This makes such a beautiful chocolate icing! I find that it does indeed give my cakes a more creative, decorative look. If you are making a bundt cake, I would advise cutting the recipe in half, as it makes a LOT!

This stuff is incredible. Whipped a bit - you can keep it in the fridge and serve it as chocolate pots. My family can't stay out of it.

This was amazing! I used to frost a basic yellow cake and it was wonderful. I had enough left over to do another cake.

I am just learning to make ganache and this is my second recipe to try and my husband said this is his favorite cake I have made so far! And I agree!

Wonderful and easy to make. I used this as my chocolate layer for a berry trifle.

Simple and delicious: thanks so much to the submitter and all of the experienced reviewers who give us ganache novices some great ideas!

One of my favourite things about this recipe is that it's so easy to scale it. I quarter it and get a perfect amount for one 8 or 9 inch cake. I also use half milk chocolate melts and half good quality non-baking chocolate, usually Lindt 70% cocoa chocolate. This is a delicious and versatile recipe that I use all the time. Can't recommend it highly enough! :D

This was excellent! I used it in my opera bars (also found on this site "opera") for my friend's birthday- she loves french pastries. It went so well I've been asked to make it again!

A food processor is not necessary for this icing. Once the hot cream sits on the chocolate for a couple of minutes it mixes right up. I poured this over eclair cake and it was delicous.

Yummy yum yum! Made about 3/4 of this and used it as a frosting on a 3-layer yellow cake. Delicious!

This ganache was way too runny! I had to wait forever for it to cool before I could use it. Next time I'll try 1/2 the cream that it calls for.

This recipe was extremely easy to make & it looks great on my cake! It looks like a "Pro" made my cake. Very good flavor also! Definitely a keeper!

A wonderful easy recipe that makes a killer ganache! I have made ganache before but never whipped it. What a difference in texture! After cooling just a bit, it was a lovely consistancy to spread on our layer cake that we had sandwhiched together with orange marmalade. The leftover ganache went into the refrigerator and I must admit that we have been dipping into the bowl with spoons all day long. The most delightful truffles could be made out of this stuff! Used Ghiradelli chocolate chips, heavy cream (versus whipping cream) and Mexican Vanilla and gosh! This is a recipe any chocaholic would kill for!

I cooked this a day ahead of time and put it in the fridge overnight. To get the ganache to a pourable state, I let it get to room temperature then put the glass bowl I had it in over a pot of simmering water to 're-melt' it. It was perfect. I poured it over a layered ice cream cake I made for a birthday and they were very impressed. Delish! =)

This recipe was simple, and it looked & tasted fabulous! I made an extremely moist layered yellow cake and used an almond custard filling from this site. I then frosted the cake with a rich chocolate frosting (also from this site). The final touch was the ganache which I poured over the entire cake. My guests couldn't believe that I didn't buy such an impressive cake! I will definitely be using this recipe again!

THE BEST!!!! I loved it!!!