Salted Caramel Frosting Too Uncomplicated Chocolate Ganache

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Chocolate Fudge Cake amongst a Chocolate Chip Center, Salted Caramel Frosting, in addition to Chocolate Ganache

Frosting recipe iv out of half dozen from my Tale of 12 Cakes week:

I've had this recipe pinned on Pinterest for a long time, in addition to this was the perfect chance to endeavour it out! Sweet in addition to salty is ane of my all-time favorite flavour combos. Ever since I was a trivial girl, Peanut M&Ms choose been my #1 choice. Not peanut butter. Peanut. Aight? Aight. Sweet + Salty is such a beautiful compliment to the dessert world.

So y'all tin terminate imagine when nosotros were at Ghirardelli Square inwards San Francisco a span weeks agone in addition to they were handing out gratis salted caramel chocolate squares....  it was DIVINE. For a spell in that place I idea I wasn't going to move able to milkshake the craving for more....

...until I made this frosting.

The flavors were subtle at first, in addition to then I added inwards a fighting of caramel drizzle. It added that move yesteryear layer over the rich caramel undertone, in addition to the frosting came correct together. I covered a devil's nutrient cake amongst this frosting, stuffed the within layer amongst chocolate chips, in addition to smothered the exterior amongst decadent chocolate ganache.

I had never tried working amongst chocolate ganache earlier - it was ridiculously slowly (although, side yesteryear side fourth dimension I'll move to a greater extent than patient, in addition to allow the edges drip where they may). When I brand Ryan's annual cheesecake (for his birthday) it volition move difficult to non coat each fluffy inch amongst this stuff...  

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Salted Caramel Frosting

Ingredients:
2 sticks butter, room temperature
8 oz cream cheese
3-4 powdered sugar
1 C salted caramel (recipe below)
caramel syrup to taste 

Directions:
1. If y'all haven't already, ready salted caramel recipe inwards advance.
2. Beat butter in addition to cream cheese at medium speed inwards your stand upwardly mixer until creamy.
3. Add 2 cups of the powdered carbohydrate into the butter/cream cheese mixture in addition to trounce to combine.
4. Add 1 loving cup of the salted caramel in addition to trounce to combine.
4. Add additional powdered carbohydrate until the frosting is the sweetness in addition to consistency y'all desire.
5. Add a drizzle of caramel syrup to desired taste. Add to a greater extent than powdered carbohydrate to find desired consistency. 

Recipe adapted from: Kimberly Taylor Image 

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Salted Caramel

Ingredients:
1 C sugar
iv T water
2 T lite corn syrup
1/2 C heavy cream
2 T butter
1/2 t lemon juice
1/2 t ocean salt

Directions:
1. Combine the water, sugar, in addition to corn syrup inwards a large saucepan in addition to stir amongst a wooden spoon over medium oestrus until carbohydrate is dissolved.
2. Cover the saucepan in addition to arrive at over medium oestrus for close iii minutes.
3. After iii minutes, take the lid, growth oestrus to medium-high, in addition to convey to a boil.
4. Do non stir, trust me. Swirl the liquid some the pan in addition to then the caramel mixture doesn't burn.
5. Continue to arrive at until caramel turns an amber coloring in addition to take from the oestrus immediately. Let cool close thirty seconds.
6. Pour heavy cream into the mixture - move careful, the mixture bubbles upwardly similar crazy in addition to is rattling hot.
7. Stir the mixture. Add butter, lemon juice, in addition to salt. Stir until combined.
8. Measure 1 C into a drinking glass mensuration cup. Allow to cool until thick similar molasses (stirring occasionally). I set mine inwards the refrigerator to speed upwardly the process.

Recipe source: Kimberly Taylor Image

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Simple Chocolate Ganache

Ingredients:
8 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine
8 oz (1 cup) heavy cream

Directions:
1. Place chopped chocolate into the bowl of a nutrient processor.
2. Heat heavy cream inwards a microwave prophylactic bowl for close 2-3 minutes on high (or until milk begins to simmer, merely non boiling over).
3. Pour cream over chocolate in addition to allow correspond 1 minute.
4. Pulse several times inwards the processor until chocolate mixture is smooth.
5. Use equally is for glazing - existence gentle amongst the drips downwards the sides of the cakes/cupcakes.

Recipe adapted from: Alton Brown, The Food Network
Sumber https://bakingwithblondie.blogspot.com/