I love frosting cakes with Ganache.
The simplest chocolate cake, can be turned into something special, just by covering it in Ganache.
How can anything covered in chocolate and cream be bad?
Yield: 16 servings
Ganache Recipe
An easy to make homemade ganache recipe.
Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
5 minutes
Total Time
10 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Place chocolate in a medium bowl.
- In a saucepan, bring cream to a boil.
- Pour over chocolate; whisk until smooth.
- Let cool about 5 minutes. You want this thick, but pourable.
- Place the cake on a cooling rack, that has been set on a cookie sheet.
- Slowly pour ganache over the cake. I pour a little, wait, pour a little, spread, wait, etc. Until the cake is well covered.
- This is enough to cover 1 - 8 inch cake. If you are making a larger or 2 layer cake you will need to adjust the amounts.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
16Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 59Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 8mgSodium: 3mgCarbohydrates: 5gFiber: 0gSugar: 4gProtein: 1g
Nutritional values are approximate and aren't always accurate.
That looks so delicious!
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Wow ……This looks so good. thanks for sharing your recipe.
Happy Mother’s day!!!!
We love love love ganache! Who knew something so fabulously delicious would be so stinkin’ easy to make. I often use coconut milk instead of the cream and it is wonderfully yummy!
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@Christy, I never thought to use coconut milk. That is a great idea and would work well on a chocolate cake.
Okay, I had no clue that ganache is this easy and simple! I am so doing this on my next cake. Thanks so much for enlightening me, Lynn!
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I’ll have to admit, I’ve never made ganache, but have been wanting to try. Thanks for sharing the tips and recipe!
~Liz
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That does look absolutely lovely – ganache is wonderful – and so much easier than trying to frost the sides of cakes perfectly!
Plan on making the chocolate raspberry cake this weekend for my sons birthday he is newly diagnosed with celiac s what can I use rather than the heavy cream or coconut milk for ganache. Evaporated milk.. looks awesome,,
I am not sure evaporated milk would work. Cream helps give this the texture. You could try a small batch though to see if it works. This cake would also be good with a regular frosting too.