l. cocoa powder
  • 50 g butter

Cooking method:

  1. Put sour cream in a metal bowl and add granulated sugar to it.
  2. Add cocoa to the main ingredients and mix thoroughly.
  3. We put the container with the mass on medium heat and stir constantly with a wooden spatula or spoon.
  4. A few moments before the glaze boils, remove it from the heat.
  5. Put butter in the mass and mix once more until smooth.

Milk-free cocoa chocolate icing

If you don't have milk in the fridge, you can prepare the icing without it. It is enough just to replace it with ordinary boiled water, and the trick is done.

Ingredients:

  • 3 tbsp. l. icing sugar
  • 2 tbsp. l. cocoa powder
  • 2 tbsp. l. water
  • 1 tsp butter

Cooking method:

  1. Pour icing sugar and cocoa into a saucepan, mix them together.
  2. Pour the ingredients on top with water and put on a small fire.
  3. Stir constantly until the mixture is smooth.
  4. When the glaze has cooled slightly, add the butter and stir. Then we use it in the desired recipe.

Appetizing, fragrant icing will help to make the pastries beautiful, with which the whole cake is poured or used for inscriptions and creating unique patterns. The chocolate cocoa cake frosting is easy to make yourself. We offer the best recipes that reveal all the secrets and subtleties of cooking.

Cocoa chocolate icing - a classic recipe

It is not recommended to apply icing immediately while hot, as it will quickly drain from the surface of the cake. It is necessary to wait a little while the mass has cooled. The main thing is not to waste time, otherwise it will freeze and you will have to reheat it.

Ingredients:

  • cocoa - 55 g;
  • water - 45 ml;
  • sugar - 150 g

How to cook:

  1. Mix sugar with cocoa and add water. Stir with a whisk.
  2. Place on minimum fire. Cook, stirring with a whisk, so that the glaze does not burn.
  3. After the first bubbles appear, cook for 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
  4. Before decorating pastries, the chocolate mass will need to be cooled slightly.

Cocoa powder glaze with butter

Chocolate glaze is an indispensable assistant for housewives. Any homemade cake turns into a decoration thanks to a quickly cooked delicacy.

You will need:

  • butter - 30 g;
  • milk - 45 ml;
  • cocoa - 55 g;
  • vanillin - 2 g;
  • granulated sugar - 70 g.

How to cook:

  1. Pour cocoa with granulated sugar into an enamel bowl. Pour milk into them and mix thoroughly.
  2. Set to minimum flame. Cook, stirring constantly, until frosting begins to foam. Remove from heat. Wait 8 minutes for the mass to cool slightly and thicken.
  3. Add chopped butter and beat with a blender. This will help soften the treat and acquire a beautiful, shiny color.

If the icing is too thick and does not spread over the surface of the cake, then you will need to add a little milk and boil. If it turns out to be liquid, add sugar and bring to a boil.

On sour cream

The chocolate glaze made from cocoa and sour cream is especially delicate. The main thing is to observe the exact proportions.

Ingredients:

  • butter - 55 g;
  • sour cream - 75 g;
  • cocoa - 75 g;
  • granulated sugar - 75 g.

Preparation:

  1. To prevent the mass from burning, use a small container for cooking. Cocoa and sugar are mixed, then poured with sour cream.
  2. Place on low heat and simmer until the sugar crystals dissolve.
  3. Add chopped butter. Cook until bubbles form. You cannot boil.
  4. Cool the mass a little and you can pour the cake.

Lean chocolate icing

A simple and budget option will delight you with a moderately sweet taste and will help you quickly decorate homemade cakes.

Ingredients:

  • water - 45 ml;
  • vegetable oil - 15 ml;
  • cocoa - 50 g;
  • sugar - 90 g

How to cook:

  1. For cooking, use a container with a thick bottom. It distributes heat evenly and prevents the sweet mass from burning.
  2. Pour cocoa into granulated sugar and mix well. Then add oil and water.
  3. Place on the minimum setting on the hob. Continuously stirring until bubbles appear. Then cook for another 3 minutes. Leave to cool. Decorate baked goods after the mixture thickens a little.

Powdered milk and cocoa

Cocoa and milk frosting looks firm and shiny on cakes. If chocolate remains after decoration, you can put it in a bag and store it in the refrigerator. Just melt before next use.

Ingredients:

  • gelatin - 13 g;
  • water - 120 ml for gelatin;
  • cocoa - 25 g;
  • powdered milk - 25 g;
  • granulated sugar - 40 g;
  • water - 120 ml;
  • butter - 35 g.

Preparation:

  1. Pour gelatin with the specified volume of water. Leave to swell. It is better to use an instant one, then you will have to wait no more than 15 minutes to wait.
  2. Mix dry milk with cocoa powder and granulated sugar. Pour water and send to boil. The mass will need to be constantly mixed. When bubbles appear, remove from heat.
  3. Place gelatin in a microwave oven and heat up. Do not allow it to boil, otherwise the gelling properties will disappear.
  4. Connect the two masses. Add chopped butter and cook for 3 minutes.

How to make a mirror chocolate frosting

Home confectioners will be able to surprise guests with a fashionably decorated cake that will delight everyone with a mirror image. The variation is easy to prepare and does not require special ingredients such as glucose or invert syrup.

Ingredients:

  • gelatin - 12 g;
  • cocoa - 80 g;
  • water - 60 ml for gelatin;
  • sugar - 240 g;
  • water - 80 ml;
  • heavy cream - 160 ml (35%).

Preparation:

  1. In advance, gelatin should be soaked in the indicated volume of water and left to swell.
  2. In a saucepan with a thick bottom, mix water with granulated sugar and cook until boiling. Pour in sifted cocoa. Cook, stirring constantly for 3 minutes.
  3. Boil the cream separately. Melt gelatin in a microwave oven. Combine the two masses and pour into a hot chocolate blank.
  4. Place in hand blender. It needs to be fixed in one place and not lifted to the side during the whipping process in order to avoid large formation of bubbles, which will spoil the appearance of the glaze.
  5. Pour the mixture through a sieve. This procedure will help get rid of the bubbles that appear.
  6. The mass is used for decoration after it has cooled to 29 °. Ideally, the icing should stay in the refrigerator for 24 hours. Then it is heated to operating temperature and the items are decorated.

To diversify the taste of the glaze, you can add any spices and herbs to the composition.

Cocoa frosting with lemon

The glaze will delight you with a pleasant citrus aroma. You can apply only on a naked cake, not greased with cream. High fat oil is used for cooking.

You will need:

  • cocoa - 65 g;
  • icing sugar - 230 g;
  • butter - 65 g;
  • lemon juice - 45 ml.

Preparation:

  1. Place oil in a container. After it melts, pour the juice.
  2. Pour in cocoa and then powder. Constantly stirring until it boils. Then cook for 3 minutes. The mass should acquire a uniform, shiny consistency.
  3. Remove from heat and cool.

Chocolate icing for chocolate cake according to the recipe with a photo is quite simple to prepare. The delicacy is used to decorate pastries, homemade cakes, desserts, and sweet dishes.

There are many options for making glaze, a delicacy can be made from a chocolate bar, from cocoa, add ingredients at your discretion. If you want to prepare a dish at home, a chocolate bar is perfect as the main ingredient. It can be white, black, milky. It all depends on taste preferences.

The cake is the main dish at any holiday. Each hostess wants to highlight her creation, show all guests her culinary skills and craftsmanship. Thanks to the glaze, baked goods will acquire not only an attractive appearance, but also an amazing taste. Neither adults nor children can refuse treats. A great option to decorate a sweet table and please the invited guests.

Chocolate icing for a chocolate cake: a recipe for a water bath

The delicacy includes a minimum list of products; it will not be difficult to prepare the dish. Each hostess tries to take advantage of new ideas, creating culinary masterpieces. The cake will definitely attract attention, everyone will want to try a piece. Thanks to the glaze, you can not only decorate the dessert, but also give it an amazing taste.

Ingredients:

  • milk - 100 ml;
  • butter - 20 grams;
  • chocolate bar - 100 grams.

Step-by-step cooking recipe:

  1. Prepare a bowl for further cooking, grease it with oil. This is done to make it easier to remove the glaze.
  2. Take a bar of chocolate, break it into pieces, pour into a plate.
  3. Pour milk into the resulting mass. The ingredient is used to give the mass the required density. Without milk, the composition will turn out to be too thick and harden quickly. In this case, it will not be possible to prepare a dessert.
  4. Place the container in a water bath, the mass should be constantly stirred.
  5. The chocolate should turn into a liquid mixture. Use a dry spoon for stirring, the density of the glaze depends on it.
  6. The container with the ready-made composition can be removed from the stove and used as a dessert decoration.

Classic recipe

Making chocolate frosting for a chocolate cake recipe isn't difficult. Every hostess knows how hard it is to please guests. With the help of simple recommendations from experts, you can easily create new dishes, making them incredibly tasty. This option is classic, popular among housewives. It will take a little time to cook, even an inexperienced housewife can handle the recipe.

The result is an amazing treat. It can be used as a decoration for confectionery, thereby making a dessert of extraordinary beauty.

Ingredients:

  • milk - 100 ml;
  • sugar - 50 grams;
  • butter - 20 grams;
  • chocolate bar - 1 piece.

Step-by-step cooking recipe:

  1. Take the chocolate, break it, put it in a bowl. Melt in the microwave.
  2. Pour milk into a container, add sugar, place on the stove, stirring until smooth.
  3. Add melted chocolate to the general composition, mix. You will get a liquid icing.
  4. The resulting composition can be used to decorate pastries, curd cheeses, cakes. As soon as the treat hardens, it forms a crust.

Chocolate icing for chocolate cake: recipe with butter

The recipe is universal, with its help it is possible to get an amazing dessert. The delicacy comes out elastic, shiny, solidifies slowly, a great option for covering confectionery, pies, marmalade.

Using simple ideas, it is possible to diversify the sweet table, create original desserts. Every housewife is ready to experiment, this recipe will help in any endeavors. With chocolate glaze, dishes become much more appetizing, acquire an attractive appearance.

Ingredients:

  • chocolate - 150 grams;
  • butter - 50 grams.

Step-by-step cooking recipe:

  1. Take a container, pour in the chocolate slices, melt them in a water bath. For convenience, you can use the microwave.
  2. As soon as the chocolate acquires a liquid consistency, add butter, mix thoroughly.

Easy recipe glaze

Another easy way to create delicious glaze. It can be used to cover various types of cakes, pastries, pastries. Dishes take on a stunning appearance and attract attention on the sweet table. The dessert looks appetizing; neither adults nor children will refuse it.

Ingredients:

  • chocolate - 150 grams;
  • sugar - 80 grams;
  • sour cream - 250 ml.

Step-by-step cooking recipe:

  1. Prepare a saucepan, grind granulated sugar with sour cream. Place the container on a small fire, wait until the sugar is completely dissolved. Stir the mass without stopping.
  2. Grate the chocolate, add it to the general composition, cook until smooth.
  3. Remove the resulting mixture from the heat, stir it, wait until it thickens.
  4. The resulting composition can be used for watering confectionery.

Chocolate blue is often found to coat sweet dishes and cakes. It is especially enjoyed by those with a sweet tooth. It is impossible to refuse such a dessert. Each housewife is trying to create a new dish; chocolate icing will be an excellent helper. It takes a little time to cook, a minimum set of ingredients is required.

There are a lot of options to cover your pastry. By adding new ingredients to the dish, you can create real culinary masterpieces in your own kitchen.

Dessert can become not only delicious, but it will acquire a stunning appearance. An appetizing chocolate cake will decorate any celebration, with its help even an ordinary day will become a festive one. Even true gourmets cannot refuse treats, the dessert deserves special attention.