Help Plz. Need Chocolate Whipped Cream For Basketweave

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jlfreedman Posted 30 Mar 2006 , 8:50pm
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I'm looking for a recipe for chocolate whipped cream that I can use for frosting the cake and making a basketweave around the sides. Anyone got one? TIA!

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BJsGRL Posted 30 Mar 2006 , 8:52pm
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Have you tried the chocolate Bettercream? It is in the frozen foods department at GFS, Sam's Club, or maybe an area cake supply store.

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lsawyer Posted 30 Mar 2006 , 8:57pm
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jlfreedman Posted 31 Mar 2006 , 1:39pm
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Is the recipe from this site stable enough for basketweave? I've never done it in whipped cream before so I'm a little nervous. As for the Bettercream, there isn't anywhere around here to buy it.

Thanks!

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lsawyer Posted 31 Mar 2006 , 3:41pm
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I haven't used the recipe yet; sorry. Try it with less liquid. Also, add some piping gel to help hold its shape, if necessary. Let us know how it works.

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fearlessbaker Posted 31 Mar 2006 , 4:05pm
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I don't know where you live. But in the western states, the equilivent of Bettercream is Frosting Pride and Pastry Pride. I get mine at Smart and Final. Also, you might try Baking 911 on the net to come up with a recipe.

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Phoov Posted 31 Mar 2006 , 4:10pm
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Do you have to have a whipped cream topping...... I use chocolate BC...

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jlfreedman Posted 1 Apr 2006 , 12:44am
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Yes, it has to be chocolate whipped cream. This was the brides request. Any idea how much piping gel to add to make the icing more stable?

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lsawyer Posted 1 Apr 2006 , 1:27am
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For the piping gel, I would start with 1 teaspoon for each cup of frosting. Add more, if needeed.

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TamiAZ Posted 1 Apr 2006 , 1:29am
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You could also see if you can get Chocolate Frostin' Pride near you... It's a non-dairy whipped icing. I get it Smart-n-Final. It's very similiar to Bettercream.

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ge978 Posted 1 Apr 2006 , 1:49am
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I would recommend you go to baking911.com as fearlessbaker suggested. There is a recipe for whipped chocolate ganache that can be used for piping & making decorations. She walks you through the steps to make sure the icing is the correct consistency to decorate with. Here's a link to one of the pages on the choc. ganache: http://baking911.com/recipes/chocolate/ganache.htm

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jlfreedman Posted 1 Aug 2006 , 1:30am
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Well, I definitely didn't enjoy this one. I found the whipped cream to be very hard to work with. Maybe I did something wrong but I'm going to try my hardest to avoid it in the future.

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cheftaz Posted 1 Aug 2006 , 3:18am
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Just use ganache without whipping it. Works fine

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