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Chocolate-Painting Tutorial
Published: 2007-09-22 19:39:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 87276; 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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Comments: 796
Whoa, it's cool! Thanks for the tutorial. I wanna try it on my birthday cake! Well, it's still three months from now. But if it comes out good, I'll be sure to take photo and post it to you! ^^
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Grrrr~
This tutorial makes me hungryyy.
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Well, if you do use it I'd love to see what you make.
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ahhhh this is amazing i so makeing a cake tomarrow!!!!!!!
question dose this only work on the devil cake?
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No, it works on any type of cake - the most important thing is the icing. Try to make sure that it's stiff, otherwise it will be dragged when you paint onto it, and it might not hold the pin-pricks.
Let me know how it goes!
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YOU ARE MY GOD!
I love chocolate! I love cake!
My mission in life is now clear. Thank you.
*dies from sheer joy*
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Aww, I'm glad to have made you happy.
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oh, I'm going to try this one out one of these days
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That's great to hear!
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Sure! I'll obviously show it to you. Oh and, thanks ♥
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No problem. 
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Okay, so I was able to get something to my email, now I have a pic
[link]
I kinda cheated and bought colored icing and made the skin color and stuff like that lol.
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Aww, that's great!
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I did one, and took a pic, but I have no way to upload it D:
But I ued this and did Death The Kidd :3
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Oh noes! 
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Alright I'll figure out somehow ^^
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But
1/ Even if I'm feench, I suck at cooking
2/ I'll never have enough skills to do something as beautiful!
3/ I'm anything but patient OTL
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Vous-êtes français? 
Back to my mother-tongue from the other side of le main, I'm sure that you could make something! I haven't used any original drawings for these for many years. But patience is very important.
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cool! I love this tutorial
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Thank you! I hope that it's useful.
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*That is a very nice way to decorate a cake. Looks so cool I just might have to try it sometime.
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Thank you!
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Certainly, though I'm not sure if I'd get anything done any time soon. :'D Don't really have any celebrations coming, plus I'm lazy as hell when it comes to making cakes.
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I'll make sure to take good photos then if such a situation comes up.
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Awesome Tutorial *- * I just love it
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Thanks! I hope that it's useful.
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September 2010 Resources DDs .
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oh you lifesaver i needed to no this cause i want an fma one TYVM and i think the cakes...KAWAII!!!!
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Aww, I'm glad to have helped!
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I cant believe there is someone who puts anime on cakes in oxford
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What's so surprising about it?
By the way, with regards to your Facebook request, I make it my policy not to add people I haven't met face-to-face and know. But yes, I did go to the MCM Expo, and have done the last three years.
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I apologize for my action on Facebook
I really do
ill just go somewhere and die......
or not, Eva will kill me if i say her name on here
oops too late
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Don't worry about it - it's not at all uncommon for friends-of-friends (I believe we both know Poppy H?) to search and add people, and some people accept those requests, but my personal policy is not to accept people I don't know. I'm not offended, so don't fuss.
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okay. Its just im trying to find people in oxford who have DA or enjoy anime/manga or have been to mcm, since i feel bored and lonely all alone
and Poppy Hatrick you mean
i helped her when she was "tipsy", help i mean getting her some water, food, and my coat.
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Are you going to Expo in October?
I did indeed mean her, I just didn't really want to show her name on the internet. And that sounds fairly gentlemanly of you.
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Yes. I am the gentleman, the only one in my previous schools, strangely enough, although now in ocvc, its more calmer
I hope so. I need to fovus on my school work and time to time work on my costume which i still have little idea as who to go as, i might go as undertaker from black butler, or willy wonka from epic movie or some guy from letter bee
how about you
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Gentlemen are a rarely found commodity, good for you.
I'm taking a friend from Cherwell who complained after I didn't tell him when I went in May. He's made me promise not to cosplay though, as he doesn't want to feel too out of place. I might throw together a casual cosplay, maybe a fem!Alponse Elric (human) of black skirt and hoodie with the Elric crest. We'll see though, my schedule is jam-packed until half-term.
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I was at Leckford, then at D'overbroecks College
So you are in cherwell, fun
well so could you maybe accept me as a friend or do we have to meet
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