How Do You Ice A Cake With Chocolate Ganache?
Ganache is a rich chocolate mixture that can be piped onto desserts, formed into truffles, whipped and used as a quick filling or melted and used as an icing. There are many different recipes for ganache, and the simplest contain at most equal parts dark chocolate and heavy cream. Different chocolates can be used to give a different color. Milk chocolate ganache recipes will give a creamy brown color, white chocolate will give a rich cream color and dark chocolate will give an intense dark brown color. Ganache icing sets up as a shiny, chocolate glaze that is perfect for any occasion and especially great for chocolate lovers. Prepare the ganache. If made ahead of time, melt and allow to come to room temperature. If made fresh, allow the mixture to come to room temperature. Place the prepared cake on the top of a cardboard cake circle the same diameter as the cake. This will assist in moving the cake from the rack to the serving platter. Using a pastry brush, lightly stroke the top and
