Shiny Chocolate Glaze

Perfect topping for the peanut butter chocolate layer cake that I made for hubby's birthday. I used dark chocolate because that's what I had on hand. Very easy to make and use. It poured beautifully...I will definitely be using this recipe again-yym! Thanks for sharing

This is the perfect in between frosting and a glaze. It is a shiny beautiful finish. The recipe is forgiving I have used different mixes of chocolate types and honey or corn syrup. I prefer using honey. Agree with other reviewers do it in the microwave all ingredients. Do 20 second intervals mix and mash until smooth. Really great recipe!

Lives up to its name. And it's very easy and quick to make in the microwave. I may reduce the amount of butter next time, just to make it set up quicker. I'll be using this recipe a lot in the future.

Bittersweet chocolate is not generally my preferenence for either eating or baking, but since hubs prefers dark chocolate I prepared this glaze as the recipe directs, using high quality Scharffen Berger bittersweet chocolate, and whoa, this made for an intensely chocolate glaze! It is soft, yet still looks glossy and shiny even after it sets. I used this to glaze the rather plain tasting "Neapolitan Cake," also from this site, and they were perfect for each other. This would be the type of glaze I'd expect to see on European tortes or petit fours -it has that kind of smooth, professional look. I used the microwave to make this but let it go a little too long, so it wasn't as perfectly smooth as it should have been -be extra careful and attentive when melting chocolate, especially when you're using the expensive, good stuff! Once melted, it was a little too thin to pour, so I just stuck it in the fridge, stirring every now and then, till it became the right consistency. Serious chocolate fans will love this glaze!

pretty simple, does make alot I used 1/2 for cupcakes. Great find, thanks so much for sharing!

Wow, yummy, shiny, and easy. I cut the recipe in half for 24 cupcakes. I used half semi-sweet chocolate chips and 2 1oz. bars of unsweetened chocolate since that is what I had on hand. Even though I halfed the recipe since I used some unsweetened chocolate I used a whole tablespoon of honey and I melted the whole thing in a pyrex dish in the microwave. I heated it for 20 seconds and then stirred and repeated until it was smooth (about 70 seconds total). I will definitely use this again and again.