Sweet - Chocolate Ganache

Chocolate ganache is AMAZING! (and thus multicolored)

It is - obviously - a staple of life for any and all chocoholics like myself, and will be showing up in loads of these future recipes (or at least 2). Therefore, I figured it deserved its own little post - pictures to come later. I would put references but honestly I think this is just my mash up of a bunch of different recipes I found online at various websites I've long since forgotten, so apologies in advance. For any specific variations I use in future recipes I'll be sure to add reference to appropriate materials.

Ingredients:

-4.5 to 5 oz chocolate of choice (semisweet or dark - under 70% - usually works best)
-1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
-1 tsp corn syrup. honey, golden syrup, or some other form of liquid sweetener - this helps smooth out the melted chocolate and adds a glossy gleam to it

optional: Alcohol of preference, amount to your taste (i usually do about 1 or 2 tbsp)
optional: any extra flavoring; for example, orange shavings, etc

To Make (No Need to Bake):
about 10 minutes, plus cooling time

-coarsely chop chocolate on a cutting board
-heat up whipping cream in a small pot (over low flame) until just bubbling
-add the chopped chocolate and mix until melted
-take pot off of heat and let cool. add any flavoring/fruit shavings/etc
-after about 5 mins of cooling, add the syrup and mix a little until integrated. you can also add any alcohol you wish (a nice idea is letting a bit of fruit - cut up strawberries for example - sit in a bit of booze for an hour or so with a sprinkle of sugar added; this adds an extra bit of fruit flavouring to the ganache at the end!)

and that's it! You're ready to go! It will be runny until fully cooled down, so if you want thicker ganache you can vary the amount of cream/liquid (*cough* alcohol *cough*) you use and/or place in fridge for a bit to thicken.

*This recipe makes enough ganache to lightly top 2 cakes/pies or heavily top 1 insert-large-baked-good-of-choice and feast on the last few spoonfulls remaining at the end (it is soooo yummy). Enjoy!