VIDEO: How do you melt chocolate? - How to make a cake icing

Do you want out chocolateCake icing you can use chocolate or couverture. You should choose a chocolate that is as pure as possible and has little or no additives such as B. Contains lecithin.

How to melt couverture

1. The quickest way to melt chocolate is to make it very small beforehand. To do this, finely chop the chocolate or couverture on a board with a large knife.
2. Transfer the chocolate chips to a higher bowl.
3. Heat up water in the kettle and pour about 5 cm into a saucepan that fits the bowl.
4. Carefully place the bowl in the pan with the water. If there is too much water in the pot, pour some off beforehand.


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5. If necessary, very carefully pour some more water into the pot. No water should get into the chocolate.
6. To make the chocolate melt evenly, stir it with a tea- or tablespoon around.
7. Lift the bowl with the melted chocolate out of the water bath and dry it well.

Vary chocolate as cake icing

You can vary your cake icing and give it a new look and different flavors.

• Use white, milk or dark chocolate for your cake icing. If you melt two types of chocolate, you can use the cake icing z. B. design with black and white pattern.
• You can get another delicious and soft cake icing if you mix pure coconut oil into the chocolate. Melt z. B. 100g chocolate with 15g coconut oil in a water bath. Such a cake icing tastes particularly good Piesenjoyed out of the fridge.