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Frosting Recipe,

Chocolate Ganache

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.

Ingredients

  • 250 grams of Lindt Dessert Dark Cooking Chocolate 51% Cocoa
  • 125 ml (1/2 metric cup) of double thick cream minimum 48% fat

Directions

  1. Place cooking chocolate in a heat proof bowl and set aside.
  2. Add double cream to small pan and cook over medium heat. Stir with a metal spoon. Careful not to let the cream burn or stick to the pan.
  3. Let it boil for 1 minute and remove from heat.
  4. Immediately pour heated cream over chocolate and stir until combined.
  5. Fill a small sized pan with about 2 centimeters of water. Bring to a boil then reduce to medium heat.
  6. Place bowl with chocolate and cream mixture onto pan with simmering water.
  7. Let chocolate ganache melt whist stirring.
  8. Once mixture is melted, set aside and let it cool for 1 hour. Check and stir chocolate ganache during that time so that mixture does not set hard.
  9. Once cooled, beat the ganache with an handheld mixer until smooth. Scrape the bowl as needed so that all mixture is well mixed.
  10. Pipe immediately. If mixture starts to set hard before using you can put it in the microwave for 20 second intervals and stir or whip again until desired consistency is achieved.

Notes

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.

14 Comments

  2. 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?

  3. 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?

    1. 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.

  4. 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!!

    1. 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!😊

  5. 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?

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