i just cant seem to figure out how to make the perfect chocolate icing. i got my buttercreme down pretty good but cant do much of anything else. i was trying to make an orange cake filled with orange marmalaid with chocolate icing with an orange hint to it. and i never figured it out. now i have one last cake to make for my course one class and i want chocolate icing and cant find a good recipie. can someone help me out?? 
Have you used chocolate ganache before......half cream/half choc? once it has cooled you can whip it, pipe it! it is my favourite.....
put your cream in a saucepan until it starts to boil...take off the heat and put in chocolate.....wait a few minutes and stir........YUMMMMMMM
Did you want to try a chocolate buttercream?
This will crust over about 10 mins. Chocolate bc-I can call this award winning-lol, I made it on a cake that won first place in the Hershey Cocoa contest at a local fair
It's a big batch but it's easier for me this way:
Makes 6 cups
1 1/3 c. butter (2 sticks plus 6 tbs.)
2/3 c. crisco shortening
1 1/2 c. cocoa
2 tsp vanilla
8 c. pwd sugar
approximately 2/3 c. half and half
2 tbs. corn syrup
Blend butter and crisco together. Add cocoa and vanilla, then add sugar one cup at a time until blended-frosting will be VERY DRY. Slowly add half and half and corn syrup until you reach desired consistency.
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