Years ago I started dabbling in Chocolate sculpting as I didn't much like the taste of fondant and often you threw away anything made with it. I love the taste of sculpted chocolate as it taste much like a tootsie roll and who doesn't love a tootsie roll. I wanted to be the next cake boss lol!! That show is really addicting to watch. I only made cakes for close family and friends as working in the cake business can be very stressful. If you drop the cake you have no back up.. The baby shower cake pictured below took me 2 weeks to sculpt off and on and you have to keep the chocolate at a cool room temp to keep. I put all the chocolate pieces in my husbands shop in containers as it was cool. Well, his heater malfunctioned and ran all night. I knew the moment I opened the door, yup all the chocolate had melted and I had to start all over again with a deadline for the baby shower fast approaching. That was when I decided this is not a business I want to do full-time and only as a hobby. lol!!! It's very costly to make a homemade cake and time consuming, so next time you buy a specialty cake let the person making it how much you value their time for making it special as a lot of heart and soul goes into it. I have included two recipes at the end of the blog post for you to enjoy. Thanks for stopping by blessings! Wendy
Just a few cupcake toppers. Picture on the left are Christmas ones I put on cupcakes for my co-workers. The little Ducks were for one of my daughters childhood friends who was having a baby shower and the ones on the right were for my daughter baby shower.
Welcome to the Pumpkin Patch!!
I made these cuties for my co-workers one Fall!
Willie's Cake!
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I made this cake upon special request as a joke cake for a co-worker of my husbands. There is a joke behind this cake but I'll keep that a secret one LOL.
 Cake for my daughters birthday as she is a big giraffe lover. |  My daughters baby shower cake. The giraffe on top was a sculpted gourd she could keep as a keepsake. |
Toothless
My nephew was big on the movie Toothless so I made him a toothless cake and yes he is all chocolate!!
Yes the pics of the baby are the pieces that all melted and I had to re-make!!
   |    Cake I made for a high school friends daughter for her birthday. |
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Just a few Christmas cakes I made for Christmas and they were delicious!
I taught a Chocolate sculpting class here at OldeMoonlane a few years ago and we made this owl. That was a really fun class and maybe I should plan another.
OK not sculpted chocolate but it Chocolate Ganache and it was out of this world yummy!
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Wedding cake I made for a friends whose son was getting married. It was hot that day and we had to keep the cake inside as yes its sculpted chocolate.
Recipes:
Modeling Chocolate- 1lb. or 16 oz. chocolate (you can buy the little wafers)
2/3 C light Corn Syrup
If making white:
1 lb. or 16 oz. white chocolate
1/2 C. light corn syrup
In a double boiler (don't overheat chocolate) melt chocolate. Place corn syrup in the microwave just to make it warm (this prevents melted chocolate from seizing when you add it) add to chocolateand mix. I place it in freezer bag and place in refrigerator over night before working with it. You can freeze if you triple wrap it in plastic. and it will freeze indefinitely. I buy cake food coloring to add colors. Enjoy and let me know if you tried.
Chocolate Ganache- 1 C. Heavy Cream
9 oz. Semisweet Chocolate
1 T Light Corn Syrup
Put cream over medium heat until it just starts to simmer. Remove from heat and add the chocolate. Stir well and add corn syrup. Slightly cool and pour over cake.
If you want to make it in a ganache filling instead Beat with a mixer for 5 minutes until light and fluffy. Enjoy!
9 oz. Semisweet Chocolate
1 T Light Corn Syrup
Put cream over medium heat until it just starts to simmer. Remove from heat and add the chocolate. Stir well and add corn syrup. Slightly cool and pour over cake.
If you want to make it in a ganache filling instead Beat with a mixer for 5 minutes until light and fluffy. Enjoy!
