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Chocolate Ganache Icing

This ganache thickens as it sits; you want it pourable but thick enough to coat the cake.
Martha Stewart Living, December/January 1993/1994
  • Yield Makes about 1 1/2 cups
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Ingredients

  • 9 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
  • 1 1/2 cups heavy cream

Directions

  1. Place chocolate in a medium bowl. Heat cream in a small saucepan until bubbles begin to appear around edges (scalding); pour over chocolate. Let stand 5 minutes, then stir until smooth. Set aside at room temperature until cool but pourable, stirring occasionally.

Recipe Reviews

Reviews (3)

  • Genta
    25 Dec, 2012

    Sorry you must have done something wrong or maybe your heavy cream wasn't good cuz mine came out too thick I had to add more cream. I used semi sweet chocalate chips and it came out so good

  • Genta
    25 Dec, 2012

    Sorry you must have done something wrong or maybe your heavy cream wasn't good cuz mine came out too thick I had to add more cream. I used semi sweet chocalate chips and it came out so good

  • amazgrac
    28 Feb, 2009

    I don't think I did anything wrong, but this came out really, really thin. I had to add more chocolate. I think next time I will only use 1/2 cup of cream instead of 1-1/2 cups.