Birds of Paradise

Name: Birds of Paradise
Ingredients: To create the base, cut out a piece of acetate in a leaf shape 6 in/150 mm long. Dampen the marble with a little bit of water and place the acetate cutout on the marble. Brush the acetate with yellow cocoa butter and let it set. Then brush with red cocoa butter and let it set. Finish with a coat of green cocoa butter and let the colored cocoa butters set completely.; If using dark chocolate, brush a layer of white cocoa butter over the colored cocoa butters. This will help the colors to show up much better.

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Art of the Chocolatier

By Ewald Notter

Published 2011

About

These tropical flowers are created using both acetate and paper cutouts to achieve a contrast between shiny and dull pieces of chocolate. They are an ideal decoration for an exotic showpiece.

Method

To create the base, cut out a piece of acetate in a leaf shape 6 in/150 mm long. Dampen the marble with a