Chocolate Glaze

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons heavy cream
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup water, plus
• 1 1/2 tablespoons water
• 1 1/2 ounces dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin (or 1 1/4 sheets of sheet gelatin)

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan, combine cream, sugar, 1/2 cup of the water and the cocoa.
• 2 bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer whisking often until very thick like hot fudge sauce- 8-10 minutes from beginning of simmer.
• 3 watch carefully so miixture doesn't boil over.
• 4 remove pan from heat.
• 5 while mixture cools, bloom gelatin in 1 1/2 tablespoon of cold water.
• 6 melt the bloomed gelatin over very hot water or in the microwave.
• 7 (if using sheet gelatin, soften for 5 minutes in cold water, wring out gelatin and whisk into chocolate mixture).
• 8 whisk gelatin into chocolate mixture and strain the glaze through a medium sieve into a metal bowl.
• 9 let glaze cool at room temperature until thick but still pourable, about 5-10 minutes.
• 10 pour glaze over your cake.