I had some yummy fudge cake on the weekend. It had a lovely soft chocolate icing on it. Does any one have a recipe?
I normally melt butter, add in icing sugar and cocoa till of a spreadable consistency, but it always sets hard.
Any suggestions much appreciated - thanks
valentino,
Feb 22, 2:25pm
Do not melt butter !
Always use soften butter and usually be softer.
pickles7,
Feb 22, 3:02pm
We always melted the butter in boiling milk. We found the icing stayed nice and soft and set well.
sampa,
Feb 22, 4:09pm
Could it have been frosting rather than icing maybe korban? Or, another possibility, possibly a cream cheese type icing rather than butter based. The easiest way to decide might be to Google all three terms icing v frosting v cream cheese icing (and/or frosting) and select 'images' and take a look to see if any look similar to what you had. Failing that you might have to make samples of all three types and do a heap of 'sampling'. need a hand with that? ;-)
valentino,
Feb 22, 4:43pm
Should had noted when using butter on its own before adding anything else.
kiwitrish,
Feb 22, 5:15pm
Could it have been a ganache icing?
laspaz,
Feb 22, 5:16pm
Sounds like a buttercream if it was fluffy almost. Ganache if firm but soft.
korban,
Feb 22, 7:40pm
Thanks all - have found out they used melted butter, icing sugar, cocoa and water. Will have to experiment to get it right.
punkinthefirst,
Feb 22, 8:11pm
Add more butter than usual, and less water. It will be soft and fudgelike.
slimgym,
Jan 31, 5:52pm
thats all I do and it never sets hard
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