How I use chocolate to decorate my cakes, desserts and slices

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If you want to learn how to make chocolate decorations for cakes, desserts and slices, this is the video for you!
Chocolate decorations can take your cakes, desserts and slices up a notch. They're fun and surprisingly easy to make, and will make your food look like you're a kitchen pro…
In this video we go over how to make and use chocolate decorations. First we'll melt the chocolate, then make a variety of designs in three different ways, and then choose the best design to garnish our items.
I hope this gives you the confidence to give it a go and get your cakes, desserts and slices looking fancy!
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===== TABLE OF CONTENTS =====
00:00 - Introduction
00:36 - How to melt chocolate
01:45 - Three ways I will show how to make designs
02:03 - Piping designs on baking paper
05:42 - Using acetate to create designs
07:32 - Using piping and molding to create designs
09:44 - Choosing the best designs for each item
12:47 - Ending
===== RECIPE =====
= Carrot Cake =
- 1 cup (125g/4 oz) self-raising flour
- 1 cup (125g/4 oz) plain flour
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup (250ml/8 fl oz) oil
- 1 cup (185g/6 oz) soft brown sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup (175g/5 2/3 oz) golden syrup
- 2 1/2 cups (390g/12 1/2 oz) grated carrot
- 1/2 cup (60g/2 oz) chopped walnuts
Method:
1. Sift the self-raising flour, plain flour, cinnamon, ginger, mixed spice and baking soda together.
2. Whisk the oil, sugar, eggs and golden syrup together.
3. Gradually whisk the liquid into the flours.
4. Then add in the grated carrot and nuts.
5. Stir together, pour into baking tins and bake at 180 degrees Celsius for approximately 45 minutes.
Qty cream cheese icing to frost.
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Thank you, I hope you find it easy if you try it yourself 😊.

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Thank you for teaching me how to decorate my sweets and cakes ❤️🇦🇺🐨🐨🇦🇺

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You are so welcome! I hope you have lots of fun experimenting and coming up with lots of new and exciting decorating ideas.

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Thanks, let me know if you give some of them a try and how you get on 😊

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I enjoyed learning these techniques from you. Thank You for sharing!

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Thank you for all the tips, especially how to make the piping bag. Have a blessed day.

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I will definitely give this a try. Love all of your ideas and how simple they are to do, yet looks like a million bucks. Thank you!

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[@EasyPeasyKitchen]

Thanks 😊. I hope you give them a try too, practice makes perfect.

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LOvely design. And I also like that Kiwi accent.

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Totally Cool! Thanks for sharing.

[@EasyPeasyKitchen]

It is so cool isn't it! Let me know how you get on if you try some of these designs 😊

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Amazing to watch you make it look so easy thanks for sharing have a good day

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Thanks, all it takes is a little practice 😉

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Lovely... They definitely look amazing 👏👏

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Thank you. You should give it a try 😉

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You did a wonderful job! I only hope when I do my chocolate it will look as fantastic as yours do! 🤗

[@EasyPeasyKitchen]

Thanks, these designs are very manageable... I'm sure you can do it! Just make sure your chocolate is nice and runny 😉

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[@karthikaprem6985]

Love the way its taught....thank you. Could u suggest on how to store these garnish items and what the proportion of chocolate used.

[@EasyPeasyKitchen]

You can store these in an airtight container at room temperature 😊. It's really hard to estimate the proportion of chocolate, just melt a bit that will fit in your piping bag 😊

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i saw this video again, just now
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Awesome video! I was wondering which budget friendly chocolate brands are best used for tempering and where are they more easily available for purchase? If you could make a video on this it would be fantastic. Thank you!

[@EasyPeasyKitchen]

I find anything at the supermarket with a high cocoa content works ok! Here in New Zealand I often use Whittaker's 70%

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I have just discovered your channel and I love it. Can I ask...do you need to temper the chocolate for these decorations? I'd love to try these decorations for my husband's birthday

[@EasyPeasyKitchen]

Welcome ☺️.
If you use compound chocolate you don't have to temper it, but if you're using chocolate with a high cocoa percentage or coverture chocolate then you do need to temper it.

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Thank you for sharing. So you don't have to temper the chocolate so it won't melt? Mine melted. What's the secret there?

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Long do you let the chocolate sit for to harden?

[@EasyPeasyKitchen]

It shouldn't take long, but it depends on the room temperature where you are. I would leave mine for about 5 or 10 minutes. Or put it in the fridge and it'll take 2 or 3 minutes. The chocolate will look different when it has set 😊

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What type of chocolate did you use?

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Is this compound chocolate you used? Ty 😊

[@EasyPeasyKitchen]

Yes it is ☺️

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I want to know something. After you pipe it on the parchment paper with all the designs you put it in the fridge????

[@EasyPeasyKitchen]

We don't need to here in NZ, but if you're in a warm climate it might be helpful ☺️

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Yes! Just incase you want to use it for another day.. it makes it more stronger

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How long do you put it in the fridge of freezer

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Just until it's set (5mins or so). Sometimes it's so cold here I don't even need to asit sets hard very quickly at room temperature.

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They're stunning, aren't they 😊

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Which paper did you use

[@EasyPeasyKitchen]

There are some other brands too, wax paper or greaseproof paper, but my preference is baking paper.
Alternatively you can use acetate paper too.

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Can i leave it like that until its hard by itself without using fridge

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No

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Yes of course 😊

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Is this sweetened or un sweetened chocolate??

[@EasyPeasyKitchen]

This one is sweetened.

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And what is the name of that paper

[@EasyPeasyKitchen]

I use what we call baking paper in New Zealand. You can use the white coloured one or the unbleached brown one.

[@bhagyavathikavadi7314]

May I know which chocolate did U use.. name of the chocolate pls.. my chocolate decoratings soon melts why?
Thank you.

[@EasyPeasyKitchen]

Your chocolate is probably melting because you're using one with a high cocoa percentage. It will work if you temper the chocolate.
I used Pam's chocolate chips, a cheap compound chocolate.

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This is absolutely brilliant, Taryn! Bravo! ٩(＾◡＾)۶

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I really should make a video on it, but in the meantime email me at [e-mail] and I'll send you the recipe 😉

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