Patent Leather Icing - Glossy Chocolate

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 3 ounces chocolate
• 1 well beaten egg
• 3/4 cup evaporated milk
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler.
• 2 combine the egg, milk, water and sugar and stir into the chocolate.
• 3 cook the icing over hot water for 20 minutes, stirring often.
• 4 remove it from the steam.
• 5 beat it with a rotary beater for 1 minute or until well blended.
• 6 stir in the vanilla.
• 7 cool the icing before spreading it.
• 8 tightly covered and stored in the refrigerator it will keep for several days.