Chocolate Coffee Ganache With Raspberries

8 people
2 hr 15 min

is a delicious ganache recipe to enjoy on Valentine's Day or anytime of the year! This easy chocolate tart is made with heavy cream, milk and dark chocolate, chocolate graham crackers, and espresso for a delicious, coffee twist!

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This luscious dessert is simple to make and uses simple and minimal ingredients. This Coffee Chocolate Ganache Tart with fresh berries is the perfect dessert and pairs nicely with my favorite Charcuterie Board recipe and my favorite winter Sangria recipe.


Espresso Ganache With A Mocha Ganache Filling Makes The Perfect Coffee Ganache


The ingredients for this recipe can be found in your fridge and at your local grocery store.

What you'll need for the best ganache recipe:


Semisweet chocolate chips or milk and dark chocolate

Graham crackers or chocolate graham crackers

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Cocoa Powder

Espresso Powder or Instant Coffee

Heavy Cream

Vanilla Extract

Butter

Fresh raspberries and strawberries for the cake topping. You can use any seasonal berries want, blueberries are a lovely option too.

Sprigs of fresh mint for garnish

Powdered sugar, optional

See full recipe card below for ganache ingredients and quantities.


How To Make Chocolate Espresso Ganache
The Perfect Valentine's Day Chocolate Dessert!

This Chocolate coffee Ganache cake is super easy and fun to make. Grab your partner or loved one and have them make it with you!

It’s a fun way to spend time together. Get the entire family involved as this is a fun, family friendly activity.

You will need a 10-13-inch tart pan (I suggest using a ceramic one) and a glass with a flat wide bottom to help shape the crust.

The Chocolate Ganache Tart will keep in the fridge in an airtight container for up to three days. I suggest eating it right away as it's best enjoyed as fresh as possible.

A heavenly slice of chocolate coffee ganache tart topped with fresh strawberries and raspberries and sprigs of mint.

Coffee Ganache recipe tastes wonderfully the next day for a breakfast treat with a hot cup of coffee.

Think of this like a coffee cake with chocolate ganache and coffee which is totally justifiable for a breakfast meal.

A slice of chocolate heaven
The Crust For Chocolate Coffee Ganache


It take 10 minutes to prepare the crust for chocolate ganache recipe.

Grab your apron, get comfy in your kitchen and let's get baking!

The first step to make this cake recipe is preheat your oven to 350 ° Fahrenheit.

Using a food processor, break up the graham crackers and place them in the bowl of a food processor, if using.

A food processor filled with cocoa powder and graham crackers for chocolate graham cracker crust

Pulse until the crackers are pulsed into fine crumbs.

If you don't have a food processor, simply crush the graham crackers in a wide bowl using the bottom of a glass.

A red heart shaped bowl of melted butter with a pink bowl filled with cocoa butter and graham cracker crumbs

In a small bowl, combine the prepared graham cracker crumbs, cocoa powder, and the melted butter. Crumbs should be slightly dry.

Press the crumb crust mixture into the 13-inch tart pan.

Use a glass to do this more easily flatten the crumbs mixture into the tart pan.

Place the prepared tart pan on a silicone lined baking sheet and bake at 350-degrees for 10-minutes. After 10-minutes, remove the tart pan from the oven and let cool for at-least 5-minutes.

The perfect chocolate crust for tarts and pies
Let's Make The Mocha Ganache Filling
Ceramic heart bowls filled with various ingredients for a delicious chocolate ganache filling

Place the semisweet chocolate in a glass bowl and set aside.


In a medium saucepan, mix the butter and heavy cream on low heat until combined. Do not let the heavy cream curdle. You’ll know the heavy cream is ready when it starts to boil.

Paper mache heart with a chocolate cake with berries

Immediately pour the heavy and butter mixture over the chocolate and combine. Use a spatula to combine the chocolate and heavy cream mixture. Add in the espresso and vanilla extract and combine everything again. This step takes time, be patient with it.

The chocolate will be nice and smooth when everything is combined.


Pour the chocolate mixture slowly into the 13-inch chocolate tart crust and refrigerate it for at-least two hours (2-4 hours is ideal.)

A delicious chocolate coffee ganache filling in a tart plate

Top the Chocolate Ganache Tart with fresh strawberries, raspberries, fresh sprigs of mint, and a light dusting of powered sugar and enjoy!

Chocolate Coffee Ganache Tart Cake Topped with Fresh berries and sprigs of mint
Chocolate cake slices sitting on white plates with Valentine's paper mache and topped with fresh berries and mint with a light dusting of powered sugar
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Chocolate Coffee Ganache With Raspberries
Recipe details
  • 8  people
  • Prep time: 15 Minutes Cook time: 2 Hours Total time: 2 hr 15 min
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Ingredients
Chocolate Graham Cracker Crust
  • 2 cups graham cracker crumbs or chocolate graham cracker crumbs
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
Chocolate Coffee Ganache Filling
  • 1 pound bag semisweet or dark chocolate chips
  • 1 tablespoon instant coffee or ground espresso
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Toppings for Chocolate Coffee Ganache With Raspberries
  • 1 cup raspberries
  • 1 cup sliced and whole strawberries
  • Fresh sprigs of mint
  • A light dusting of powered sugar, optional
Instructions
Instructions For Chocolate Graham Cracker Crust
Preheat oven to 350-degrees
Using a food processor, break up the graham crackers and place them in the bowl of a food processor, if using. Pulse until the crackers are pulsed into fine crumbs. If you don't have a food processor, simply crush the graham crackers in a wide bowl using the bottom of a glass.
In a small bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, cocoa powder, and the melted butter until combined. Crumbs should be slightly dry.
Press the crumb crust mixture into the 13-inch tart pan.
Press the crumb crust mixture into the 13-inch tart pan. You can also use a glass to do this more easily to flatten the crumbs mixture into the tart pan.
Place the prepared tart pan on a silicone lined baking sheet and bake at 350-degrees for 10-minutes. After 10-minutes, remove the tart pan from the oven and let cool for at-least 5-minutes.
Instructions For Chocolate Coffee Ganache Filling
Place the semisweet chocolate in a glass bowl and set aside.
In a medium saucepan, mix the butter and heavy cream on low heat until combined. Do not let the heavy cream curdle. You’ll know the heavy cream is ready when it starts to boil.
Immediately pour the heavy and butter mixture over the chocolate and combine. Use a spatula to combine the chocolate and heavy cream mixture. Add in the espresso and vanilla extract and combine everything again. This step takes time, be patient with it. The chocolate will be nice and smooth when everything is combined.
Pour the chocolate mixture slowly into the 13-inch chocolate tart crust and refrigerate it for at-least two hours (2-4 hours is ideal.)
Top the Chocolate Ganache Tart with fresh strawberries, raspberries and fresh sprigs of mint.
Sprinkle with powered sugar or fresh whipped cream just before serving.
The longer the Chocolate Ganache Tart sits in the fridge, the easier it will be to slice.
Tips
  • The longer the Chocolate Ganache Tart sits in the fridge, the easier it will be to slice.
  • Top Chocolate Ganache Tart with fresh strawberries, raspberries, fresh sprigs of mint, and a light dusting of powered sugar and enjoy!
  • Chocolate Coffee Ganache Tart will keep in a glass airtight container in the fridge for up to three days. I suggest eating it right away as it's best enjoyed as fresh as possible, but also tastes wonderfully the next day as a breakfast treat with a hot cup of coffee. Don't worry, I won't tell! 😉
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