I want to make darn good chocolate cake. I plan to make chocolate ganache for the frosting and piping and want to fill the layers with chocolate mousse.. Can anyone recommend a recipe for the ganache and the chocolate mousse?

Hi, I haven't made Chocolate mousse. But here how I make the ganache. Its 1:2 ratio. If you use 200ml of cream, add 400g of chocolate.

HTH.

still in search of a great (tried and true) recipes!

It's not real mousse, but its darn good. What I do is mix frostin pride (like bettercream) with chocolate pudding mix that has been dissolved in 1/2 cup milk and then add a tablespoon of cocoa powder for richness. yumm

Everything you ever wanted to know about ganache:
(Overview, master and white chocolate recipes. Also info on how to glaze, smooth, stack and more.)

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-497433-.html

Chocolate 101:

http://tinyurl.com/ytby97

CC chocolate mousse recipes:

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Recipes&sort=recipename&sort_dir=ASC&op=search&chname=X&chingredients=X&searchtext=chocolate+mousse&cat_id=46&x=12&y=15

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