Ganache?? Never Tried Before!

Baking By alicia_froedge Updated 20 Jun 2006 , 4:45pm by meesh301

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alicia_froedge Posted 20 Jun 2006 , 3:23pm
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Chocolate Ganache 1

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Category: Fillings, Frostings
Difficulty: Easy


If you use these proportions your semi sweet ganache pipes beautifully and has texture of truffles, but must refrigerate for at least 1 hour before piping

8 oz (240ml) cream
1 tbls butter (optional but makes it stay really shiny even after refrigerating)
1 oz sugar
12 oz (340 g)chocolate

Footnote
White chocolate use nearly double the chocolate to cream
240 ml cream
455 g white chocolate

Break chocolate into 1/2 oz pieces and place in stainless steel bowl
Heat cream, butter and sugar to boiling. Pour over chocolate and let stand 5 minutes. Stir from center out until smooth. After refrigerating 1 hour then fill your piping bag
Or use to ice your cake by pouring or spreading (allow to cool to room temp first)


This is the recipe that I want to use. I am looking for the look where you spread this over a buttercream cake and it drizzles down the sides. I have never done this before. Can you give me some tips. Do I pour on the cake warm or does it need to be cooled???

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meesh301 Posted 20 Jun 2006 , 3:29pm
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You have to cool the ganache to room temp or it will melt your icing. Then pour it over the cake starting in the center of your cake and working your way to the outer edge. If it starts to pile up too thick just tilt the cake slightly to get the ganache to move and thin out.

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alicia_froedge Posted 20 Jun 2006 , 3:32pm
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Is there any certain type of chocolate that I use? And is the cream in the milk section? Sorry to sound so clueless!!!!

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meesh301 Posted 20 Jun 2006 , 4:45pm
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You can use most any type of chocolate but a good quality bakers chocolate is good. A semi-sweet is nice. You can use the type that you buy at the grocery store- the squares in the baking aisle, for cream use whipping cream so that it is nice and rich.

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