BeebRecipes.co.uk
Archive of BBC Food Recipes

Chestnut ganache with ginger cake

Prep time less than 30 mins
Cook time less than 30 mins
Serves 1
Dietary Vegetarian
From Ready Steady Cook

Method


  1. To make the ganache, whisk the cream until it holds soft peaks, then fold through the chestnut purée.

  2. Sandwich half the ganache mixture between the two slices of ginger cake. Add the remaining ganache to the top layer.

  3. For the chocolate sauce, melt the chocolate in a pan with the cream, then pour over the ginger cake layers.

  4. Serve with a scoop of ice cream.

Ingredients

For the chestnut ganache

  • 142ml/5fl oz double cream
  • ½ tin chestnut purée
  • 2 thick slices ready-made ginger cake

For the chocolate sauce

  • 50g/2oz chocolate
  • 50ml/2fl oz double cream
  • stem ginger ice cream, to serve

Shopping List

Chestnut ganache with ginger cake

Fruit and vegetables

Cooking ingredients

Biscuits, snacks and sweets

Dairy, eggs and chilled


This link may stop to work if/when the BBC removes the recipes
This site is under development - You can use it, but some things are not completed and may not be quite right!