Covering A Cake In Rolled Chocolate(Harness Racing Cake)

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trishawv Posted 9 Sep 2007 , 7:18pm
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Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to y'all. I enjoy sharing my ideas and I hope this is helpful.

Recipe For Dark Chocolate:

1/2 lb of Chocolate Flavored Coating(like for Almond Bark)
1/3 cup Light Corn Syrup

Melt together in double boiler. Roll into a ball and let stand for atleast 2 hrs. or overnight. DO NOT REFRIGERATE!! Knead until smooth and the consistency of fondant. To Roll Out: Use cooking spray instead of corn starch or powdered sugar. Here's what I did: I sprayed cooking spray onto freezer paper(slick side up) and kept rolling the chocolate out with a rolling pin and kept my rolling pin coated in cooking spray to keep it from sticking. I just picked the whole sheet of freezer paper up and turned it upside down on the cake and peeled the paper off. This process is the same as covering a cake in fondant. After cake is completely covered, spray with a light coat of cooking spray, blot excess with a paper towel. This gives it a beautiful sheen.

The good thing about using this chocolate recipe as opposed to fondant it has a wonderful taste and any mistake can easily be fixed just by smoothing and reshaping the chocolate with your finger.


Recipe for White Chocolate:

1 Lb of White Chocolate flavored coating(like for Almond Bark)
1/2 cup of Light Corn Syrup

Follow the same steps as the dark chocolate for the white chocolate. When you are ready to work with it, you will need to squeeze out the excess fat absorbing with paper towels until smooth and consistency of fondant. It is now ready to be colored using GEL Colors.(same as for fondant) DO NOT USE WATER BASED COLORS OR FLAVORS!!!

I purchased this coating at Wal-Mart for $1.77 for 1 lb and 8 oz.


Hope this has been helpful let me know how it turns out for y'all.

Any other questions or comments please feel free to email me at:
[email protected]

Sincerely,
Trish icon_biggrin.gif

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