Modeling chocolate

Modeling chocolate
The roses on this cake were made from modeling chocolate.
Type	Chocolate
Main ingredients	Chocolate, corn syrup, glucose syrup, or golden syrup
Cookbook:Modeling chocolate  Modeling chocolate

Modeling chocolate, also called chocolate leather, plastic chocolate or candy clay, is a chocolate paste made by melting chocolate and combining it with corn syrup, glucose syrup, or golden syrup. Primarily used by upscale cakemakers and pâtisseries to add decoration to cakes and pastries, modeling chocolate is formed into a variety of shapes and structures that cannot be easily accomplished with other softer edible materials such as buttercream frosting, marzipan, or fondant. Modeling chocolate can be made from white, dark, semi-sweet, or milk chocolate.

External links

• Recipe: Colette Peters, owner of Colette's Cakes in New York City, shares her personal recipe for modeling chocolate with Food & Wine Magazine..
• Instructional: Learn how to make a rose from modeling chocolate..
• Recipe and instructions from Kristen Coniaris, author of the book, Cake Decorating with Modeling Chocolate.

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