I am pretty excited because I just finished my first cocoa painting on a cookie. It is about 4" in diameter.
RisqueBusiness gave me encouragement with this and instructed me how to do this and recommended a book etc...and this is the result..my painting is a bit amateurish but I wanted to show a new way of decorating a cookie..what do ya think? Oh..and the "Canvas" is Antonia74's icing which worked out beautifully once it hardened.
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo-93399.html
It is my personalized Happy New Year cookie for my DH and I have 9 more to decorate 
Jane
I love it. I've never seen these before. Great job. It looks great.
how long does something like that take??
The longest part of it was waiting for the RI to dry.. 
It is done with cocoa butter which I bought from my local bakery supply place (Artistic Cake Design) in Ottawa and cocoa from the grocery store
You melt the cocoa butter in those little paint dishes and add cocoa in greater and smaller amounts to the pots to make "paint"...keep the whole thing on a heating pad so the cocoa paint won't start to set..you want to keep it liquid
Then get a FINE paintbrush..and paint away!! I got several paint brushes ..all fine because the cookie is relatively small.
HTH
Jane
I have never seen cocoa painting used on a cookie before. It is totally cool. Thanks for sharing!
Theresa 
I wrote my comment underneath the photo. You're work is absolutely beautiful!! You should be proud of yourself as you did an excellent job. Instead of looking at it as being amateurish, I believe it's very professional looking work!
I just have to ask -- how does one do cocoa painting??? I've always wanted to know...
Bobwonderbuns...here is the basic instruction..
It is done with cocoa butter which I bought from my local bakery supply place (Artistic Cake Design) in Ottawa and cocoa from the grocery store
You melt the cocoa butter in those little paint dishes and add cocoa in greater and smaller amounts to the pots to make "paint"...keep the whole thing on a heating pad so the cocoa paint won't start to set..you want to keep it liquid
Then get a FINE paintbrush..and paint away!! I got several paint brushes ..all fine because the cookie is relatively small.
You can draw a design on to some parchment and then use the pinprick method for transferring the basic outline..you have to be very careful with the icing because you can crack it like ice (I did that on my first one) and then it looks horrid..just be very gentle. I found a pic I liked and then just tried to copy it by drawing it out first on the parchment.
Jane
It's beautiful, Jane. It's on my long list of sugarcraft things I'd love to learn 
Great job
I am pretty excited because I just finished my first cocoa painting on a cookie. It is about 4" in diameter.
RisqueBusiness gave me encouragement with this and instructed me how to do this and recommended a book etc...and this is the result..my painting is a bit amateurish but I wanted to show a new way of decorating a cookie..what do ya think? Oh..and the "Canvas" is Antonia74's icing which worked out beautifully once it hardened.
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo-93399.html
It is my personalized Happy New Year cookie for my DH and I have 9 more to decorate
Jane
See? You did good lady!! ya did good!!
I hope that you get many more orders for these!! and remember to charge accordingly since they are hand crafted.
you can if you like do your royal icing circles ahead of time...make circles on parchment paper with a pencil, turn the paper over...outline with your ri and puddle away..when they are dry you store them gently..
then remove them from storage and paint away...then you can attach to your cookie or whatever with a little fresh ri!
cuts some of the work a little!
RisqueBusiness gave me encouragement with this and instructed me how to do this and recommended a book etc..
this is such a beautiful technique! you did such a great job with it!!
can i ask, what book was recommended? i would love to read up on this and possibly 'attempt' it someday.
TIA
cakerator wrote:
can i ask, what book was recommended
RB recommended Cocoa and Chocolate Painting - A Confectionary Art by Marsha Winbeckler (bought it right here on CC..not expensive at all)
It is great..easy to follow and has some good ideas in it!!
I have just finished some more which I will post in a sec...
If anyone has any experience with colouring rubber stamp cards, you could do this easily!!!
I took a cookie and wasted it by drawing in pencil what I wanted my design to look like and then I just copied it on to the other cookies..I find it easier if I have something to go by.
Good Luck and post pics if you do some..btw..they taste great with the sweet icing and that little bit of choc...
I want to try on a cake sometime too...
Jane
Lovely, they are quite wonderful and beautiful. A true specialty item, I can imagine the possibilities. Great job!
Going to ask a really stupid question....
Could you use Crisco solid instead of cocoa butter? I'm assuming it's used just for thinning down. Or is there a real reason behind the butter such as taste? I might never do this, but you both did such beautiful cookies, I'd just like to know. You are both so talented with this!
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