I made this cake for my Havanese Mister Q birthday. The cake is 3 layer chocolate torte filled with chocolate ganache and shaped in dog's body. Cake is covered with chocolate hair.
@-K8memphis thanks. I see your dogy in your profile pic. So cute. Please, advice me: does our dogs (with long hair/fur) has hair or we call that fur. I was think that bears and cats has fur, but havanese dogs have hair - like tufts of hair. What is correct word for havanese: hair or fur? English is not my first language so I am stil learning.
@Apti thanks. I am not expert with chocolate. This chocolate hair I made this way: melt the white and brown chocolate separated. Then wait till chocolate is cool down and become little dence but stil liquid. Then poure it in to a plastic bag, make a little hole and then draw the wavy line on baking paper. Then put it in to a freezer for a few minutes. The hair is done. Remove chocolate hair to a bowl and leave it in the cooler until use. Repet the proces as much as you need the hair quantity. I used about 1 kg chocolate because this was big cake.
The best way to get shaped chocolate is to leave it on room temperature until become firm. It is hold solid shape better then from freezer and it is not sticky . But it is summer and here is wery hot so I used freezer. Also, this cake didn't travel far. Just from cooler to the table. :-)
this is a little bit like my dog -- it's totally sweet -- love it -- the chocolate hair/fur is perfect
It looks like my Mali! Adorable!
LOVE this cake! How did you make the chocolate hair?
That's cute!!
@remnant3333 thnaks for nice words
@-K8memphis thanks. I see your dogy in your profile pic. So cute. Please, advice me: does our dogs (with long hair/fur) has hair or we call that fur. I was think that bears and cats has fur, but havanese dogs have hair - like tufts of hair. What is correct word for havanese: hair or fur? English is not my first language so I am stil learning.
@kimmisue2009 thanks
@Apti thanks. I am not expert with chocolate. This chocolate hair I made this way: melt the white and brown chocolate separated. Then wait till chocolate is cool down and become little dence but stil liquid. Then poure it in to a plastic bag, make a little hole and then draw the wavy line on baking paper. Then put it in to a freezer for a few minutes. The hair is done. Remove chocolate hair to a bowl and leave it in the cooler until use. Repet the proces as much as you need the hair quantity. I used about 1 kg chocolate because this was big cake.
The best way to get shaped chocolate is to leave it on room temperature until become firm. It is hold solid shape better then from freezer and it is not sticky . But it is summer and here is wery hot so I used freezer. Also, this cake didn't travel far. Just from cooler to the table. :-)
@Jazz2U thanks