by Katherine Walton on May 18, 2022 14 Comments
This delicious Chocolate Ganache only needs two ingredients, chocolate and double cream. It is quick and easy to make, and best of all you can pipe gorgeous silky swirls of chocolate heaven at the end. If you are a chocolate lover or chocoholic you can use this smooth and silky chocolate ganache with my Dutch Chocolate Cupcakes recipe.
Watch my full how to video along with this recipe.
In this recipe I used Lindt Dessert Dark Cooking Chocolate 51% Cocoa. You may use any other cooking chocolate of similar Cocoa quantity. If using a darker cooking chocolate. Mixture may “curdle” or not come together.
I used Pura Double Cream in this recipe. This contains no less than 48% butter fat. It is known as heavy or whipping cream in some countries.
You may store at cool room temperature for 1-2 days and in the fridge for 3-4 days. Bring to room temperature before re using. You can re whip it again. You can also re heat it in the microwave at 20 second intervals to soften. If you re heat. You cannot refrigerate again. Ganache must be used.
This ganache recipe has 2 parts to a 1 part ratio of chocolate to cream. It is not for drips as mixture will be too thick in consistency.
Please note that I provide all ingredients in grams where applicable. I also provide the measurements in METRIC cup measurements. Be aware that cup measurements vary in different countries. Therefore, I highly recommended the use of food scales to measure ingredients to achieve exactly what the recipe intends.
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Can’t wait to try it. Love following and watching your videos
Hi Suad,
Thank you 🙏🏻 I appreciate you following and watching my videos. Let me know how you go or if you have any questions. ☺️
Hi dear
Thank you very much for sharing the recipe.
We have only 30% fat cream in our country. Can i use it instead of double cream?
Hi Sahar,
Yes you certainly can.
Hi, I used a dark chocolate with 48% cacao. Any suggestions on sweetening this recipe so If I wanted to use this as an icing on any cake or cupcake?
Hi Nina,
Is there a particular brand of dark chocolate that you are using? I find Lindt dessert range is much sweeter than your standard dark chocolate. Otherwise I have used Splenda to sweeten it. It’s sugar free. In saying that you can also use Cadbury chocolate melts to make this chocolate ganache recipe. I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any questions.
I stumbled onto your amazingly informative website and LOVE LOVE LOVE your videos and recipes. I will be very busy recreating your delicious frosting recipes next week!
QUESTION: have you ever tried mixing your chocolate ganache with either the Italian or Swiss meringue buttercream? Do you think that would work?
Thank you for taking the time to make all these awesome videos!!
Hi ☺️,
Thank you so much for joining me here. Yes I have added it straight into the Swiss Meringue Buttercream and Italian Buttercream and also mixed it with my standard buttercream. I used the same amount that is already in the chocolate ganache, let it cool down and mix it in before it starts to harden. If it has already harden and you mix it you will end up with chocolate bits in it. Not that there’s anything wrong with that!😊
Hi Again! Have I mentioned that I LOVE your recipes and videos!!?? 🙂
I’m in the US and 48% cream is not available. Can I make this with 35% cream successfully?
Hi Suzie, thank you! 😊 Yes you certainly can. Let me know how you go.
Hi again Katherine!
Can this be used as filling between cake layers? 😀
Hi Suzie 😊, Yes absolutely! It will firm up as well.
In my country ghana we do not have heavy cream. What can I use to substitute pls?
Hi😊, you can use cream for whipping which has less fat than heavy cream.