Chocolate Icing recipe, a basic icing recipe made with just three simple ingredients. This simple cocoa glaze is made with icing Sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder and milk. This is a Perfect icing to drizzle over cakes, cupcakes or even sugar cookies.

Simple Chocolate Icing

This is my go to icing when I want to cover a piece of cake or cupcake. It is so easy to make, just mix three ingredients together and you are done. It taste so great when iced over some vanilla or chocolate cake. It can be glazed over some cupcakes, brownies too.

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I think everyone should have a quick icing recipe on their repitore that they can go whenever they want to cover cakes or cupcakes.

This cocoa icing is perfect for that, it has perfect texture to pour over any cakes may it be for birthday or even for tea time. Looking for more homemade frosting recipes, check my chocolate buttercream frosting recipe and homemade chocolate frosting.

About Chocolate Icing Recipe

Chocolate icing is nothing but a simple chocolate icing that can be either poured over or drizzled on cakes, cupcakes or even over ice cream. The consistency for the glaze is perfect to be poured or drizzled over brownies.

It is so easy to make, all you need is confectioners sugar, cocoa powder and milk. Also you don't need electric mixer or hand blender. All you need is a bowl and a whisk or wooden spoon.

Since the taste of the icing totally depends on the cocoa powder. Try to use best quality unsweetened cocoa powder for rich chocolate flavor.

You can make the glaze in advance and store in fridge. If you prefer to store this chocolate icing, just use hot water instead of milk. You can keep them in an air tight container at room temperature.

If you want to pipe this over cookies or cakes, you can make it slightly thick, transfer it to piping bag and you can decorate cakes.

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Ingredients

Icing sugar - also known as powdered sugar or confectioners sugar is used. If your icing sugar is lumpy, sieve them through a sifter before using.

Cocoa powder - use unsweetened cocoa powder for making the icing. Try to choose best quality cocoa.

Milk - I used milk for making the icing. If you want to store this for longer period, you can use hot water.

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1)take all your ingredients

2)Sieve icing sugar and cocoa powder if you find it lumpy.

3)Take icing sugar and cocoa powder in a mixing bowl.

4)Heat milk in a sauce pan or in microwave. Pour hot milk slowly very little at a time and mix well using a whisk.

5)Thats it chocolate icing is ready. You can use this to decorate cakes, cupcakes, birthday cakes, layer cakes or even brownies. Leftover cake be stored in an airtight container in refrigerator.

Expert Tips

Sieve confectioners sugar and cocoa powder if it is lumpy which gives you smooth consistency.
Use hot milk or hot water to make the icing.
Don't add too much milk all at once, it may get too runny. Pour them little at a time to get perfect consistency.
This chocolate icing is perfect to cover a 9-inch cake entirely.
Leftover chocolate icing can be stored in fridge for upto a week. if it hardens, you can thaw them at room temperature.

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What can I use instead of milk in this recipe?

You can use hot water instead of hot milk in this recipe.

What to do if my icing gets too runny?

It is important to add milk little at a time to get perfect consistency. If by any chance your icing gets runny, You can add more icing sugar to make it thick.

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