A Wholesome New World

No Bake Chocolate Ganache Cake

May 31, 2021

Servings: 8

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This decadent summer treat with you save you time in the kitchen AND have you swooning!

By: A Wholesome New World

Ingredients

• 7 oz Dark Chocolate (chips or chunks)
• 7 oz Milk Chocolate
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 6 oz heavy cream
• 1/4 stick butter
• 12 oz shortbread cookies, biscuits or lady fingers (I used butter shortbread cookies, the 365 Whole Foods brand)

Directions

• Step 1 Break up the cookies in a bowl into bite-sized pieces.
• Step 2 Create a double boiler on the stove (water in the pan, metal bowl above) and melt the chocolate and butter over medium low heat. Once the chocolate is melted, whisk in the sweetened condensed milk and cream until smooth. Remove from heat.
• Step 3 Pour the chocolate ganache over the cookies and coat well.
• Step 4 Line a cake pan with parchment paper and pour the ganache + cookies into the pan. Press down with a metal spoon.
• Step 5 Cover with tinfoil and store in the freezer for 5-6 hours. Remove from the freezer about 1 hour before serving. Dust with powdered sugar or cocoa powder before serving. I also used whipped cream and toasted coconut as a garnish.

Well it’s safe to say that Mother Nature blew up everyone’s Memorial Day Weekend plans this year. 40’s and rain? No thank you! We went from having a weekend full of barbecues and pool dates to rain checks and more screen time than I’d care to admit. But when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. I am actually proud to admit that I did make a bit of headway cleaning up around the house (although you’d never know from the current state of our playroom), paying bills, and hey -even posted this recipe. There’s a win!

Luckily (thanks to the miracle of vaccines – yay science!) we didn’t have to cancel all of our dinner plans, we just moved our Sunday bbq indoors. Almost the same menu – just whipped out the indoor grill – you probably would never know the difference from the finished photos. And even though I could’ve switched up some of the more summer-y menu items, like this no-bake cake (perfect for a hot summer day when you don’t want to turn on the oven), I had been dying to test the recipe, so I ran with it.

This recipe is one of those eye-candy desserts that just screams decadence – and while it’s not going to save you too many calories (sorry not sorry!), it will save you some precious time. It only takes about 10 minutes to prepare (+ several hours for chill time). Needless to say, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. My only regret is I didn’t get more photos before we dug in! (Half the cake was gone in one sitting!)

I hope you enjoy every last bite, and send me a note to let me know what you think!