This is an impressive looking chocolate design to apply to cakes and desserts of any size, and my approach to the chocolate allows you to use couverture chocolate and apply it without having to temper it, making the method faster and easier! It also has the advantage of making the chocolate easier to slice through when applied to delicate mousse cakes, which is why I developed it this way for this application.
There are many ways you can use a chocolate wood graining effect (sometimes referred to as “faux bois”) on your chocolate dessert designs-you’re only limited by your imagination. But it’s particularly appropriate for a border around a Black Forest cake or for a yule log cake (aka Buche de Noel, or French spelling “Bûche de Noël”). This technique adds a contemporary look where a wood graining or "bark" pattern is desired.
Another use of the wood graining tool is to use it for baking a wood grain pattern into a sponge cake using chocolate paste (see parts I & II of “How to Make Chocolate Stripes to Add WOW to Chocolate Cakes” on this channel and use the tool for that application, too). Have fun!
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Tips & Extras:
- Always make sure the tools and equipment you use are food safe.
- The specific chocolates used in the video are couverture chocolates (specifically Valrhona 61% Extra Bitter and Valrhona 40% Jivara), which are more fluid when melted due to the higher amount of cocoa butter. Your chocolate will be easier to spread to thin layers if you use high-quality couverture chocolate.
- Wood graining tools can have different patterns to them, so check that the one you purchase has the pattern you want. This is one link to the wood graining tool used in the video: bit.ly/3ikhvb8
- Links to the plastic guitar sheets: bit.ly/32gfYgM
- Link to acetate strips (aka “cake collars” or “cake bands”). Remember that these come in different widths, so be sure to find the best width for your mold size. In the video, you saw a cake strip 2 3/8” wide and a cake ring 1¾” high and 3“ in diameter: amzn.to/3fCMxZI
- Bûche de Noël (or yule log) molds come in different sizes and materials. Here are some links to good sites and brands. You’ll trim your sheets to fit your mold size:
bit.ly/2GSmgLz
bit.ly/3hfeyaN
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