Ingredients
- 1 cup good quality dark chocolate (recommended: Guittard)
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) room temperature salted butter
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla (recommended: Nielsen Massey)
- 1 tablespoon coffee-flavored liqueur (recommended: Kahlua)
- 1 pound sifted confectioners' sugar
Directions
Barely melt the chocolate in a double boiler over gentle heat. Remove from the heat source and pour into a large mixing bowl then cool for five minutes. Add the butter, cream, vanilla, coffee-flavored liqueur, and mix on medium speed until the mixture thickens. Finally add the confectioners' sugar in small batches until the mixture holds a medium peak. If the kitchen temperature is warm, and the icing is not of spreading consistency place the bowl in the refrigerator for a few minutes, then recommence mixing. Slather the icing over the cake with an offset palette knife.















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By odear7_12711246
Durham, NC
on October 31, 2011
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Delicious! Light, fluffy and chocolatey! Makes a ton of icing.
By Ina Lover
Dallas,GA
on September 22, 2011
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how much icing will this make?
By cindi08
Bay Springs, MS
on October 14, 2010
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Great! No need to look further for a great frosting.
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