Chocolate Icing

 

Ingredients

• One pound of sugar 
• Half pint cold water 
• Six ounces of graded chocolate 
• Vanilla 

Directions

1. Mix sugar and water together.
2. Boil over a brisk fire until the sugar, when pressed with fingers, presents the appearance of strong glue.
3. Add graded chocolate.
4. Flavor to taste with vanilla.

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Wes Thibodeaux
Louisiana Anthology
January 5, 2021