• 1 (12-ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 ½ cups —— heavy cream*

Method:-

1. Place chocolate in a medium sized bowl.
2. Heat cream over medium low head until it just barely begins to boil. Remove from heat immediately.
3. Do not over-heat! Pour hot cream over chocolate and let it sit for 1 minute.
4. Gently stir mixture until chocolate is melted and blended with the cream.
5. Do not beat the mixture, you want to minimize the introduction of air bubbles.
6. Cool chocolate mixture at room temperature.
7. Then place a piece of plastic wrap over it, covering the surface of the chocolate mixture and refrigerate for 1 hour.
8. If after that time the mixture has reached the desired spreading consistency, frost the cake.
9. If not, keep checking.