To make chocolate flowers and leaves for cake decoration, first, you need to cut acetate strip blanks for petals and leaves in the desired shape.
If you don't have the acetate tape, you can use plastic folders from the bookstore, which are easy to bend, or parchment paper.
To make the chocolate leaves, you can also use rose leaves or other plants, as long as they are not poisonous and not mossy, preferably thick and tough. You need to wash them and dry them well.
Then you need to melt the chocolate in a water bath. You can get any: dark, milk or white, you can also mix the different colors. You can add confectionery paints to the white chocolate.
Using a brush or spatula, whatever you prefer, spread the chocolate evenly over the acetate strip blanks. If using rose leaves, spread the chocolate on the inside of the leaves where the veins are more prominent. Do this with all the petals and leaves and leave them to harden for a few hours.
Carefully remove the acetate strip (leaves). Do not peel off the blanks in advance. Spread the melted chocolate where you will place the flower and start assembling.
Attach the chocolate petals and leaves by dipping them in the melted chocolate and allow them to harden.
Read more:
- How to make chocolate figures for cake;
- How to make a chocolate ribbon for cake
