What’s not to love?.
Chocolate cake by Alice Medrich
I confess, I almost always use store bought cakes to decorate. I’m not a baker. One of my favorite cakes to decorate is Trader Joe’s Chocolate Ganache Torte. This is truly a decadent chocolate cake, sporting a generous layer of rich chocolate mousse lathered between two moist chocolate cake layers, then finished with a semi -sweet chocolate ganache. It’s the perfect size and surface for adding decorations. in fact, this cake begs to be dressed up, it’s not very fancy right out of the box.
Trader Joe’s Chocolate Ganache Torte
begs to be dressed up
Decorate a store bought cake
Spiff it up with a chocolate bow or some chocolate flowers, and you have the perfect party cake in a jiffy. If you love chocolate cake, I guarantee you will love Trader Joe’s chocolate ganache torte! I have brought this cake to so many parties and everyone always raves about how delicious it is. If you don’t have a Trader Joe’s, just find a plain cake at your supermarket or bakery to decorate.
Cakes decorated with chocolate transfer sheets
Cake decorating with chocolate transfer sheets is also another easy way to quickly embellish a cake. This can be as simple as wrapping a cake with a festive transfer sheet, or adding some chocolate shards.
Learn how to make a beautiful chocolate ruffle cake in Alice Medrich’s “Decadent Chocolate Cakes” online class
Learn how to make your own chocolate cake to decorate
If you like to bake, and would like to learn how to bake with chocolate, you might be interested in award-winning cookbook author Alice Medrich’s “Decadent Chocolate Cakes” online course, at Craftsy.com. In addition to showing how to make three different gourmet chocolate cakes, Alice also demonstrates a few chocolate decorating techniques such as marbleizing, how to make beautiful chocolate ruffles (love these!), and shares several other tips for making your cake beautiful. These chocolate cakes are stunning! and are perfect for displaying your chocolate decorations.
Chocolate ruffle by Alice Medrich, so pretty!
“Learn to melt and handle chocolate like an expert as Alice teaches you how to marble, glaze and decorate delicious cakes. With her detailed instruction, you’ll bake the decadent recipes included in this class. Impress your family and friends with the sleek Queen of Sheba, the Ultimate Chocolate Birthday Cake and the Chocolate Raspberry Ruffle Cake, plus a bonus chocolate centerpiece” – Craftsy.com
“Awesome class, fantastic recipes! I can’t say enough good things about this class. I prepared each of the recipes over three weekends. My husband and kids were fascinated and asking for more; we all were so happy with the results. LOVED this class!”
– Ellusion
Let me know if you take the class, I would love to hear what you think, it’s on sale at the time of this posting and is a great holiday project!
Until next time,
Peace, Love, Chocolate,
Katreece
The Chocolate Addict.com
NOTE: please understand that I am an academically challenged right-brainer, and forgive any typos, grammatical faux pas, and things that don’t make sense.
December 4, 2013 at 9:37 am
We just got a Trader Joe’s in FW. I gotta go get one of these cakes for Christmas. Thank you again for your kind sharing of chocolate techniques.
December 8, 2013 at 12:58 pm
Hi Cindy!
You are going to LOVE Trader Joe’s. Everything is so good and really cheap 😉 yes get the ganache cake and let me know what you think. They have a nice dried fruit selection also, you can get dried banana, mango, persimmons etc. all are so delish. Fling them all in a chocolate pot of course.
Happy holidays my sweet friend, and thank-you for all of your comments, they are so much appreciated, and I always love hearing from you. xoxo