FUDGE ICING FOR GOURMET CAKE
By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Mostly 4-Ingredient Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1986, p. 66).
INGREDIENTS:
4 TB (1/2 stick) butter or margarine
1-oz square unsweetened, solid, baking chocolate
¼ cup dark corn syrup
1 cup confectioners (powdered) sugar
INSTRUCTIONS:
Melt butter (or margarine) in 1½-qt saucepan, over medium heat, adding chocolate and stirring until completely melted and smooth. Add corn syrup. Stir constantly until it comes to a boil [and continue] only for 1 minute, stirring persistently.
Remove from heat. Beat in powdered sugar until smooth. Apply warm icing to slightly warm cake. Refrigerate iced cake, before cutting.
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