Chocolate Transfers...easy? Best Resource....
Decorating By Jopalis Updated 7 May 2007 , 5:57pm by melysa
I was wondering if chocolate transfers were fairly easy to do? Also what is best resource for obtaining them re selection, speed of delivery and customer service...? The kind you can wrap around the cake or lay on the top... lots of patterns available...
You are speaking of chocolate transfer sheets? They are awfully thin to do a chocolate wrap with. I would do a plain wrap with Mylar or heavy acetate paper paer and then if you want you could do a transfer sheet of chocolate around that set wrap. Kerekes carries some very nice transfer sheets.
http://www.bakedeco.com/dept.asp?id=343
I'm not saying you can't use a single transfer sheet to make a wrap, but because they are thin they can give you a wobbly or wavy wrap on their own.
I get mine at Tap Plastics but most art stores also carry Mylar. Or, look for acetate dessert collars, just make sure the width is tall enough to cover your entire cake. Like these, 4" wide.
http://www.cakedeco.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=6435&p_catid=173&page=1
I need something like a stamp made that says "thank you Shirley". Hey I can make it part of my signature on here! LOL! You are a sweetheart. Only thing I know about Mylar is balloons for my daughter.... I am thinking of one larger cake on bottom with chocolate collar/wrap and smaller one on top with the wrap and the transfer on top. Kind of like just spotlighting the top cake. Red roses on the top cake (if I can get good enough at them) and just a few or a couple of clusters on the bottom one. I have to get the transfers ordered like now! I want to mostly use IMBC. Will probably make roses out of xxxBC. If they don't work out...gumpaste. Night night... Is it cold up there? Chilly here at night... been real warm during the day. Windy lately....
P.S. wonder if Sam's has those acetate collars?.... a thread on here said they sell most of their stuff.... I had one on Valentine's Day on a cake DH got from Portos...
Okay, I'm seeing the light. I looked at these sites and realized what the wraps are for. Finally I can do torts and they won't dry out. But I am still not catching on what the transfers are for. I am sorry this is such a dumb question! Please let me know.
Think of it as wallpaper for the sides and or top of a cake.... Shirley W suggested doing a chocolate collar first so the transfer sheet has a stiffer smoother base. Here is a picture of a cake using it....Go to this URL It's just a different look.... you cut it to fit... spread with melted chocolate, etc.
http://www.countrykitchensa.com/whatshot/transfersheets.aspx
OMG! I can't thank you enough. This is so awesome. I am going to order some, so I can start creating. Thanks again.
jopalis, i cant find large rolls of mylar ANYWHERE here, so i go to hobby lobby - they have pieces of mylar plastic (very stiff) about 12x15-ish near the fabric/stencil dept, i measure and cut the piece in two and then tape them together to get a long strip, i think it cost about 2-3 dollars. OR at joannes craft, they have pieces in their stencil dept for 1.50 each, and they are about 5x11- those to me are better because i dont have to cut, just tape two together and it fits perfectly (with an inch to spare) around a 10" cake. it is 5" high which is nice because my cakes are usually just under that so i have room to hold berries or decorations on top.
also, there was a link posted the other day to countrykitchen ? ? ? that will sell the transfer sheets in bulk or individually for a few dollars. thats a nice option if you are not going to be making 40 cakes and wanting to spend $80. i'll post the link if i find it.
..Go to this URL It's just a different look.... you cut it to fit... spread with melted chocolate, etc.
http://www.countrykitchensa.com/whatshot/transfersheets.aspx
duh 
guess i didnt notice YOU already posted it!
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