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Homemade Chocolate Leaves Cake
Use this cake decorating tutorial to learn how to make chocolate leaves with melted chocolate and edible mint leaves. Easy way to decorate Fall cakes.
👥 9 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 20m⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 40 min👤 Abeer Rizvi📖 cakewhiz
🥘 Ingredients
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📝 Preparation Steps
1
Bake cakes and allow them to cool completely.
2
While the cakes are baking and cooling, prepare the frosting.
3
Place one cake on a serving dish.
4
Spread icing on top.
5
Place the other cake on top of the icing.
6
Ice the entire cake smoothly.
7
Roll out brown fondant and spread it over the iced cake and use a pizza cutter to cut out excess fondant around the base.
8
Rub a very thin layer of shortening on your leaves. For mint leaves, coat the heavily veined and textured side.
Shortening1 tbsp
9
Use a paintbrush to paint some leaves with dark chocolate and some leaves with milk chocolate.
10
Tip: Make sure you have a thick coating of chocolate to ensure the leaves don't break when you peel them.
11
Place these chocolate covered leaves on a cookie tray, lined with wax paper and chill in freezer for ⏱️ 5 minutes or until the chocolate firms up.
12
Remove from freezer and gently peel the leaf away from the chocolate.
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Spread a thin layer of icing on top of the cake.
14
Stick the chocolate leaves in an alternating dark and light pattern in a flower formation.
15
Place a little red candy in the center.
16
Spread some shredded chocolate around the base of the cake. Enjoy.
Nutrition Facts
calories
837 kcal
fat Content
22 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
3 g
sugar Content
104 g
sodium Content
955 mg
protein Content
7 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
1 mg
carbohydrate Content
159 g
saturated Fat Content
8 g
unsaturated Fat Content
12 g
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