Chocolate Cream Frosting

Name: Chocolate Cream Frosting
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups, heavy cream; 16 ounces (454 grams), semisweet chocolate chopped fine; 1/3 cup, corn syrup; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract

Desserts or Baked Goods
Chocolate
Cakes

Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 1999

We were looking for a moist, tender cake that was both foolproof and full flavored. By changing mixing methods and ingredient ratios, we achieved our goal.

SERVES Makes about 3 cups

TIME 15 minutes, plus 1 to 1½ hours chilling

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