Creative Sugar Craft

Chocolate Collars

INGREDIENTS

• Round cake of your choice on a cake board at least 2-3 inches larger (the one used in this example is a 9inch round chocolate mud cake)
• Chocolate ganache (See page 48 for recipe)
• Dark Chocolate melts (approx 350gms for a 9inch cake)

CHOCOLATE GANACHE GLAZE •

• Half cup of cream
• 200gms of dark chocolate melts.

EQUIPMENT

• Small crank handled spatula
• Chocolate collar 4” wide for standard cakes
• Masking Tape

PREPARATION

Centre the cake on a cake board and cover with a layer of ganache.At this stage it doesn’t matter if it is untidy as it will be covered with the decoration. (Photo 1) Tidy the bottom edge of the cake and wipe away any spilled ganache.

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