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12 November 2020
4 star rating
Mine curdled too so I let it cool and added a splash of milk as suggested and wow it was delicious. Lucky it made it onto the cake. So yummy
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11 November 2020
5 star rating
I did it and when I added milk it came really smooth what a wonderful way of making icing 😂😇😇😇
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04 November 2020
5 star rating
Came out perfectly !
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11 October 2020
2 star rating
Split here too unfortunately, although it didn't look it it was really grainy. Milk then butter added didn't help. I ended up adding a lot more icing sugar and milk to turn it into buttercream which concealed the graininess somewhat. I'll go back to my usual recipe next time which has never failed.
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23 September 2020
5 star rating
Really easy to make and delicious, this will definitely be my chocolate icing from now on.
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30 August 2020
1 star rating
Trash
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25 August 2020
5 star rating
Almost finished the batch before it could reach the cake. I kicked it up a notch with a slab of caramel and sea salt (excellent grade chocolate), a slab of milk chocolate (excellent grade chocolate) and a slab of dark chocolate (excellent grade chocolate). So good and so easy, thank you so much for this recipe!
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25 August 2020
5 star rating
Delicious and silky. Mine went grainy with the addition of the dry ingredients. Adding the milk...several tablespoons...made it go smooth. I barely heated my choc and butter so not a function of overheating...just kitchen chemistry. Enjoy!
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22 August 2020
1 star rating
Curdled! Added milk still didn’t help
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09 August 2020
5 star rating
I don't have the ingredients yet but I can buy them
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01 August 2020
1 star rating
Mine curdled! Heated chocolate and butter super gently over simmering water. Added a splash of milk nothing helped! I used cooking milk chocolate would that affect it? I let the chocolate and butter cool down completely before adding icing sugar? What happened??
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Hi there, once cooled I would add another splash of milk, give it a good mix and hopefully it should be smooth again,
Happy baking :)
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31 July 2020
5 star rating
Absolutely gorgeous! I have made this four times since just before lockdown, when I couldn't get flour so bought a well-known chocolate cake mix. This icing takes the cake up to the top level! I have never had an issue with curdling
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26 July 2020
5 star rating
This is really easy to make.I halved the quantities to fill and top two 8" sponge cakes I also used plain and dark chocolate in equal measure. You have to be really careful to just very gently melt the chocolate and butter and it mustn't get hot. Make sure it is really cool when the icing sugar is added. I didn''t put any cocoa powder in. I didn't need to add milk so no curdling occured. I had boiling water in a tall jug ready to dip my spreading spatula in to make it spread easily as it was quite stiff.
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23 July 2020
5 star rating
Absolutely lovely! Made twice, easy to fix when making a mistake! Tastes amazing and so quick and easy! The only thing I changed was instead of 300g of dark chocolate I had 200g of Milk chocolate, thank you!!
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10 July 2020
5 star rating
Easy, tasty looks so good too!
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02 July 2020
4 star rating
Lovely sheen when finished. I used on a Chocolate Macaroon Cake for a friends 50th. It looked great.
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23 May 2020
5 star rating
The best icing I’ve ever made, no cuddling issues at all, so simple and straightforward. Used half the amount of ingredients, and it generously covered the top of a sandwich cake.
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17 May 2020
5 star rating
Worked perfectly, just put choc and butter in pan over low heat to melt, let it cool for a few minutes, then mixed in dry ingredients with a splash of milk.
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13 May 2020
5 star rating
Brilliant and nice and easy. I cheated and threw the chocolate (I swapped in milk chocolate) and butter in a bowl in the microwave on 1 minute bursts then stirred it. Added a tiny bit of milk. Beautiful, shiny topping and tasted awesome. Thank you.
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10 May 2020
4 star rating
Easy to make. Like one of the other reviewers I just melted all the ingredients into a pan and used a hand whisk. I added the tiniest drop of milk before whisking and it didn’t curdle. Gave a good spreading consistency.
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08 May 2020
1 star rating
Why did it curdle?
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Hi,
Try adding an extra splash of milk to bring it back together next time.
Happy Baking!
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03 May 2020
5 star rating
Super easy!! Worked perfectly first time! Will use again
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29 April 2020
5 star rating
Curdled at first but added more butter and it was perfect 👌😁
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20 April 2020
5 star rating
Really easy to make and tastes delicious. Can you do this with white chocolate out of interest?
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19 April 2020
5 star rating
Wow, so easy and gives a really glossy finish to the cake. Tastes amazing too. Make sure you add the milk before you start whisking and it won't separate.
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14 April 2020
5 star rating
Chucked butter and choc in a big pan (couldn't be bothered to make even more washing up so decided to make it all in the one pan), accidentally dropped half the icing sugar and cocoa in on top not even seived. Stirred with a whisk over super low heat added a splash of milk and it was lush! Easy icing, super chocolatey 👌
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13 April 2020
5 star rating
Mine curdled at first, I added milk like it said and it worked perfectly? I used Cadbury’s chocolate so was a little rich so I added a punch of salt was perfect easy steps
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12 April 2020
5 star rating
Very easy to make and really delicious. The quantities given will fill and cover all over an 8inch cake (20cm).
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11 April 2020
5 star rating
That's exactly what I wanted. Thank you.
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07 April 2020
5 star rating
Best and easiest recipe I’ve made , delicious.
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04 April 2020
4 star rating
Really easy to make. I think those that had their mixture curdle must have overheated the butter and chocolate. Yum.
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27 March 2020
5 star rating
Rich and creamy 5 stars ⭐️ fun and easy 😄🤗😊😄😁🙃
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27 March 2020
5 star rating
Really rich and creamy easy to make 5 stars ⭐️ was brilliant and fun!!!😉😊😁
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19 February 2020
5 star rating
Dear god this tasted fantastic I added a little extra icing sugar after because I wanted it a little thicker
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12 February 2020
5 star rating
lovely chocolate fudge icing easy to make
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21 January 2020
5 star rating
Great easy recipe. I halved the amount and could still generously cover a sandwich cake.
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19 January 2020
5 star rating
Good vevrey chocolatey best chocolate ever
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05 September 2019
5 star rating
Really easy to make, thickened quickly and went on easily, thanks! I just made half the quantity and it covered 16 cupcakes.