Powdered Decorations

Name: Powdered Decorations
Ingredients: Unsweetened cocoa powder; Or confectioners’ sugar; Or confectioners’ sugar; Tempered chocolate

Preparation info

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

Encyclopedia of Chocolate

By Frédéric Bau and École du Grand Chocolat Valrhona

Published 2017

About

Here is yet another way of exploiting the decorative potential of chocolate. Use powder or granules to create shapes as the inspiration takes you. Play with the textures of rough cocoa and shiny gold.

Ingredients

Unsweetened cocoa powder
Or granulated sugar
Or confectioners’ sugar
Tempered chocolate

Garnish
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Sift your chosen powder (cocoa, granulated sugar, or confectioners’ sugar) into a baking dish. Fill the decorating cone with tempered chocolate and pipe out shapes in the powder. Leave to harden for 30 minutes before using. Remove the shapes from the dish and dust them off with the pastry brush.