Chocolate ganache | How to make ganache with cocoa powder
Making Chocolate ganache without chocolate and cream – is it even possible? Yes, you can make super delicious chocolate ganache with cocoa powder and milk. Originally, chocolate ganache is a 2 ingredient recipe which can be used in myriad ways. Be it a drip on a perfectly frosted cake, or dipping cupcakes or freshly baked donuts, or eclairs.
Last week I baked a fresh chocolate cake and realized I had no cream in my fridge for making ganache. So, I searched for ganache recipe without cream. I found this beautiful recipe of chocolate ganache which can be made with cocoa powder and milk. This recipe is surely gonna blow your mind!
If you ever want to cheer up your dessert with a topping of decadent chocolate ganache and you are out of stock with heavy cream and chocolates. Don’t Panic! With this recipe, you can make your own chocolate ganache without cream.
Uses for Chocolate Ganache
- Dip for strawberries and other fruit
- Topping for chocolate cupcakes or muffins
- Filling for layer cakes
- Topping for brownies, pound cake, vanilla cake, or ice cream
- Dip for strawberries and other fruit
- Topping for chocolate cake, flourless chocolate cake
- Layered in trifles
- Topping for homemade eclairs, crepes
Ganache can be made using:
- milk chocolate
- semi-sweet chocolate
- bittersweet chocolate
- white chocolate
The important thing is to use real chocolate and not fake (hydrogenated, oily, pretend) chocolate. However, the lighter the cocoa powder, the more butterfat it has in it, so you may need to add more milk to achieve a perfect chocolate ganache without heavy cream.
Finished chocolate ganache is very glossy in appearance and completely liquid.
Can I use chocolate ganache with milk to make frosting?
To thicken ganache enough to use it as chocolate ganache icing, place it into a refrigerator to chill and set more quickly. Or, simply leave it to sit at room temperature for a few hours.
Stir it every 10 minutes until it thickens to the consistency that you want it to be. After it cools completely, the ganache should be thick and almost solid on the top, but soft in the centre.
At that point, use an electric hand mixer or stand mixer with a whip attachment to beat air into the chocolate ganache.
It may take up to 10 minutes top see changes, but then it will become light and fluffy chocolate ganache frosting!
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Chocolate Ganache recipe
Materials
- ½ cup Cocoa powder use good quality cocoa powder
- ½ cup Granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp Corn starch
- Pinch of salt
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 tbsp Unsalted butter if using salted butter, then skip adding salt
- 1 tsp Vanilla essence
Instructions
- In a saucepan, add all the dry ingredients - ½ cup cocoa powder, ½ cup fine granulated sugar, 2 tbsp corn starch and a pinch of salt.
- Mix all the ingredients together with whisk or spatula, make sure there are no lumps in cocoa powder and corn starch.
- Once everything is mixed well, add milk gradually. Give it a nice mix.
- Mix and mash with a spatula to break any lumps. When everything is mixed well, add the remaining milk and give it a nice mix.
- Place the saucepan on the heat and keep stirring it on low flame.
- After 7 to 8 minutes, the consistency of the ganache will start to thicken.
- Cook for couple more minutes and turn off the flame. Lastly, add a tbsp of butter and a tsp of vanilla essence in the saucepan.
- Give it a nice mix until butter blends with the ganache. At this moment, the ganache will be runny. But, once it cools down, it will become thick, kind of spreadable consistency.
- Transfer the chocolate ganache in a bowl. And use as needed. It can be immediately (after completely cooled down) used as a dipping for eclairs or doughnuts (donuts).
- Refrigerate for a couple of hours and it comes to a spreading consistency for your cakes and cupcakes.
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Step by step Instructions:
In a saucepan, add all the dry ingredients – ½ cup cocoa powder, ½ cup fine granulated sugar, 2 tbsp corn starch and a pinch of salt.
Mix all the ingredients together with whisk or spatula, make sure there are no lumps in cocoa powder and corn starch.
Once everything is mixed well, add milk gradually. Give it a nice mix.
Mix and mash with a spatula to break any lumps. When everything is mixed well, add the remaining milk and give it a nice mix.
Place the saucepan on the heat and keep stirring it on low flame.
After 7 to 8 minutes, the consistency of the ganache will start to thicken.
Cook for couple more minutes and turn off the flame. Lastly, add a tbsp of butter and a tsp of vanilla essence in the saucepan.
Give it a nice mix until butter blends with the ganache. At this moment, the ganache will be runny. But, once it cools down, it will become thick, kind of spreadable consistency.
Transfer the ganache in a bowl. And use as needed. It can be immediately (after completely cooled down) used as a dipping for eclairs or doughnuts (donuts).
- Refrigerate for a couple of hours and it comes to a spreading consistency for your cakes and cupcakes.
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I was looking for a Chocolate Ganache recipe without cream and this worked out very fine! Thank you!!
I just tried out this recipe & oh my Gosh! It was so nice & I totally love it!
Thank you for sharing ❤️