Chocolate Water Glaze

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 12 ounces semisweet chocolate or 12 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped. (2 cups)
• 6 tablespoons very hot water, more if needed.

Recipe

• 1 double boiler method: melt chocolate in a pan set over hot (not boiling) water.
• 2 stir until smooth.
• 3 microwave method: melt chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl.
• 4 microwave at low or med for 30 sec.
• 5 remove and stir.
• 6 if not completely melted, continue microwaving.
• 7 stir until smooth.
• 8 once chocolate is completely melted and smooth, whisk in the hot water all at once (not slowly or the chocolate may seize) until the mixture is satiny smooth.
• 9 it will have consistency of softly whipped cream.
• 10 if you wish the glaze to be thinner, whisk in another tb (or more) of hot water.
• 11 glaze the cake- tilt it to help glaze flow and/or use a spatula to spread.
• 12 let the glaze set.
• 13 if the weather is too warm, refrigerate the cake to let glaze set.
• 14 the gloss disappears in hot weather but returns at room temperature.
• 15 beware of fingerprints on the glaze; they show.