Ganache Chocolate Mirror Glaze Cake

It always makes a fabulous impression and is the perfect topping for a chocolate dessert.

Ganache chocolate mirror glaze cake. You have little control and pretty much have one attempt at it. Get the recipe here. The chocolate mirror glaze recipe i m sharing with you today is very easy to make. Chocolate mirror glaze is a shiny coating made from chocolate cocoa powder sweetened condensed milk and gelatin.

The mirror glaze however is a technique we had yet to try but have been wanting to. Again many thanks for this wonderful recipe. Chocolate mirror glaze cake recipe chocolate hacks by cakes stepbystep how to make an easycake chocolateglaze at home for a mirrorcake. This chocolate mousse cake has a layer of chocolate cake on the bottom strawberry jelly layer in the middle and lots of homemade chocolate mousse.

For those wondering what other types of cakes to use this with i used it to glaze a layered chocolate chiffon cake filled and covered with chocolate ganache frozen for 5 hrs before applying mirror glaze. You can halve or quarter the recipe for a smaller yield. The cake bible mentioned that traditionally a ganache is made with equal weights of chocolate and heavy cream. 700 grams chocolate white or dark 24 5 ounces.

Makes glaze for a dozen 10 inch cakes. Unlike frosting or fondant mirror glaze starts as a very viscous liquid which gels as it cools. It depends on how thick you want it to be when putting it between cake layers if you let it stand a little longer or even wait until the next day you can spread it on thicker or if you wait until the next day you can whip it with an electric hand mixer and it will become like a whipped chocolate frosting that is easy to spread. But through the book s section on ganache and glaze there were some recipes that were referred to glazes when they only consist of chocolate and cream.

Covered with shiny chocolate mirror glaze and topped with strawberries. I could have kept it longer in the freezer but was pressed for time. While somewhat similar to ganache the gelatin transforms it into something else entirely. We decided to test out the mirror glaze and see how it would compare to a poured ganache.

Hi gurit the ganache will thicken more as it stands. For those of you wanting to try a mirror glaze cake keep in mind this technique is not forgiving. Chocolate mirror glaze is so beautiful and shiny.