Red Velvet Cake with Ganache and Chocolate Dipped Strawberries {Ganache Recipe}
It’s filled and covered with cream cheese frosting.
It’s super simple and easy. You just need equal parts heavy {whipping} cream and chocolate. You can use milk chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate, dark chocolate… whatever suits your fancy! You can also use chocolate chips, chocolate bars, bricks of chocolate… any way you can get the chocolate!
For the cake recipe, click here –> see below.
For the cream cheese frosting recipe, click here –> **Cream Cheese Frosting**
For the ganache recipe, click below!
Chocolate Ganache Recipe
Description
Easy chocolate ganacha for cakes, cupcakes and dippable desserts
Ingredients
- 4 oz semi sweet chocolate (by weight)
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
Instructions
- First, warm the cream in a saucepan over medium heat until simmering. While it’s heating, chop the chocolate into small pieces Iif you’re using bars or bricks) and place in a glass bowl. When the cream is heated, pour it over the chopped chocolate and stir until the chocolate it melted and the mixture is smooth. Allow to cool and thicken. {Note: you can also allow this to completely cool and whip it to use as a filling or frosting for piping.} I stuck mine in the frig for about 10 minutes to speed up the process!
- I’ve also added in 1/4 cup of corn syrup (for added shininess) and vanilla (for extra flavor) but these are not necessary!
Let me say here… I’ve never made ganache before, but I am instantly a huge fan! Aside from being super delicious, it’s also very easy to make and beautiful poured over a cake. It covers a multitude of flaws and well… it’s chocolate and heavy cream…. I’m in love!!
Then I topped it off with chocolate dipped strawberries (one of my most favorite things in. the. world.). I forgot to pipe a border on for the pictures, but before I boxed it up, I piped a tiny white shell border around the bottom edge of the cake, just to give it a finished look.
UPDATE: Here’s another cake with the same flavors… a groom’s cake:
This might be one of the most luscious looking cakes I’ve ever made!
Find the cake recipe here:
Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Buttercream
Description
This Red Velvet Cake recipe is cake mix based but doctored up to taste like it came straight out of a bakery! It’s easy, delicious and beautiful.
Ingredients
- 1 (15.25 oz.) white or yellow cake mix (I use Pillsbury)
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour*
- 1 cup (8 oz.) sour cream
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1/3 cup oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 oz. red food coloring
- ½ tbsp. almond extract
- ½ tbsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp. vinegar
- 2 tbsp. cocoa powder
- 1 (3.4 oz) box instant vanilla pudding
Find the cream cheese frosting recipe here.
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 325°F.
- Spray two 7-inch or 8-inch pans with non-stick spray or use parchment paper (see how to do this perfectly here).
- Thoroughly mix all ingredients together (I like to mix it for at least 3 minutes).
- Bake at 325° for about 35-45 minutes (for 7″ or 8″ round pans).
- Allow to cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then flip out and completely cool on a cooling rack.
- Instead of my Aunt Carols Cream Cheese frosting (which is delicious, but not made for decorating), I used my Cream Cheese Buttercream recipe and added 1 Tbsp. of Almond extract to make it more traditional. You can also add nuts to the frosting if you like… something very popular around where I live!
Notes
*If you like, you can also use an extra 3 ounces or 1/2 cup of dry cake mix to match the flavor you used in the cake.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/16th
- Calories: 223
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 301.3 mg
- Fat: 9.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 30.3 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4.1 g
- Cholesterol: 42.7 mg
Did I miss any details? Do you have any questions about this cake? Please leave them in the comments!
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Oh Rose, that is DEVINE! Wow!!! You are going to have one very lucky and happy customer!!!
Hello miss, I just walk to ask.. does this ganache recipe goes along with a whipped icing??? I never tried yet making ganache..? but I am planing to try it in a few days.. Thanks much!
Yes!
Can I use this ganache to cover rice krispy treats and it harden around it?
I’m not sure it would harden enough.
Can you happen to recommend something that would?
Hi Gwendelyn – I’ve combined chocolate with coconut oil, and it sets up firm. Melt 1 cup chocolate chips of your choice and 2 Tbsp. coconut oil together, dip, and let it set! Hope that helps.
Did u dip the strawberries in the tranche?
I dipped them in tempered chocolate.
I am SO gonna have to make one of those. That is gorgeous, and makes my mouth water!
Girl you got me in awwww here! Awesome awesome cake you made!!! High five girl!!!
Yaneri
That is a beautiful cake!
Hi Rose – I used the ganache recipe above and I had some trouble (but it was delicious). I’ve never made ganache before so I didn’t know what to expect. However, I didn’t expect it run off my cake and all over the counter… oops. It’s just kept going and going and going. Luckily my husband wasn’t home to see it :). I mixed it like the instructions said and then set it in the fridge to cool, but it never really set up (even after it was on the cake and in the fridge for a few hours). Any ideas on what the problem was? Maybe more chocolate, the cream wasn’t heated enough (although it did melt the chocolate nicely)? Any tips would be appreciated 🙂
It does take a while to set up, but it’s always worked for me. I use that ratio because that’s how my best friend taught me to make it, BUT you might try less cream, more chocolate! After writing this post, I found a great resource about ganache over at Something Swanky… I bet Ashton’s information will help lots too!
Used this today…first time and it worked great…I love ur site!! Thanks again
So happy to hear it!
Rose, this cake is INSANE!! The ganache is perfect!!
I love it so much!!!! Well done!! Just gorgeous! Lots of love, Anna xx
Thank you so much Anna!! xx
Just wondering how many layers this cake is? 2 or 3? The one you have pictured.
This was (2) 2″ layers of cake with a thick filling!
can you substitute milk or heavy “whipping” cream for the heavy cream? I don’t have any and I can’t make it back to the store. Ugh!
Yes… heavy whipping cream will be just fine.
After you pour the ganache over the cake and place your chocolate covered strawberries on top …do you put it in the refrigerator or leave the cake out ? Thank You
If I’m not delivering pretty quickly, I refrigerate. However, I usually place those on just before leaving my home to deliver the cakes.
hi! so you would recommend this type of chocolate for red velvet cake versus white chocolate or something else?
Does the ganach need to be refrigerated? Was planning to make Easter cakes but they would be outside to sell? Thanks!
It does okay if it’s cool outside, but if it’s really hot, then no, the ganache will melt and run off.
Could you not pour the Ganache over the strawberries?
Sure you could!
Can you use 2% for the ganache? I never seem to have whipping cream on hand when I need it but I always have 2% or whole in the fridge.
I don’t think so. I’m pretty sure you need the fat of cream to get the ganache to the right consistency. I have read that you can make it with milk if you also add butter, but I don’t know the recipe.
yes thats tru i do make my ganache with milk and butter and it usually come out well jst d way i want it.nice job Rose
Is this how much was made from the recipe?I wanted to make a chocolate roll with the ganache as filling as well asthe frosting.I am wondering if the recipe is enough.thanks
Corn syrup, where to get? Is it available in suprr market?
Yes, it’s on the baking aisle and next to the Pancake syrup in my store.
Can I use this ganache to make a stop cake thanks
These are all stunning!! You should be very proud of yourself
Thank you Victoria 🙂
Hi, thank you for this recipe. But how do you preserve it?
Hi Rose ,
This is amazing I’m just about to make a Boston Cream Pie Pound Cake which has a chocolate ganage topping and has not come right for me having made it three times! The ganage recipe is wrong! That’s the reason.
Now that I have your recipe I will be doing it your way this time. i.e. boil the cream and pour it over the pieces of chocolate instead of the other way about!
Thanks very much.
Sharmini
So happy to hear it Sharmini!
MY birthday is two days away AND I want to make this but with chocolate cake and I was wondering what frosting and chocolate I can use.
Do you have the recipe for the cake as well?
I do – it’s here –> https://rosebakes.com/red-velvet-cake-with-cream-cheese-buttercream/
Hi Rose
What a beautiful cake. If I would use dark chocolate would the recipe change? Or would I use the same amount a semi sweet chocolate?
Thanks.
Yes, you could use dark chocolate.
I love your cake I would like to make it but, no recipe how to get the recipe for your cake
What size pans did you use for that grooms cake?
I’m pretty sure it was 6″ and 12″. Maybe 10″ on the bottom – but you could stack your pans to see which proportion looks best.
My granddaughter has asked me to make this cake for her for Senior Day at our church on Sunday. I can’t wait l know it will be a big hit. Thank you.
How many does this cake serve?
Approximately 20.