My dear CC'rs - i am hoping someone can help me. I am melting chocolate, putting it in my decorator bag and piping letters that will be used to attach to a cake i am making for this weekend and the lettering is coming out fine, but when it dries out, it is a little dull - Note that I am melting semi-sweet chocolate chips. Is there something that i can add during the melting process that will allow the letters to dry out shiny - perhap shortening??
Please help!
Or I'd try OIL. You can also LUSTER DUST them, it will make them have a glittery affect.
A little butter or shortening will work while melting. It's what makes ganache shiny when coating cakes, so it'll work for your chocolate deco.
Are you piping onto waxed paper and then once hardened transferring them to your cake or piping directly on the cake?
If you're piping onto waxed paper, try acetate for a shiny finish. I do this with all of my chocolate transfers. Acetate is that shiny transparent plastic sheeting stuff that is used on report covers, for overhead transparencies, etc . . . you can buy it in a roll (I think at office supply stores and probably other places) but I have always just used report covers as that is what I have handy. It does give the finished product a shinier finish as chocolate tends to pick up on the finish of whatever it hardens against.
If you heat the chocolate to too high a temperature, you'll bring it out of temper and you'll get dull and blotchy chocolate. Melt chocolate over very gentle steam and let it take it's time melting. Then, just before using, add a little clarified butter to give it extra sheen.
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