Realistic Edible Modeling Chocolate Roses
Introduction: Realistic Edible Modeling Chocolate Roses
The first time I made modeling chocolate was to make roses for a cake for my sister. I wanted to make something spectacular as she was celebrating a special occasion. Making modeling chocolate was going out on a limb for me; I can cook, but I had never done anything like that. It turned out to much easier and much harder than I had expected, at the same time.
My rose making has become much better since then. I decided today to share with you how to make realistic roses for cakes or whatever desert you want. I think the added touch of a more realistic rose than what you see most of the time is very elegant and just brings instant beauty to a desert. Plus, the modeling chocolate tastes good!
Supplies
Sorry, everybody, apparently the editor deleted my supplies list. I had issues with this when making the Instructable, but I thought I had finally succeeded. I was wrong. Here are the supplies:
1. Candy melts. I am using Wilton candy melts in white, but you can use whatever color you want. You can also use food coloring and knead it into the clay after you make it to change the color.
2. Light corn syrup
3. Large heat proof bowl
4. Small heat proof bowl
5. Measuring utensils
6. Spoon (not pictured)
7. Plastic wrap
8. Small pill bottles or other curved objects that you can place the rose petals on to harden so they hold their shape
9. A roller (I have been told you can use a pasta machine, but I have never used one)
10. Rose mold. You can make your own rose petal mold (which is what I did) from a real rose petal and Amazing Mold Putty. 515
This silicone putty is food safe and there are tons of videos online about how to make a rose petal veiner for your cakes.
11. Cornstarch to prevent sticking
12. A small heart cookie cutter about the size of your rose petal mold
Step 1: Making Modeling Chocolate
The recipe I use is by Sugar Geek Show. You can find it here.
It calls for 16 oz candy melts to 4 oz corn syrup. If you have a kitchen scale, definitely use it. If not, this equals about 2 cups of melts and 1/2 cup corn syrup.
Place a piece of plastic wrap on your work surface. Make sure it is a large piece.
Pour the corn syrup into the small heat proof bowl. Heat in the microwave for just a few seconds to get it warm, NOT HOT. If you can't bear to have your finger in it, it is too hot. Set aside.
Now melt the candy melts by heating in short bursts of about 10 seconds at a time. Stir between. Don't heat until all the melts are melted. Heat until almost all the melts are melted and then just stir them around until they all melt. The heat of the already melted candies will cause the solids to melt, too.
Now pour the heated corn syrup into the melted candies. Fold it in. You will see streaks and feel the candies begin to seize (harden). Don't stir it, fold it in. The stage you want is described by everyone as "soft serve ice cream". You can see in my photos that it isn't like I exactly totally mixed it all together, just mostly.
Pour it out onto the plastic wrap. Cover with a second piece of plastic wrap and then flatten it. Leave it for a while so it can harden. Once it is hard, you will be able to break pieces off of it that you can then knead and they will be easily malleable.
Step 2: Making Petals
Break off a piece of modeling chocolate and knead it until it is no longer stiff.
Lay down a piece of plastic wrap and sprinkle a thin layer of cornstarch on it. Roll your modeling chocolate out thinly (but not so thin it tears).
Take the heart cutter and cut out a heart.
Take the heart and press it into the rose mold, with the top of the heart being the top of the petal. Just lay it on the mold, put the top half of the mold on it and press.
Wha-la! A beautifully veined petal.
Once the petal is veined, lay it over the pill bottle to give it a slight curve as it hardens, making sure to lay it long ways, not sideways (the tops and bottoms of the petals should be pointed toward the tops and bottoms of the bottle, not going down the sides).
You can either make a whole bunch of petals and set them to harden, or you can make petals as you go.
*You don't have to have a rose petal mold. 515