White Velvet Rose

Name: White Velvet Rose
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 3-tier cake - 4 in/7 in/10 in tiers, covered with white chocolate plastique and placed on boards the same size; 3-tier cake - 4 in/7 in/10 in tiers, covered with white chocolate plastique and placed on boards the same size; 100 g (3½ oz) white chocolate, melted; piping bag; 250 (approx) white chocolate scrolls; 40 hand-moulded white chocolate fans; 30 hand-moulded white chocolate roses; 15 mm (⅝ in) width cream grosgrain ribbon to edge baseboards; fresh rose petals to dress (optional)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Spectacular Cakes

By Mich Turner

Published 2005

About

Chocolate scrolls or cigarillos will transform a simple chocolate cake into a truly spectacular one. They are commercially available in white and dark chocolate and handle extremely well. The cake should be initially prepared with buttercream and covered with a layer of ganache (single tier) or chocolate plastique (multiple tiers).

Ingredients

size of square tier	number of scrolls (approx.)
4 in	50

Europe
United Kingdom
Cake
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Place the base tier onto the double baseboards, fixing into position with melted chocolate. Fill a piping bag with melted white chocolate. Snip the end off the bag and, working on a 10cm (4in) section at a time, pipe trails of chocolate onto the sides of the cake. Stick chocolate scrolls onto the cake evenly with joins against the cake. Repeat until all tiers are surroun