Category Archives: Modeling Chocolate
Día de los Muertos Cake
I got the opportunity to experiment with covering a cake with modeling chocolate again. Some friends of ours were throwing a Día de los Muertos-themed party. With our hosts planning to dress as a sugar skull bridal party, it seemed … Continue reading
Posted in Cake, Holidays, Modeling Chocolate, Themed
Tagged Cake, Custom, Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos, Ganache, genoise, Halloween, Holiday, Mexican chocolate, modeling chocolate, Wedding, Wedding Cake
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I Made a Little Cake
I got to experiment with using modeling chocolate to cover a cake! It wasn’t perfect (at all), but I learned a lot and will keep at it. Chiefly: It really, really does not stretch like fondant. Really. (I.e, It will … Continue reading
Posted in Cake, Learning, Modeling Chocolate
Tagged Cake, Cold, Covering mistakes, modeling chocolate, technique, Temperature
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Modeling Chocolate – Early Lessons
I was tired of fondant. There’s not much excuse, really: mainly, I think I must just be fickle. For a big project that also had to use a lot of brown in the decoration, I eventually landed on modeling chocolate … Continue reading
Posted in Gluten Free, Learning, Modeling Chocolate, Recipe
Tagged Chocolate, modeling chocolate, technique
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