Chocolate Ganache

tags: #recipe #chocolate #icing #frositng

Chocolate Ganache

Good on cake as frosting/icing, or on ice cream, or by the spoonful...

Servings:
Prep Time: Minutes
Cook Time: Minutes
Total Time: Minutes

Ingredients

Instructions

Stove top

1. Heat cream to a boil
2. Add chocolate chips and vanilla
3. Stir mixture until melted, combined, and smooth

Microwave

1. Put cream and chocolate chips in large microwave safe bowl
2. Heat in 1-2 minute intervals - stirring between each heating until chocolate chips are mostly melted.
   1. Be careful not to overheat
3. Stir mixture until combined and smooth.

Cooling for frosting

1. Method 1
   1. Get a larger bowl and fill bottom with ice.
   2. Put bowl of ganache in the larger bowl.
   3. Stir ganache until it has the proper consistency - i.e. thick enough that it won't run off the cake.
   4. Be careful not to get melted water in the ganache
2. Method 2
   1. Put bowl of ganache in the refrigerator.
   2. Take out every couple of minutes to stir.
   3. Repeat until ganache has the proper consistency.