Sometime ago, a girl checked a cookbook out of the library and was immediately captivated by a Chocolate Raspberry Cake with Raspberry Sorbet. The girl invested upwards of $30 to make this dessert precisely as the author stated. The girl was somewhat alarmed when buying several pints of raspberries and several pounds of chocolate not to mention several pints of cream but plowed forward, faithful it would all pay off in the end.
Imagine the girl's surprise that despite the wonderful tasting elements of the recipe--she sampled lots--when the cake would not stay together. The girl had followed the directions exactly! Extra time in the refrigerator did no good. The girl doubted the abilities of the author of the cookbook and thought perhaps that this recipe was one of those recipes that had been written down but not actually tested before being put into the book. But It was not a great loss; the girl and her family ate the dessert and enjoyed it very much. She had no pictures to share with you but sometimes that happens.
But wait! What was left on the counter?
A couple of pounds of ganache! The girl shook her head at a recipe requiring you to make over three pounds of ganache and then using --at most!--one pound of it. She questioned the intellect of the author but who was she to question? After all, didn't the author have a big fancy book when she herself had nothing? Dutifully, the girl froze the remaining ganache.
Over the next several months, the girl would pull out the frozen block of ganache and chip off a portion to defrost and use. The girl iced cookies with ganache. The girl coated Petit Fours in ganache. The girl made Boston Creme Pie in a Jelly Roll and double-coated the entire thing in ganache.
The ganache would never end!
Finally, in a fit of frenzy, the girl took the remaining block of ganache out of the freezer and set it in a double boiler. There would be NO MORE ganache after today she declared! The girl was obsessed and half mad--as in crazy--to be rid of the ganache.
The girl made:
1. Ganache Coated Peanut Butter Balls (30)
2. Ganache Covered Raisins (2 cups)
3. Ganache Dipped Graham Crackers (1 dozen)
4. Ganached Clustered Peanuts (18 clusters)
5. Ganached Chocolate Cupcakes (1 Baker's Dozen)
There was nothing left to ganache but yet, one cup of ganache remains.
Girl is contemplating eating it with a spoon for breakfast just to be rid of it.
