Uploaded September 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Back by popular demand! I've got another chocolate cake wrap for you! This one is a touch more challenging than the last, as it involves many colors, and also requires more precisely measured piping. But I know you're up for the challenge. Also, don't miss my special Club W (monthly wine club) promo mentioned below and in the video. If you follow the sign-up rules, you'll get a break on your first order of wine, and for each person I sign up, Club W sends a little money to me to help defray my video costs. Win-win for all!
IF YOU LIKE THIS VIDEO, please give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel. It is only through your support that I can afford to make more videos. THANK YOU!
SPECIAL OFFER!
Don't miss out on my Club W promo. If you join this monthly wine club via the link below and enter "sweetlife" at checkout, you'll get $26 off your first order (that's a 67% discount)! You must be over 21 to order. clubw.com/sweetlife
RELATED LINKS:
How to Melt Chocolate video: tinyurl.com/o34pjrg
Basic Semisweet Chocolate Lace Wrap video: tinyurl.com/lud3sgr
Multi-Color/Free-Form Chocolate Lace Wrap video: tinyurl.com/kf3z7fc
Chocolate Doily video: youtu.be/M-DgUjOA3og
Chocolate Cake Wrap template: juliausher.com/documents/CakeWrapTemplate-JuliaMUsher.pdf
Italian Buttercream recipe: juliausher.com/kitchen_and_studio/recipe/italian_buttercream
Parchment Cone video: youtu.be/XRkwFJv0olY
Acetate sources: tinyurl.com/onn4m37 (food grade); tinyurl.com/k2p9dx5 (not guaranteed food grade)
Oil-based Candy Color source (one of many; I use Chefmaster brand): tinyurl.com/mbtdw3s
Hydrogenated Palm Oil source (aka Paramount crystals): tinyurl.com/lzae8y2
Cocoa Butter source (be sure to purchase food-grade product, not cocoa butter in cosmetics): tinyurl.com/leqjtq3
NOTES ON CHOCOLATE USED:
I prefer to use a premium couverture chocolate because its relatively high cocoa butter content gives it great flow-ability and mouth-feel. Brands I most often use are Callebaut, Valrhona, Ghirardelli, and Guittard. I avoid the usual store-bought brands like Nestle and Hershey's, as well as candy melts, as they don't flow as well and are more waxy due to non-cocoa butter fat substitutes. They also set a lot faster, which may make it harder to pipe the entire chocolate piece before it hardens.
NOTES ON CUTTING CAKES WITH CHOCOLATE WRAPS:
To minimize chocolate breakage, I use a hot knife (heated in the flame on my stovetop) to cut these cakes. Even so, some breakage is likely to occur - that's just the nature of piped chocolate! But I make the best of it by using the pretty chocolate shards as plate garnish. And no worries about the underlying icing - once exposed, it will still look quite neat.
CREDITS:
Video by: Kat Touschner, katcory.wordpress.com
Music by: Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com
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Back by popular demand! I've got another chocolate cake wrap for you! This one is a touch more challenging than the last, as it involves many colors, and also requires more precisely measured piping. But I know you're up for the challenge. Also, don't miss my special Club W (monthly wine club) promo mentioned below and in the video. If you follow the sign-up rules, you'll get a break on your first order of wine, and for each person I sign up, Club W sends a little money to me to help defray my video costs. Win-win for all!
IF YOU LIKE THIS VIDEO, please give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel. It is only through your support that I can afford to make more videos. THANK YOU!
SPECIAL OFFER!
Don't miss out on my Club W promo. If you join this monthly wine club via the link below and enter "sweetlife" at checkout, you'll get $26 off your first order (that's a 67% discount)! You must be over 21 to order. clubw.com/sweetlife
RELATED LINKS:
How to Melt Chocolate video: tinyurl.com/o34pjrg
Basic Semisweet Chocolate Lace Wrap video: tinyurl.com/lud3sgr
Multi-Color/Free-Form Chocolate Lace Wrap video: tinyurl.com/kf3z7fc
Chocolate Doily video: youtu.be/M-DgUjOA3og
Chocolate Cake Wrap template: juliausher.com/documents/CakeWrapTemplate-JuliaMUsher.pdf
Italian Buttercream recipe: juliausher.com/kitchen_and_studio/recipe/italian_buttercream
Parchment Cone video: youtu.be/XRkwFJv0olY
Acetate sources: tinyurl.com/onn4m37 (food grade); tinyurl.com/k2p9dx5 (not guaranteed food grade)
Oil-based Candy Color source (one of many; I use Chefmaster brand): tinyurl.com/mbtdw3s
Hydrogenated Palm Oil source (aka Paramount crystals): tinyurl.com/lzae8y2
Cocoa Butter source (be sure to purchase food-grade product, not cocoa butter in cosmetics): tinyurl.com/leqjtq3
NOTES ON CHOCOLATE USED:
I prefer to use a premium couverture chocolate because its relatively high cocoa butter content gives it great flow-ability and mouth-feel. Brands I most often use are Callebaut, Valrhona, Ghirardelli, and Guittard. I avoid the usual store-bought brands like Nestle and Hershey's, as well as candy melts, as they don't flow as well and are more waxy due to non-cocoa butter fat substitutes. They also set a lot faster, which may make it harder to pipe the entire chocolate piece before it hardens.
NOTES ON CUTTING CAKES WITH CHOCOLATE WRAPS:
To minimize chocolate breakage, I use a hot knife (heated in the flame on my stovetop) to cut these cakes. Even so, some breakage is likely to occur - that's just the nature of piped chocolate! But I make the best of it by using the pretty chocolate shards as plate garnish. And no worries about the underlying icing - once exposed, it will still look quite neat.
CREDITS:
Video by: Kat Touschner, katcory.wordpress.com
Music by: Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com
TO PURCHASE MY 4-HOUR VIDEO COOKIE DECORATING COURSE, MY BOOKS, OR APP:
juliausher.com/store
TO JOIN COOKIE CONNECTION, MY ONLINE COOKIE DECORATING COMMUNITY:
cookieconnection.juliausher.com/home
TO HANG OUT WITH ME ON THE WEB:
Facebook: facebook.com/JuliaMUsherFanPage
Twitter: twitter.com/JuliaMUsher
Pinterest: pinterest.com/juliamusher
Google+: plus.google.com/+JuliaMUsher1/posts
