Marble Mirror Icing

This creamy white chocolate glaze sets with a mirror like shine when poured over a smoothly frosted cake.

Marble mirror icing.

Chocolate mousse cake with mirror glaze. I was able to mirror glaze over cream cheese frosting. Begin pouring the onto the center of the cake then slowly work your way out to the edges. Remove the smoothed buttercream cakes from the fridge or freezer must be fully chilled before glazing and place on a circular object on top of a large baking sheet to catch the run off glaze.

My cake was frosted and in the freezer for 12 hours. For a gorgeous marbled effect layer several colors of glaze into one bowl before pouring. 2 recipes buttercream frosting recipe follows. Measure exactly do everything very exactly.

Make sure it s really really smooth though and frozen for a least an hour before you put that glaze over the top. Pouring the mirror glaze over the cake. I like to rest the cake on a small cake pan or a wide and short glass. You can also use regular cake iced in plain old buttercream to make a mirror glaze cake with frosting.

2 sticks 8 ounces unsalted butter at room temperature. Although the traditional mirror glaze recipe inv. 4 cups confectioners sugar. Chocolate mousse cakes are not the only way to use mirror glaze.

1 recipe mirror glaze recipe follows.