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Chocolate-Painting Tutorial
Published: 2007-09-22 19:39:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 87274; 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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This is awesome! Must use for my next birthday!^^
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I'll try, but probably fail in the end.
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Don't say that! I'm sure it'll come out fine. And even if it doesn't, it should still be quite edible, and you'll just have to have another go sometime.
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I'm not put off by the detail (although it is amazing) I just have a tendency to ruin things I really look forward to seeing done nicely. Although, if it does come out nice, I'd hate the thought of having to cut it.
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Well, just do your best and don't expect to fail. Starting with a negative mindset sometimes affects how it comes out. But I empathise with not wanting to cut it! I always insist that we make the painting last as long as possible.
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Yeah, me too. I'd probably just stare at it until the candles burn down...
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did you use frosting? cause it looks like fondant i used frosting from a can and it stuck to the paper.
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Um, my mum makes me chocolate-fudge icing (I think icing is the British equivalent of frosting, I'm not sure) and it sets pretty hard but it's not a store-bought product at all. I've never heard of getting it from a can! You do need to use something that sets fairly stiff. I'm sorry it didn't work out for you!
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AMAZINGG!!! i cant wait to make onee!!! XDDD
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Great! If you do make something, I'd love to see what you do.
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i don't think i can wait til someones birtday to make this. i have to try it out!!!
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Thank you!
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Thankeesh to YOU! for being sho talented
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Aww, you're too kind.
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wow this is so cool
if i knew how to bake i'd try it out XD
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I always get my mum to bake the cake for me.
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I'm so gonna try this!!!
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No problem - I'm glad that it looks useful. If you post a picture of something you make with it, I would love to see!
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I'll be sure to tell you if I use it
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This is an awesome tutorial!! It was very helpful, I used it on this cake: [link]
Thanks so much!
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Oh, I'm so glad to have been of help!
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Wow! Really great idea! Hopefully I'll get to use it soon...
Better add it to my favorites so I don't lose it...
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Thanks! My mum taught me how to do it, and I wanted to share. And if you do use it, I'd love to see what you make!
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My cake: [link] Think it turned out pretty okay!
Also, a tip: 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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Oh, that's great! It looks amazing, and thank you for letting me know.
I'll add that into the tips at the bottom - though personally, I'm the type who rather enjoys eating the melted chocolate.
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Oh, me too... I decided using the rest for dipping bananas into. x3 Yeah, especially the dark chocolate for lines is easy to make too much of.
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Lovely tutorial! It's a lot of fun to see the cakes of others as well. I bet you think so too ;3
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Aww, thank you! And yes, I love to see what other people make with it.
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Obviously :'D Your friends must be...generously built after all those cakes, yes? No, but seriously leave England and come here! ;D Make me a cake.
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Oh, I don't think any of them have these too often, so most of them are fairly slim. 
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I see :3 I love good food and cakes 8D
Aw, darn it! Too bad, girl! Have you ever been to Sweden, though?
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Me too - I'm the "well built" one of my friends.
Can't say I ever have been, though I have a couple of dA friends who live there. The furthest I've ever been away from home is Belgium! I'd be interested in visiting someday, if I could be sure I would have some idea what was going on around me (either by learning some Swedish or by having a Swedish friend translate).
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In all the right places? ;D
Oh, I see! Well if you're interested in the northern parts I'd gladly be your guide!
Where does your Swedish friends live? If you know?
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And in some of the wrong places too.
Oh, that's incredibly sweet of you! Maybe someday I shall get to visit all my friends around the world. There are so many places I'd like to visit for a week or two.
I know that =Gabbi lives in Stockholm (Skärholmen?) at the moment, but the others I don't know.
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Aww, I bet you're perfect
It would be nice, especially after talking for a while maybe. Really, in any case. Meeting new people is fun :3
Ah, Gabbi? Actually she's originally from up here ;D Pretty close to my town. But yes, she lives in the capital now
Oh that's too bad. Well, I live far up north. Here:[link] or here:[link] Our city lies below "Luleå"
Not too far from the Arctic circle ;D! If that's of any interest.
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I could stand to lose a bit of weight, but I don't think I'm ugly.
Making new friends is always fun. And I see! That's a bit cold for my liking, so I'd have to make sure I visited during the summer. Us Brits are famous for being unable to cope with snow.
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Good! It's important to like yourself. I have so many friends that really hate how they look.
It is! Oh really? Haven't heard of it, but then again I don't have many English acquaintances.
Oh, Oxford? I think of prestigious, elite schools when I hear Oxford.
Sounds great! So, you're not originally from Oxford?
ALSO, we're in the same time zone and I need to sleep. Good night to you! It was nice talking.
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It's sad how many people find it hard to love themselves.
Yes! We have the university here. And I am Oxford born and bred - both of my parents studied here. When I said "at the moment" I was thinking about how I'm moving to Cardiff in September to study (or London if I don't get the grades I need for Cardiff).
And of course! I'd usually be asleep by now, but I was really tired this afternoon and had a doze then - and now I can't get back to sleep! I expect you won't read this until the morning/later (yes, dA is nice like that) but I hope you sleep well.
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AWWZ! Honey is soooo cute! Your amazing!
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Thank you! And thank you for all of the favourites, too!
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Your welcome! It's awesome!!
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