White Chocolate Ganache Question

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caymancake Posted 6 Dec 2010 , 9:45pm
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I am making my own birthday cake again this year, and wanted to try doing something different. Does anyone know if I can colour white chocolate ganache?

I was thinking of using wilton gel colouring, and doing a double coat of ganache on the cake, and then placing fondant accents on it after the ganache set.

Any input/advice or tried & true ganache recipes are very very welcome!

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sillywabbitz Posted 6 Dec 2010 , 9:54pm
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I would use the Candy Colors not the gel colors. There is water in the gels and that can cause ganache to seize. Also be sure and use white chocolate not white chocolate chips. The chips are not chocolate... They are made with palm oil and caused me a ton of headaches the first time I made white choc. ganache. Have a happy birthday

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caymancake Posted 7 Dec 2010 , 2:21am
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Silly Wabbitz - thank you so much for your response! Unfortunately I can't find candy melts or candy colours in Cayman...maybe I will just use the ganache under fondant. I've been wanting to try that one for a while too!

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Annabakescakes Posted 7 Dec 2010 , 2:41am
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Ditto the candy colors. You can also get cocoa butter colors and other brands of candy colors that have more color choices.

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caymancake Posted 7 Dec 2010 , 3:49am
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Ditto the candy colors. You can also get cocoa butter colors and other brands of candy colors that have more color choices.




Thanks for this advice Annabakescakes - but unfortunately none of those "specialty" items are readily available in Cayman...I think what I may end up doing is putting the ganache under MMF.

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frankdiabetes Posted 7 Dec 2010 , 4:07am
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unfortunately none of those "specialty" items are readily available in Cayman.




Small price to pay to live in such a beautiful location. I'm in snowy Wisconsin right now, and I would much rather have no candy colors and warm sandy beaches. icon_wink.gif

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Annabakescakes Posted 7 Dec 2010 , 4:31am
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Wow! Is shipping too much for you to order them? Heck, I'd ship them too you! Everything is frozen in KY right now, I'm sure they'd be just fine, as long as you didn't leave them on your stoop all day once they got there! If they were sent COD or something, they would need a signature and then you could be sure they didn't sit there all day.

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HowCoolGomo1 Posted 7 Dec 2010 , 4:58am
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I love powdered food colors.

I make sure they are almost silky.

I use a grindy thing, Don't use the coffee grinder, unless you hate it and never want to use it ever again. Trust me!

I wish I could remember the name of the thing.

The gels won't mess up the ganache in a big way unless you make them deep colors!

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