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🍫 Chocolate Ganache – The Perfect Basic Recipe & Ratios

Name: Chocolate Ganache
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 400 g
Cuisine: International
Ingredients: 200 g quality dark chocolate; 200 ml heavy cream (33%); 20 g butter; a pinch of salt

Alena · August 5, 2026

Chocolate ganache is a simple mixture of chocolate and cream that turns into a silky-smooth glaze, a creamy filling, or a fluffy frosting for cakes and macarons. Just two ingredients and a few minutes. In this recipe you’ll find the basic method, the right ganache ratios for every use, and a white chocolate variant.

Total time10 minutesYieldapprox. 400 g20 cm cakeDifficultyEasy

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🛒 Ingredients for Chocolate Ganache

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🍫 Basic Ganache:

🤍 White Chocolate Ganache:

🍫 Chocolate for this recipe

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👨‍🍳 Step-by-Step Instructions for Chocolate Ganache

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1️⃣ Finely chop the chocolate or use chocolate drops and place in a bowl.
2️⃣ Heat the cream in a saucepan until almost boiling (do not let it boil).
3️⃣ Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and let it sit for 1–2 minutes.
4️⃣ Stir from the centre until smooth and glossy.
5️⃣ Stir in the butter and a pinch of salt for a finer texture and shine.
6️⃣ Let it cool to the consistency you need depending on its use.

🔥 Tips & Variations

💡 The chocolate-to-cream ratio decides the texture — glaze 1:1, filling 2:1, truffles 2.5:1, and white chocolate 3:1.
💡 Rescue a split (grainy) ganache by stirring in a little warm cream.
💡 For a more intense flavour use dark chocolate with a higher cocoa content, such as Dark chocolate drops 64% Peru.
💡 Add a spoon of rum, espresso or orange zest for extra aroma.