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sherrycanary62
Posted 7 Jan 2010 , 9:37pm
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branches...modeling chocolate
leaves 50/50 gumpaste/fondant
Someone on here suggested I use grape stems and dip them in melted choc. I used green wilton candy melts and it worked really well! However, it's more of a diorama tree look, which I was going for (see my tank cake photo) but you may not be. I used gumpaste/fondant for the tree trunk (supported by lollipop stick) , made a bit of a base out of the gumpaste/fondant and them covered the entire trunk/base with melted milk choc candy melts. Hid the base in the sand/dirt 
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