Chocolate Cream Icing (ganache)

Total Time: 13 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups whipping cream
• 15 ounces bittersweet chocolate, broken into bits

Recipe

• 1 heat the cream in a medium saucepan over medium high heat to just below a simmer or until it steams and tiny bubbles begin to form around the edges.
• 2 remove from heat and add the chocolate piece by piece, stirring as it melts, until blended.
• 3 let the mixture cool until it is the consistency of a thick but easily spreadable frosting. this should take only a few minutes.