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How to attach chocolate cigarellos
Hi, I am making Pauls moist chocolate cake and covering with chocolate ganache. I want to decorate the outside with chocolate cigarellos do they stick straight on the ganache. Please does anyone have any advice.
Hi, I am making Pauls moist chocolate cake and covering with chocolate ganache. I want to decorate the outside with chocolate cigarellos do they stick straight on the ganache. Please does anyone have any advice.
Hello Rurd
Stick the cigarellos on when the ganache is freshly applied and you won’t have any problems. Alternatively you can pipe a little stripe of melted chocolate along the cigarello and adhere it to the cake. Melted chocolate starts to thicken in the piping bag quite quickly so you’ll need to work fairly rapidly. Use a small plastic piping bag because it can be placed in the microwave to warm up for a second or two enough to keep the chocolate liquid while you’re pipng. I find having two bags is easier, I keep one in a small dish set over a bowl of warm water, when the one being used starts to thicken too much grab the other one, job done!
Hi madeitwithlove,
Thanks for the great advice I will definately give it a go.
Thanks again
You’re welcome! hope it all goes well for you. x