Jacques Pepin's Birthday Cake And The Best Icing Ever. CocoaPlanet Mandarin Orange Ganache. Recipe

Last month we journeyed down from Sonoma, and spent an evening in San Francisco at the Herbst Theatre for Chef Jacques Pepin's birthday party. The reason for all this was our friends at CocoaPlanet were tasked with baking Chef Pepin's 80th birthday cake. I've been using and cooking with CocoaPlanet chocolate for the last couple of years. Even though their chocolate is available all across the US, they're a local Sonoma based company. In fact they're building their new chocolate factory right here in Sonoma right now... right on Broadway.

All their chocolate is Gluten Free, since the chocolate makers themselves are gluten intolerant. All but one type is lactose free, it's all low in sugar, organic, and non GMO. In their new…