Go Back
Print Recipe

CREAMY MILK CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, French
Keyword: cakes, desserts, frosting

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 tablespoon light or dark corn syrup
  • 10 ounces milk chocolate chopped
  • 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
  • 8 tablespoons 1 stick cold unsalted butter cut into 8 pieces

Instructions

  • Heat cream, salt, and corn syrup in small saucepan over medium heat, bring to a simmer for about 1 minute.
  • Place chocolate in work bowl of food processor fitted with steel blade. With machine running, gradually add hot cream mixture through feed tube; process 1 minute after cream has been added.
  • Stop machine; add confectioner’s sugar to work bowl and process to combine, about 30 seconds.
  • With machine running add butter through the feed tube one piece at a time; process until incorporated and smooth, about 20 seconds longer.
  • Transfer frosting to medium bowl and cool at room temperature, stirring frequently, until thick and spreadable, about 1 hour.

Notes

Makes 2 cups
Note: This frosting needs about an hour to cool before it can be used, so begin making it when the cake comes out of the oven.