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How to Make Chocolate Icing with Melted Chocolate
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How to Make Chocolate Icing from Melted Chocolate

Makes a lovely chocolate icing to put onto your chocolate cakes and buns

Ingredients

  • 1 egg white
  • 125 g icing sugar (1 cup)
  • 3 g vanilla extract (1/2 teaspoon)
  • 30 ml cold water (2 tablespoon)
  • 28 g chocolate grated (1 oz )
  • 15 ml hot water x 2 (1 tablespoon)
  • 16 g icing sugar (2 tablespoons)

Instructions

  1. Break your egg and separate the yolk from the egg white. Put the egg white into a bowl.
  2. Add your 125g icing sugar of icing sugar gradually beat into the egg white.
    icing sugar
  3. Beat the mixture for about 3 minutes.
  4. Add 3g of vanilla extract and stir in.
  5. Beat for another 3 minutes.
  6. Add 30ml tablespoonful of cold water to it.
  7. Grate your 28g of chocolate and melt it either use a microwave or hob using the double pan method.
  8. Melt in the remaining icing sugar and add 15ml of water.
  9. Sirt until your chocolate is fully melted and smooth and shiny then add another 15 ml of hot water.
    melted chocolate bar
  10. Now stir your completed chocolate mixture into your vanilla icing.
  11. It is now ready to put onto your cakes or buns.
    chocolate icing sugar

Recipe Notes

If you are concerned about using raw egg whites please use dried instead.