Alright, I'm trying to be brave! I would like to make some chcolate clay roses. But, I want it for a cake for tonight or tomorrow. In the recipe it says you have to let the roses sit for awhile to set up. Can I not just make them and put them on the cake? Also the recipe says don't touch the chocolate to much or it gets hard to work with. I was under the understanding that you have to knead it quite a bit to soften it up. Can anyone tell me how much is to much. Sorry, one more question. Do you make chocolate roses the same way you make fondant ones? Thanks. Sorry so many questions.
I make these all the time, especially for a demo at the State Fair. As long as the clay is firm enough to hold it's shape, you can use it right away. You can test it by making a petal and holding it sideways. If it droops quickly, it may be a bit too soft.
There are a couple of fixes:
make a few petals, put them in the fridge for a couple of minutes, then assemble the flower
put part of the flower together, then put it in the fridge to firm up. Then gradually add the additional petals.
Hello Sweetpeeps
there should be no problem making the chocolate clay & roses today in order to use for a cake tomorrow. I have made roses & put them directly on a cake.
And yes, yo can make the chocolate one exactly the same was as the fondant roses; cut the petals,
thin the edges and assemble.
good luck
ciao
I just made my first candy clay roses and see no reason why you cannot use them right away. I think it was saying not to touch the chocolate too much because it can get too warm thus hard to work with. I only had this happen once and I just stuck it in the fridge for a little while.
Thank you thank you thank you!!!! Also, one more thing. I made chocolate dipped marmallows once for snowmen hats and refrigerated them. I could see my fingerprints in spots. Will this happen with the roses. I was using milk chocolate for the hats. This time I will be using semisweet. Should I wear gloves? Thanks a million!!!!
Thank you all so much. I made some and so far I love it!!!! Does anyone use the quick rose method from Wilton to make the roses? Or do you just do it petal by petal?
There are so many ways to construct a rose, and they all give slightly different results.
You can try any method that works for you.
When I make them at the fair, I don't even put stems on them. I put a cone shaped 'pile' on the work surface and add enough petals till I am satisfied. Then I pick it up and squeeze the base, pinching off some. It gets thicker as the petals are added. As long as the petals are holding, these are some of the easiest roses, in my experience.
Before I made my first candy clay roses, I thought doing them petal by petal sounded crazy! But for some reason, this method really worked for me when doing the clay roses. It was easy and went really fast once I had cut out all my petals. I did not go by any "rules". I just stuck petals on until I was happy with how it looked.
Ok, I've done some with the wilton easy step and it just isn't giving me consistent results. So, I think I'm just going to do petal by petal. This stuff really has its pros and cons. One thing is for sure, it tastes alot better than fondant!!!!
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