Marble Mirror Icing

Chocolate mousse cakes are not the only way to use mirror glaze.

Marble mirror icing.

I was able to mirror glaze over cream cheese frosting. My cake was frosted and in the freezer for 12 hours. 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. I removed it only when i started to pour the mirror glaze on.

Pouring the mirror glaze over the cake. 2 sticks 8 ounces unsalted butter at room temperature. 4 cups confectioners sugar. 1 recipe mirror glaze recipe follows.

2 recipes buttercream frosting recipe follows. Although the traditional mirror glaze recipe inv. Chocolate mousse cake with mirror glaze. I like to rest the cake on a small cake pan or a wide and short glass.

This creamy white chocolate glaze sets with a mirror like shine when poured over a smoothly frosted cake. Mirror glaze cakes have taken the internet by storm and i decided it was about time that i try making one. For a gorgeous marbled effect layer several colors of glaze into one bowl before pouring. You can also use regular cake iced in plain old buttercream to make a mirror glaze cake with frosting.

Make sure it s really really smooth though and frozen for a least an hour before you put that glaze over the top.