Ingredients

  • 1 lemon, peeled in long strips
  • ¾ cup heavy cream
  • ½ lb semi-sweet chocolate, chopped

Method

  1. Put the lemon zest and cream in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Remove from the heat and cover. Let steep 2 minutes. Remove the zest.
  2. Add the chocolate and stir into the cream until smooth. Cool until thickened.
  3. Pour the glaze over the cake, spreading to coat the top and sides.

Original card

The recipe above was transcribed from this scan of Vera’s original card.