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Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cake with White Chocolate Candy Cane GanacheThe lovely Esther of Batch from Scratch is back with a fabulous holiday recipe to share! Doesn’t this DARK CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT LAYER CAKE with White Chocolate Candy Cane Ganache look wonderfully rich & festive?! Perfect treat for sharing with holiday guests… or just treating Santa (which in many cases is probably yourself) to an extra special treat. ;) Get the full recipe below.*****DARK CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT CAKE with White Chocolate Candy Cane Ganacheby Esther of Batch from Scratch “Crushed candy canes give this rich chocolate devil’s food cake a seasonal flavor. This...
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chocolate ganache bundt cakes
Last month, I put together this story for Project Wedding. For an alternative to traditional wedding cake, try chocolate ganache bundt cakes! They look so pretty decorated with oranges and hyacinth blossoms. See the full story here. Photos and concept by Chelsea Fuss for Project Wedding. Baking by Dorothyanne Fuss....
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Ganache-stuffed chocolate chip cookies{Photo credit: Food and Wine}I've noticed that indulgent, unhealthy posts on Eat Drink Pretty have disproportionately gone up since I've been on Weight Watchers. A girl can dream right? And so...here are some delicious looking mini chocolate chip cookies, stuffed with ganache. YUM!Click here for the recipe from Food and Wine. I love mini cookie sandwiches, they are damn cute and if you have just one maybe they won't be a diet buster. Check out some other cute cookie sandwiches:Chocolate chip and coconut cookies from With Style and Grace blog Glittering lemon sandwic...
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Wedding tip - Chocolate Ganache Glaze (posted by Dynamite Weddings)For all you chocolate lovers out there, we have the best chocolate ganache recipe! ... it's fool proof. Chocolate ganache is an amazing chocolate glaze. It pours, amazingly, over cakes and desserts. Chocolate ganache is not just for cakes, but cupcakes, brownies and pies! For this simple but delicious recipe, you will need: 24 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped 3 cups heavy cream ½ teaspoon coarse salt Place chocolate in a medium bowl. Bring cream and salt to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat. Pour over chocolate, whisk until smooth. Let cool until thick yet pourable, 2-3 minu...
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Ganache…the Other Cake Icing.I had so many giggle-inducing puns that I wanted to use as a title that I just couldn’t decide. Here are just a few: Get Your Ganache On Oh Ganache…it’s Chocolate! Getcha, Getcha Ga-ga–naache (to be sung in your head to the tune of Lady Marmalade) Ganache!!! Gesundheit! (I’ll admit…this one was my favorite) I can’t believe I have waited this long to talk about my very favorite thing when it comes to wedding cakes: Ganache. Most people think ganache is just a fancy word for “Chocolate Icing” but I am here to tell you my friends…it is not. Ganache is its own speci...
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Oh my ganache!Does anyone else have the strong desire to just whip out your finger and dig it right into this cake until your knuckle deep in chocolate ganache or is that just me? This three tiered circle cake is slathered in bittersweet ganache and beautiful blue fondant bands around each tier. The flowers on the top and the side just make the cake pop with color. I have to admit I love the placement of the flowers as well.. kudos to Hana and Posy in Philadelphia, Pa. Now that we have appropriately drooled over the OUTSIDE let’s talk about what’s inside. This is a chocolate fudge cake with raspbe...
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Couture chocolate favors by GodivaFiled under: Favors Everybody loves chocolate. Well, almost everybody. And who does it better than Godiva? They have a gorgeous range of luxury chocolate favors that are melt-in-the-mouth delicious. The range is small but perfect and we particularly love their wedding cake-shaped chocolate favors. Inspired by New York cake artist, Sylvia Weinstock, the white chocolate couture favors are filled with hazelnut praline, whilst the milk chocolate pieces are filled with dark chocolate ganache. Each favor is presented in an elegant, ribbon-wrapped white box and cost $38.00 for four. Yes, they are pri...
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The Best Chocolate Favors: GodivaFiled under: Favors & Details Courtesy of Godiva Valentine's Day is right around the corner, so why not use this chocolate holiday as an excuse to try some sweet-tasting wedding favors? Order a few options, give them to your fiancé for V Day and then spend a romantic evening taste-testing them together. Your chocoholic wedding guests will thank you, whether you end up offering truffles, chocolate bars or chocolate-covered Oreos. We searched the Web to find five delicious options, all of which come individually wrapped and are $6.00 or less per guest. If any of your guests forget to t...
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Wedding Favors & Dessert Flavors from Araya Artisan ChocolateOK, so let’s say you’re at Mia Bridal Couture trying on divine designer wedding gowns and you get a craving for a little something sweet. We’re happy to report that Araya Artisan Chocolate, one of the shopping center’s newest additions, awaits you, with some of the most exotic, exciting, extraordinary chocolates and confections we’ve ever tasted (and some of the best chocolates you’ve ever tasted, if you happened to attend the recent Amsale trunk show at Mia, where Araya was serving up samples). Co-owner Stefano Zullian—he runs Araya with wife Carla Susi and sister-in-law Silvan...
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Creative Colour – Dark ChocolateThink of bitter sweet dark chocolate. Just the thought is a treat! Combine with soft baby pink and magnolia white - With spring green and coral - With mid green and soft apricot - With duck egg blue and pearl grey - With Tiffany blue and blue green and white - With bronze brown and coral and warm white - With touches of burnt orange and dull silver or old brass - With copper and dull teal green (think the colour of aged copper) - With old rose pink, stone and magnolia cream - With cream...
