Chocolate Ganache Icing Prepared With Ghirardelli Chocolate

Chocolate ganache icing is a dark chocolate icing that can be used in a variety of ways. Make a triple chocolate cake with this rich dark chocolate icing.

In this video which I made for Wedding Cakes For You's Youtube Channel I have doubled the recipe. The doubled recipe is enough to fill and frost generously a two layer 9 or 10 inch cake.

About Ganache'

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of heavy cream
• 24 ounces of Ghirardelli chocolate or a high quality semi sweet or bittersweet chocolate
• Optional 3 tablespoons of corn syrup-to make the ganache shiny when using as glaze.
• Optional 1 teaspoon of flavoring or liqueur

Directions:

In the top of a double broiler, over simmering water heat the cream. Add the chocolate and stir until melted. Finally add the corn syrup.

That's it!

Alternative Chocolate Glaze

• 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, grated
• 2 Tablesoons and 2 teaspoons ( 12/3 ounces) heavy cream
• 2 Tablespoons (1 ounce) unsalted butter

In the top of a double boiler, over hot, but not simmering water, melt the chocolate and cream. Remove from the heat and stir in the butter.

or...

Bring the cream and butter to a boiland immediately pour them over the chocolate. Stir like crazy to make sure the chocolate does not burn before it is melted.

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