White Chocolate Ganache And Complimenting Cake
Baking By cakefairy03 Updated 14 Jul 2011 , 3:26am by cakefairy03
Two questions:
I want to make white chocolate ganache for a cake this weekend. Is there a go-to recipe out there?
Also, I am looking for a complimenting flavor for the cake. I have never made or tasted white chocolate, so I feel I wouldn't know what would taste best with the flavor. It's a surf themed baby shower, so I was thinking something tropical, maybe pineapple or mango.
I'd appreciate any suggestions!!! TIA!
I made a white chocolate cheesecake and layered it with moist red velvet cake, tasted great.
Thanks for the reply...but the baby momma does NOT like red velvet cake.
Any other suggestions?!
If you go by weight, you should use 3:1 ratio for white chocolate and cream.
I think mango will go well with it. I have combined peaches once and raspberries another time and both times it was delicious together with white chocolate (it was not a ganache but it was still a flavor combination...)
Good luck!
This thread had some great info on ganache. Also, i use either chocolate or white with almost any flavor, and it's always yummy 
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-718828.html
I have never made or tasted white chocolate, so I feel I wouldn't know what would taste best with the flavor.
I'd appreciate any suggestions!!! TIA!
Should buy some and taste it. Here is the catch if you want to taste white chocolate then you need to make sure it has cocoa butter in it. For instance i most (if not all) of the white baking chips in the grocery store contain no cocoa butter which is why they are labeled "White Chips." You should taste these too.
Now that does not mean that one cannot make "White Chocolate Ganache" with "white chips," I am sure people make fine ganaches with them. Point is if you are not familiar with white chocolate, you should know that there is a difference between white chips and true white chocolate. White chocolate is more pricey than white chips precisely because it is made with cocoa butter.
I use white chocolate ganache with a white cake filled with raspberries or strawberries, a cherry almond cake, an apricot orange cake, and a coconut almond poppyseed cake. Definitely, if you make your own use white chocolate made with cocoa butter.
Thanks for all the suggestions! Now the hard part...actually deciding which one to use!
Also, thanks for the tips on which white chocolate to buy!
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