Chefs at Lenôtre

Chocolate Icing *

Glaçage au Chocolat Maison

Preparation info
  • Makes 12¼ oz , enough to cover a cake serving

    8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      10 min

Appears in
French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre: More than 200 Classic Recipes
French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre

By Chefs at Lenôtre

Published 2021

  • About

Ingredients

  • 5 oz. (150 g) dark chocolate, 55% cacao, chopped
  • Scant 1 cup (

Method

  1. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan of barely simmering water (bain-marie), stirring with a flexible spatula.
  2. Stir in the confectioners’ sugar, followed by the butter, and continue stirring over the heat until smooth.
  3. Remove from the heat and stir in the water, 1 tbsp at a time, to cool the icing: it should be lukewarm when you spread it over