HI, My daughter's 4th bday party is on Saturday (9/30). She wanted a Grease Party and I'm fulfilling her wishes. I had decided on making a "Sandy" doll w/poodle skirt out of the wonder mold pan and then making 4 "records" to the side. However, the records need to be black w/pink centers. I thought I might do cheescakes instead of cakes (a lot of my family would rather have a cheesecake). My question is this, can I use ganache on a no bake cheescake? I was thinking the ganache (I've never used it before) would be the easiest way to have a black, shiny, smooth finish for the records. I also didn't want to make all the same cheesecakes since there will be 4 of them. I was checking the recipe section and thought the Banana split cheesecake would be good covered in chocolate as well as a plain one. Just not sure if the no bake one would work w/the ganache. Any and all help would greatly be appreciated. If you know of a better route to take, I'm all ears. (I've never used fondant either and really don't have time to practice with it before Sat.) Thanks to all who respond and help me out!

Hmmm... I've covered cheescakes in fondant, so I don't see why you couldn't use it on a no-bake cheesecake. Although I'm embarrassed to say I've never made a no bake cheesecake, so I'm not sure if the consistency is different! Since cheesecakes need to be kept refrigerated, I'm sure it'll hold up fine to ganache!

The ganache isn't really black - I'm not certain you can use regular gel colors with ganache b/c of the chocolate?

I'm sorry - I'm not very much help - So here's a bump for you.

Have you thought about doing color flow records and placing them on the cheesecakes right before serving?

I don't know about no bake cheesecakes either, but that would be an easy way to do it.

You can cover the no-bake cheesecake with ganache, just be aware of a few things... the ganache will settle into any cracks or low spots if you don't spread it smoothly, and ganache is not good refrigerated. You would need to bring it up to room temp before serving. So, if you deal with those issues, I think you have a delicious alternate to cake!! Mmmm... great, now I have to go make cheesecake!

Yes, like Melvira mentioned, when i covered the baked cheesecake, I had to trim the edges off to get it rounded, and it did settle in the low spots. Tasted good though!!

Wait, I think I need to clarify something... gananche is awesome refrigerated, but you won't be able to cut it in anything resembling an attractive fashion!! It needs to be room temp so you can get a knife through it without smashing whatever you are cutting.