Melted chocolate and whipped cream together?

Answer 1

Actually, you can mix them together. The trick is to make your whipped cream icing in one bowl (without the powdered sugar)- mixed to completion, and make the buttercream in a separate bowl, and then fold together using a spatula. I have done this many times (I'm a baker) for various reasons; sometimes to "stretch" icing if I dont' have enough of one, sometimes to stabilize whipped cream, sometimes to lighten up the buttercream.

The effect that you get will depend on how you mix the two. If mixed in equal parts, you'll just end up with more icing that tastes like buttercream (not quite double- more like 1(BC) +1(WC) = 1.5 both.

If you want to stabilize your whipped cream, you'd add a LITTLE bit of buttercream at a time until it gets to the desired consistency. Really it only takes a little, because the butttercream is so heavy it will deflate your whipped cream if you use too much.

If you want to lighten up your buttercream, you'd add a lot of whipped cream to a small amount of buttercream- your whipped cream will definitely deflate, but the final product will be lighter than buttercream.

BTW- all this is based on you using an actual "butter" buttercream- not one made from shortening. If you want the taste of buttercream but the consistency of whipped cream, I suggest using a Swiss Buttercream. It's the best of both worlds.

-baker for 13 years

Answer 2

yes u can, its very easy, but the whipped cream will probably melt if the chocolate is still hot

Answer 3

Oh yes, excellent combo. It's the basic hot fudge sundae when it's on ice cream.