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Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Oct 6, 2010
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Have this rich chocolate ganache ready in 15 minutes – a beautiful glaze made with whipping cream and semisweet chocolate to top your cakes with!

Chocolate Ganache

  • Prep Time 5 min
  • Total 15 min
  • Servings 12
  • Ingredients 2
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Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup whipping (heavy) cream
  • 6 oz semisweet baking chocolate, chopped

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    In 1-quart saucepan, heat whipping cream over low heat until hot but not boiling; remove from heat.
  • Step 
    2
    Stir in chocolate until melted. Let stand about 5 minutes. Ganache is ready to use when it mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon. It will become firmer the longer it cools.
  • Step 
    3
    Pour ganache carefully onto top center of cake; spread with large spatula so it flows evenly over top and down to cover side of cake. Glazes 13x9-inch cake or top and side of 8- or 9-inch two-layer cake.

Nutrition

120 Calories
8g Total Fat
0g Protein
9g Total Carbohydrate
8g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
120
Calories from Fat
70
Total Fat
8g
13%
Saturated Fat
5g
25%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
15mg
5%
Sodium
5mg
0%
Potassium
65mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
9g
3%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
8g
Protein
0g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
4%
4%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
2%
2%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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