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Do you want something unique on your cake or dessert? Give these chocolate feathers a try. If you made the chocolate flower already then you will not find these too hard to do. As always with chocolate decorations you chocolate must be in temper or if that sounds too hard then use ‘fake’ chocolate, see the how to temper chocolate post for more information on that.
If your bench is cold put something like a silpat or chopping board down to insulate the chocolate from the cold. This gives you more time to work with it bfore it sets.
Place a sheet of non-stick baking paper over the top and then pipe lines of chocolate the length of your feathers.
Place another sheet of baking paper over the top and press flat using you fingers. Peel off the top sheet.
Using a skewer draw chunks from the feather that you want to cut out. Look at a picture of a real feather and you will see how it splits leaving gaps. Fluff up the base end of the feather by pushing the skewer in towards the centre. Finally scratch the surface of the rest of the feather to give some texture.
Pipe a line for the shaft of the feather and allow to set.
To colour either use powdered colour or luster dust and brush it on afterwards or use oil based colours to colour the chocolate before you start.
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Thanks a lot ann
I have to show my attention and admiration to your recipes
and thanks for this special chocolate feathers on my birthday,
you are very nice thanks for your kindness.
Happy Birthday Niya Jalal
Wow! These look absolutely amazing! Gonna have to try it. My family will be SO impressed!
Hi Ann,
I love all of your video!! (But somehow I can’t post a comment underneath it)
I made the chocolate feather and the white chocolate flower today. Not sure if it’s because I spread it our too thin or I didn’t temper it right, I could not pick the design up after it’s set. especially the edge broke very easily, and since I could not lift the design up, or by move it around, I had to peal the parchment paper off. As I’m pealing it, most of my feather and longer shape petal broke in half
I am hoping you can tell me what might went wrong? Thank you!!
Hi Anna, what chocolate did you use? Was it tempered? If not read this post for more info http://www.howtocookthat.net/public_html/how-to-temper-chocolate-in-the-microwave/ and if having trouble wioth real chocolate try starting with the ‘fake’ chco as explained int he second vid on that post
Hi Ann.
I ‘m from the Philippines , a mother of 7 kids ,with a small business at home,making cakes, etc. for a living and just visited your site and i’m so happy to see what you’ve shared to us!
You’re so blessed to have those talents ! I just want to thank you for sharing your recipes ! May you have more blessings to come!
Thanks for looking through the site I am so glad that it was of help to you.