Ganache just sounds so fancy but this recipe is really easy. Ganache can be used as a quick frosting poured on a cake, can cover your favorite food or made truffles so it is something worth learning how to make.
Be sure to keep your double boiler on low. Once you see chocolate start to melt, turn off heat under double boiler and continue to blend chocolate mixture until smooth. Remove from heat. If you keep on heat too long, it will separate and you will have a mess!
Chocolate Ganache
1 & 1/2 cup Homemade Chocolate Chunks
1 cup Heavy Cream
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup Heavy Cream
1 tsp vanilla
- Warm heavy cream on top of double boiler.
- Add chocolate chunks.
- Stir until melted.
- Remove from double boiler. While warm, pour over cupcakes.
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| Finished Product. How beautiful! |
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| Cream and chocolate in Double Boiler. |
Hi Melissa,
ReplyDeleteI'm trying this recipe now. The instructions don't say when to add the vanilla: with the cream, or with the chunks, or does it matter? I put it in at the same time as the chunks... It's delicious!
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ReplyDeleteCan you use coconut milk instead of the heavy cream? Enjoying your website since I found out I have blood sugar issues which means no sugar (even the healthier sugars) or honey (used all the time for grain free recipes). Do you have any good resources of websites you like that bake and cook without sugar or grains and do you know what portion of stevia you substitute when a recipe calls for honey or sugar? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI made the cake and ganache. The cake was very "eggy" tasting - perhaps I did something wrong. My ganache was grainy and definitely not sweet enough. I used Whole Foods brand stevia - so probably make sure you have exactly the stevia brand the author suggests. Don't forget to make the Chocolate Chunks and THEN make the ganache recipe. So this cake and a 3 recipe process.
ReplyDelete@sally, not sure about the eggy taste, I haven't had anyone make that review. As for the ganache, it can be tricky. Check out my new No-Fail ganache on the new blog site: http://satisfyingeats.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/grain-free-chocolate-molten-cakes-df-version-with-truffles-chocolate-strawberries/
ReplyDeleteAlso, the measurements given for stevia are for Kal, other brands will vary in sweetness. ALWAYS taste your food and adjust accordingy. Check out the new ganache recipe! Hope this helps!