Cake Central › Cake Forums › Cake Talk › How Do I? › painting white chocolate seashells
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

painting white chocolate seashells

post #1 of 39
6/1/09 at 7:55am
Thread Starter 
Does anyone have any tips or info on how to make colorful seashells out of white chocolate? I have chocolate molds that I plan on using, but would like to give them a colorful look for a beach wedding theme. What would you recommend using? Luster dust, candy colors, gel colors? Nothing really vibrant, but more like muted pastel colored shells. Thanks so much!
Reply
Reply
post #2 of 39
6/1/09 at 8:32am
I like to use colored dusts (petal or luster dusts, depending on the look you are going for) and I brush the color right into the molds before pouring in the chocolate. It looks really great and if you feel it needs a little more you can just brush a bit more on after you unmold.
Tara
<---wonders if anyone uses REAL ingredients anymore--sugar fruit nuts, cream, butter etc--instead of flavoring chemical cream from a bucket with pudding & jello and calling it "mousse"
Reply
Tara
<---wonders if anyone uses REAL ingredients anymore--sugar fruit nuts, cream, butter etc--instead of flavoring chemical cream from a bucket with pudding & jello and calling it "mousse"
Reply
post #3 of 39
6/1/09 at 11:30am
Thread Starter 
Tara, do you mix liquid in with the dusts before you paint the molds, or do you just use the dust dry?
Reply
Reply
post #4 of 39
6/1/09 at 11:44am
I just dry dust the molds.
Tara
<---wonders if anyone uses REAL ingredients anymore--sugar fruit nuts, cream, butter etc--instead of flavoring chemical cream from a bucket with pudding & jello and calling it "mousse"
Reply
Tara
<---wonders if anyone uses REAL ingredients anymore--sugar fruit nuts, cream, butter etc--instead of flavoring chemical cream from a bucket with pudding & jello and calling it "mousse"
Reply
post #5 of 39
6/1/09 at 11:45am
Thread Starter 
Ok awesome - thanks for your input! I'm definitely going to try that.
Reply
Reply
post #6 of 39
6/1/09 at 11:48am
I have also used a small (child size) paintbrush, and painted dry luster dust onto the white chocolate shells after they have hardened... I think there is a picture of them in my photos... you can of course go as light or dark as you want them.
Reply
Reply
post #7 of 39
6/1/09 at 11:48am
i sat in a demo last year. the girl was with jennifer dontz.. she had the choc. shells already molded.. then used her brush and picked up several shades of colors.. that blended with each other and painted her shells. they were gorgeous..i can,t think of her name. so , people do them different way. i really loved her way..hth
Reply
Reply
post #8 of 39
6/1/09 at 11:51am
I was in a demo at the last ICES convention on beach themed cakes. One of the demonstrators was Jennifer Dontz (jennifermi on Cake Central). She just dusted the shells after she took them out of the molds with different shades of pearl dust and a little sparkle - WOW they were so pretty! She even piped some coral out of white chocolate onto wax paper and that really looked awesome on the cake! She is very helpful if you need to ask her anything....I think she has a couple of these beach cakes in her photos.
Good luck!
Reply
Reply
post #9 of 39
6/1/09 at 11:52am
Dry dust with luster dust or petal dust if you don't want them shimmery. See my photos for a cake covered with shells.
Proud Mom of an Army Soldier...now serving in Iraq.

"We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men (and women) stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." - H.G. Wells
Reply
Proud Mom of an Army Soldier...now serving in Iraq.

"We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men (and women) stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." - H.G. Wells
Reply
post #10 of 39
6/1/09 at 12:01pm
I made some pastel shells that sound similar to what you are looking for. I was in a bit of a time crunch so I only used one color per shell. I used (non-toxic) chalk dust from chalk I got at Michaels.
LL
Reply
Reply
post #11 of 39
6/1/09 at 2:14pm
Quote:
Quote:

i sat in a demo last year. the girl was with jennifer dontz.. she had the choc. shells already molded.. then used her brush and picked up several shades of colors.. that blended with each other and painted her shells. they were gorgeous..i can,t think of her name. so , people do them different way. i really loved her way..hth



It was probably the incredibly talented Denise Talbot. Her shells blow my mind!

I also just mold them in white, then dry dust with various colors of luster dust. The mermaid and the luau giftbox cakes in my photos features shells prepared in this way.
Peace,
Diane

Learn to make loopy bows here http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-629785-loopy.html
Reply
Peace,
Diane

Learn to make loopy bows here http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-629785-loopy.html
Reply
post #12 of 39
6/2/09 at 6:43am
I dust after they are unmolded. Just a few different colors then pearl after they are colored.
Reply
Reply
post #13 of 39
6/2/09 at 8:20am
Wonderful advice everyone, thanks! When you say "white chocolate" does that include candy melts or just the almond bark stuff? tia dunce.gif
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

"If you can't stand behind our troops, please feel free to stand in front of them."
Reply
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

"If you can't stand behind our troops, please feel free to stand in front of them."
Reply
post #14 of 39
6/2/09 at 8:40am
I found when I did my shells that the white candy melts were slightly off-white and very difficult to get the dust to stick to them. I used candy melts that were labeled for wedding decoration that I got at either walmart or michaels and those worked really well. They were white-white and the luster dust stuck really well. I probably wouldn't use the candy melts again!
Reply
Reply
post #15 of 39
6/2/09 at 9:04am
That's odd, SweetMelissa. I usually use my off-white candy for shells so I don't waste my white-white candy!

I don't know why your off-white candy didn't cooperate, but FYI to everyone -- make sure to dust your shells when they're at room temp, not straight from the frig. If they're cold, the dust won't stick and the condensation will cause the dust to clump up.
Peace,
Diane

Learn to make loopy bows here http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-629785-loopy.html
Reply
Peace,
Diane

Learn to make loopy bows here http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-629785-loopy.html
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: How Do I?
Cake Central › Cake Forums › Cake Talk › How Do I? › painting white chocolate seashells