"Dark Chocolate Ganache" for COATING cakes – fondant-ready!

Name: "Dark Chocolate Ganache" for COATING cakes – fondant-ready!
Yield: 1 Basic recipe
Ingredients: 200 g Cream; 400 g Dark chocolate

in Basic Recipes, Sweet Treats, Layer Cakes (Torten), Creams, Fillings & Glazes · Tags: Chocolate, Cake, Cream, Ganache, Pralines, Topping, Dark Chocolate Ganache, Dark chocolate, Dark chocolate

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Ganache – also called "Parisian cream" – is incredibly versatile!

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Ganache is a cream made from cream and chocolate.

It is perfect for coating cakes. It makes the cake stable and ready for fondant.

Ganache is also great as a filling for cakes and pralines and as a topping - but note: depending on the type of chocolate and what you are using it for, a different ratio of cream to couverture is needed - see my other ganache recipes.

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Ingredients

200 g Cream
400 g Dark chocolate

US measures are rounded approximations – a kitchen scale is more accurate.

Nutrition & allergens AI estimate

per serving
Energy	2,744 kcal
Protein	28.8 g
Fat	192 g
Carbohydrates	202.6 g
of which sugars	166.6 g

Allergens

Milk
Soy

AI estimate based on the ingredients – no guarantee. If you have allergies, please check the product labels.

Instructions

1

Chop the chocolate into small pieces.
2

Bring the cream to a boil in a pot (or heat it in the microwave).
3

Take the pot off the heat, pour the hot cream over the chocolate and stir briefly.
4

Wait a few minutes, then stir thoroughly with a wooden spoon. A whisk works too, but please make sure not too much air gets into the mixture (to avoid bubbles).
The chocolate must be completely melted.
5

On cool days, transfer the ganache to a container, cover it and leave it at room temperature overnight.
On warm days, put it in the fridge - but be aware that you need to take it out of the fridge some time before using it, otherwise the ganache will be too firm and hard to work with.
6

Tip: Stored in the fridge, the ganache keeps for a few days.
Leftover ganache that has not been whipped can be frozen, which keeps it for a few days longer.

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