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Chocolate-Painting Tutorial
Published: 2007-09-22 19:39:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 87271; Favourites: 1930; Downloads: 1138
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Minor Edit: I would like to have to thank each and every one of you for each and every
on these cakes. But I do not have the time - I've just started university, and I'm fortunate enough for these to have become extremely popular. I cannot spend all my time clearing out the favourites! So please, accept my heartfelt thanks NOW. They wouldn't be doing so well without you. I wouldn't have the DD without you. So thank you.Now back to my main comments.
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EDIT 6: (I really need to re-do this, don't I?) The video tutorial is finally done, three years late. But done!
Playlist of all videos 
Chocolate-Painting Tutorial - Pattern Making Pt1: Guidelines 
Chocolate-Painting Tutorial - Pattern Making Pt2: Preparing Your Image 
Chocolate-Painting Tutorial - Pattern Making Pt3: Outlines 
Chocolate-Painting Tutorial - Pattern Making Pt4: Colouring 
Chocolate-Painting Tutorial - Transferring Pt 1: Preparing to Transfer 
Chocolate-Painting Tutorial - Transferring Pt 2: Image to Cake 
Chocolate-Painting Tutorial - Transferring Pt 3: Dot-to-Dot Chocolate-Painting Tutorial - Painting Pt 1: Preparation and Testing Chocolate-Painting Tutorial - Painting Pt 2: Painting Chocolate-Painting Tutorial - Painting Pt 3: Mixing and Outlines EDIT 3: Given that the main query I get concerns the icing, and that it's a question I can't help much with, I'm very glad that somebody has found a good tutorial on how to make chocolate-fudge icing! SironaSelkie found this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvl7iE… and seems fairly happy with the results. I hope that's helpful.
EDIT 2: Oh my gosh, thank you for the Daily Deviation! I just saw that I had a comment- and fav-spam in my box, started to get suspicious, and went to check the DD list - and there it was! I'm really honoured, and I hope that it's useful to lots of you out there. Many thanks to Nyiana-sama for the suggestion and FantasyStock for the actual DD.
I'm afraid that there is no way I can cope with thanking you all individually for favourites on it right now. But please know that I really appreciate every single one, that I hope you have a use for it, and that I would love to know if you do use it.
My cakes:
lutra-gem.deviantart.com/art/S… :thumb64326962: :thumb97257711: :thumb136122083: lutra-gem.deviantart.com/art/C… :thumb178287360: :thumb256143460: :thumb325692233:
I would LOVE to see any cakes decorated using this technique! If anyone follows the tutorial and you take a photo, if you post a comment here or on the cake, I'll link all of them at the bottom of these comments. Looking forward to seeing them guys!
Whew! That took a long time.
This is the tutorial I made to accompany my birthday cake lutra-gem.deviantart.com/art/C… which so many people liked. I really do love all you guys, and you make me feel a better artist.
Anyway, VERY large file I must point out, I'm going to try and make it so you click the download button to the left of your screen to see it.EDIT: I would like to say thank you hAtObAaKaQuAy for correcting me; the characters on the side are actually katakana, not kanji.
I apologise if anyone thinks that this is in the wrong category, but the only food and drink related tutorial category was in the Non-art gallery, and that pissed me off, as this is art. So I stick it in paintings since it's just painting with a different medium.
I hope that this tutorial is of some use to you, and I apologise for any mistakes I have made in the writing of this; I'm afraid that if I make a mistake I have to type the whole thing out again once I've left the editor, which sucks.
The tutorial (c) me Lutra-Gem
Haninozuka Mitsukuni (c) Bisco Hatori
People who have followed this tutorial:
kaatjemsk.deviantart.com/art/M…
Did (I quote) "Master chief dukin' it out wif the white ranger from the original power rangers....." This gal's bro ate the cake before she could photograph it. So that sucks. But she says that this tutorial DOES work using frosting/icing. She also says to make sure you have the colours you want for it ready made, especially the black.
jesus1st-anime2nd.deviantart.c…
sora-the-explorer.deviantart.c…
theserventofdarkness.deviantar…
megwhiteiii.deviantart.com/art… and megwhiteiii.deviantart.com/art…
gaarasbabe.deviantart.com/art/…
chappiinny.deviantart.com/art/…
dragondreamer93.deviantart.com…
yumesenpai.deviantart.com/art/…
Didn't take a photo, but used this design: media.photobucket.com/image/ri…
sisteroftheflame.deviantart.co…
w-histle.deviantart.com/art/Ch…
fav.me/d31rhvo
4meezy4.deviantart.com/art/gin…
agateczka21.deviantart.com/art…
1: fav.me/d38jc6c 2: tang-gong.deviantart.com/art/A… 3: tang-gong.deviantart.com/art/S… 4. tang-gong.deviantart.com/art/T…
rovaneth.deviantart.com/art/L-…
mailla.deviantart.com/art/Touh…
weisewoelfin.deviantart.com/ar…
zanreo.deviantart.com/art/Cana…
s-h-a-d-o-w-7.deviantart.com/a…
fantasy-dreamermc.deviantart.c…
& sironaselkie.deviantart.com/ar…
misjie.deviantart.com/art/Vita…
:iconhrethenyawe: hrethrenyawe.deviantart.com/ar…
rinkujutsu.deviantart.com/gall…
Abbreviated Tips from people who have used it:
On the Icingyumesenpai : Don't use Glace Royal/Royal Icing because you can't put the pin holes in it and it's hard to work with. It might work if you left it a day to set.On the Coloursicantthinkofaname-09 : Even better than baker's chocolate is Wilton melting chocolates. They're little chocolate discs that you can heat up in the microwave, so you don't need to use boiling water. They taste good and they make a really even consistency. www.deviantart.com/users/outgo… They also make all sorts of bright colored 'chocolates' (these ones taste like vanilla), so you don't even have to stick to chocolatey colors if you don't want to. Absolutley-Delish : White chocolate with food dye makes better colors is what I've found to work better. It's hard to make it just right.But this does work really well for batter like in white chocolate rainbow brownies or cake. YellowDaw : I have one more tip: if you don't have the "colored chocolate" you can also add food coloring to white chocolate to make different colors. I think it might depend on the food coloring. I once colored white chocolate with Wilton's color paste and it turned out fine. I think with chocolate you should use either paste or powder colors -liquid colors might make the chocolate grainy because they contain water. Zanreo : Don't melt more chocolate than you need. You don't actually need that much chocolate(especially if you have a small picture) and it's better to melt more if you need more, than melting more than you need - that's just a waste of good chocolate.
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Thank you for sharing! They're all beautiful.
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I did a Meow Wow birthday cake using this.
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It's great! Thanks for telling me about it.
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thanks for the great tutorial, inspired me to make this: hrethrenyawe.deviantart.com/ar…
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Thank you for sharing! I've added it to the list.
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Thank you so much for the idea I'm going to make a kyo cake for my kyo-kun!!!!!( immatating as Kagura from fruits basket)
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Holy sweet potatoes, that's amazing! I'm so gonna do that! I've never heard of painting with chocolate, your art is pretty and delicious looking! Just wow. I-my brain broke.
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Hahah, thanks! I'm glad you like it and that it looks useful - I'd love to see what you do with it.
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NP! I'm sure I've got some sibling who will adore some cakes
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DUDE. Pardon my lack of making sense and my informality, but DUDE. HOLY CRACKERJACKS. I happened upon this by complete accident! And I'm most definitely NOT regretting it! This is simply amazing! I didn't even know painting in chocolate was even a thing! Who knew? Well, you did obviously. Just... Wow. I'm amazed. And looking at all the other chocolate paintings you've done? I'm just in awe. You miss, have earned a new gallery prowler, and have been forewarned about all the faves you will be receiving. Also, since this is the tutorial, I suppose it's fitting to end this blurb with this: I will most definitely need to try this out. Thank you so much for the tutorial
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Apology accepted. I'm glad you like it, and all the other things I've done! I appreciate the watch too, though I'll warn you now that I'm not nearly as active as I'd like to be; university doesn't leave me much time for art. I do, however, keep an eye on the message-centre, so do pop me a message if you ever try out the tutorial - I'd love to see what you do with it.
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OH MY GOODNESS THIS IS GENIUS!!!! I will DEFINITELY make use of this method of cake decorating in the future!!!!
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That's great to hear! I'm glad it looks useful. If you do use it, I'd love to see what you make.
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Oh, heh, I have plans for a friend of mine. >< Her birthday isn't until mid May, but when mid May hits, you can expect to see a cake posted from me.
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Oh, that's lovely! I'm sure she'll like it, and I look forward to seeing it!
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this is awesome!!! now i know what i will give to my friend for her b-day!!!
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Thank you, and that's great to hear. 
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if it came out well, of course i'll show you!
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eeee this is so cute thanks for making this tutorial, I have an idea what to give my friend now >w<
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Aww, thanks! And no problem - I'm happy to be of help. If you do end up using it, I'd love to see what you make!
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you're welcome, and sure~ >w< but I have to buy a cake first since none of us could bake
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Don't worry! I always get my mum to make the cake and the icing base. 
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what kind of icing did you use for the base/background??????
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I did mention it in the Artist's Comments, but it's chocolate fudge icing. My mum makes the main cake and icing so I can't give you instructions myself on how to make it, but someone very kindly referenced me to what they said was a good tutorial: [link] However, just about any firm icing base should work fine; just make sure it will hold the pinpricks/not be dragged by the paintbrush.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH! I look forward to using this in the future!
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You're welcome! I'm glad to be of help. And thank you for the favourite!
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QQ #2: what is that base icing... its not regular icing... is it? looks more like putty or something...
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It's chocolate fudge icing, and no, I can't tell you how to make it. My mum does that for me, and it's pretty tricky to get it right. There are tutorials out there on how to make it though if you want to pursue that. Any stiff icing or cake covering should do.
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Quick Question: Can you put in food dye to make new colors?
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Supposedly. Check out the tips from other users at the bottom of the Artist's Comments - I've had feedback from a few people about that subject. You can, of course, forgo the chocolate entirely and use regular dyed icing if you want.
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still doing fine, lutra-gem?
wanted to tell you, that, again, we made a cake, our fourth *yaheiii*
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Ah, I'm okay! I'm sorry I took so long to reply, but I've been very busy and trying to recover from my first year of university. How are you doing, dear?
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ouh, no problem
I can understand that you don't have got the time to answer all the messages instantly
thank you
I'm doing fine too
have a good rest
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I definitely have to try it out one day! It's a great idea! +fav
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That's great to hear! My mum takes the credit for teaching me, but I wanted to share it. Thanks for the favourite, by the way! I'd love to see what you make with it if you ever post pictures.
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(Oh, and thank you for the favourite!)
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