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There's Nothing to Fear - Its Only Ganache!© Roberta Hovermale
Nov 27, 2000
Ganache is nothing more than the heating and emulsifying chocolate and cream together so it can then be poured over a cake to form a smooth chocolate surface which is then decorated. Ganaches can be done in regular chocolate or white chocolate and because of so many commercially produced “chips”(i.e. chocolate chips, butterscotch chips) you can also make a butterscotch ganache,etc.
In working with ganache you want to make sure you are not overheating the chocolate and cream otherwise you get a grainy effect and not the smooth shiny “glass like” desired effect. And it is a good idea to have a crumb coating on your cake before doing your subsequent coatings of ganache. This crumb coating will give it a good basis for a smooth foundation. Your crumb coating could be some thickened ganache that is spreadable so you can give a very thin coating to just seal in your cake. Make sure this crumb coating is thin otherwise your subsequent layers will be looking lumpy and this will magnify with each accompanying layer that is poured on.
( see http://www.marthastewart.com/weddings/ca...For excellent instruction on how to put ganache on a cake properly(with photos to help) please see FoodNouveau’s web page - you’ll enjoy this:
http://www.foodnouveau.com/articles/arch... Wonderful mouthwatering recipe from Godiva Chocolates
http://www.godiva.com/recipes/recipe.asp... I liked this recipe for small individual dessert cakes - Chocolate Ganache Cake with Bay Leaf Sauce http://www.sargento.com/essence/roa/newy... Let’s kick it up a notch with this “Chocolate Chocolate Pudding Cake with Chocolate Ganache” from a “Good Morning America section - this recipe is from Emeril’s Creole Christmas http://www.wchstv.com/gmarecipes/chocola... Ganache done in three different ways in one cake - interested ? Then go to :
http://www.chocolatesnowball.com/truffle... Here’s a recipe for a cheesecake with butterscotch ganache:
http://www.courier-journal.com/sarah/199... Wondering what to do with the leftover ganache that’s too irresistible to get rid of? Well, you do have a alternative to delight your tastebuds at: Use your leftover Ganache in these recipes for delicious truffles:
http://www.joyofbaking.com/ganache.html and http://homecooking.about.com/food/homeco...
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