Marble Mirror Icing

Chocolate mousse cake with mirror glaze.

Marble mirror icing.

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

2 recipes buttercream frosting recipe follows. For a gorgeous marbled effect layer several colors of glaze into one bowl before pouring. Measure exactly do everything very exactly. I had no problems this type of glaze you need to really follow the recipe to the letter exactly.

My cake was frosted and in the freezer for 12 hours. 1 recipe mirror glaze recipe follows. Chocolate mousse cakes are not the only way to use mirror glaze. Begin pouring the onto the center of the cake then slowly work your way out to the edges.

I like to rest the cake on a small cake pan or a wide and short glass. Although the traditional mirror glaze recipe inv. 2 sticks 8 ounces unsalted butter at room temperature. I removed it only when i started to pour the mirror glaze on.

Pouring the mirror glaze over the cake.