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    Home > Recipes > Cakes + Cupcakes

    Chocolate Fudge Glaze

    Published: Aug 17, 2021 | Updated: Apr 14, 2022

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    This thick Chocolate Fudge Glaze is rich and chocolatey. Drizzle it on bundt cakes or let it cool and pipe on cupcakes. 

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    Chocolate Fudge Glaze

    This glaze made its debut as a donut glaze back when I was the pastry chef at Restaurant Marc Forgione. We had a Donut of the Day that I changed 2-3 times a week. We rarely had the same donut twice in over 2 years, which was a challenge that I eventually passed on to my Sous Chef and cooks. 

    The first donut we put this glaze on was a Brooklyn Blackout Donut, which was a chocolate yeasted donut stuffed with chocolate pudding. 

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    This glaze is one of those hard-working pastry recipes that can be used for so many recipes! You can drizzle it on bundt cake for a decorative fudge glaze or let it cool and pipe it on cupcakes or use it to fill and ice layer cakes. 

    Chocolate Fudge Glaze

    I have been known to just eat a bit on a spoon! Imagine the decadent taste of chocolate fudge but in glaze form. When it cools it gets that nice chewy texture of cooked fudge and the thin sugar crust from the powdered sugar. 

    But why cook it? 

    Chocolate Fudge Glaze

    The Chocolate Fudge Glaze Breakdown:

    Two Types of Chocolate: The combination of the cocoa powder and melted dark chocolate are what make this glaze extra rich and chocolatey. The melted chocolate brings richness and life! 

    Cook it: Cooking the glaze gives it that fudgy texture and allows you not to add butter or shortening. Just a touch of vegetable oil makes it smooth and shiny when it’s hot. 

    Just add water?: Full disclosure, this fudge glaze video happened on the fly in response to an Ugly Cake Situation!  I didn’t have milk (I know! Who am I even right now?!), so I used heavy cream and water. Even if you use milk, you might want to loosen it up a bit at the end depending on the application. To glaze cakes, you’ll want it to be able to run freely, but for icing cakes and cupcakes, you’ll want it thick! You make the call!

    Chocolate Fudge Glaze in bowl with whisk

    Chocolate Fudge Glaze

    Chef Lindsey
    This thick Chocolate Fudge Glaze is rich and chocolatey. Drizzle it on bundt cakes or let it cool and pipe on cupcakes.
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    Prep Time 5 minutes
    Cook Time 5 minutes
    Total Time 10 minutes
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 20 people
    Calories 116 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • 400 g Confectioner’s Sugar
    • 100 g Milk
    • 95 g Dark chocolate (melted)
    • 5 g Vegetable oil
    • 40 g Cocoa powder
    • ½ t Vanilla
    • ½ t Salt
    • Water (as needed)
    Metric - US Customary

    Instructions
     

    • Whisk together confectioner’s sugar and milk in a heat proof bowl. Whisk in the cocoa powder, salt, vanilla, and oil. Whisk in the dark chocolate.
    • Place bowl on top of a pot full of simmering water and cook until smooth and runs off the whisk. If the glaze is too thick, add a bit of water about 1 tablespoon at a time. You can go back!

    Video Instructions

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    Notes

    This is enough glaze for 12 donuts; 1, 9-12 cup bundt cake, or 24 cupcakes.
    Keyword frosting, glaze recipe
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    Chocolate Fudge Glaze
    Chocolate Fudge Glaze

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    1. Enzo says

      August 17, 2021 at 10:32 am

      Lindsey, you are killing me, but what a way to go. ???? I feel like I need to eat some salad right now just looking at these! These look amazing, and that filling and frosting look so divine! ????

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      • Lindsey Farr says

        August 17, 2021 at 3:53 pm

        ???????? Welcome to my perpetual state of being!!

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