Monday, August 24, 2015

Mocha Ganache or Chocolate Ganace (with Coffee)

Discover one super delicious icing for simple chocolate cake. Let us present the crowd pleasing Mocha Ganache.  I use this to ice one of my favorite Eggless Chocolate Cakes (8" round cake). It turns out great. This is so simple, you just need a spoon to ice the cake on  the plate



Simple Ingredients:
6 oz Dark Chocolate (chopped into small pcs)
Half cup of Double Cream
1 tbsp of Kahlua
1 tsp of Hot water mix with 1tbsp espresso powder  ( or any coffee powder)
 


 Method:
1) Place chocolate in a bowl.
2) Heat double cream on medium fire with the hot water mixture of coffee powder, make sure the coffee powder melt nicely with the double cream.
3) When the double cream come to boil, the side of the pot with the cream will simmer slightly.
4) Quickly pour in the boiled double cream into the chocolate, stir until the chocolate melted & glossy.
5) Let the ganache cool down completely. The longer it sets, the thicker it gets.
6) I let the ganache cool at room temperature & then put it in the refrigerator chilled for another half an hour.
7) Then, I took it out & whipped with a fork to let it slightly thicker so that it can hold the shape when I apply the ganache by using the back of the spoon. [Yes, I admit I love to cook & bake but not washing...]
8) Apply the ganache all over the cake. It is better to let it set slightly in the refrigerator for another half an hour before serve.

Tips: You can use a hand held whisk to whip the ganache to incorperate more air in order to have thicker icing. Make sure the ganache mixture if set up further in the fridge for 45 mins - 1 hour.





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