Bora-Bora cake

Contents 01h 04min
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Whats inside

🎂 Chocolate velor

Watch the process of working with chocolate velor.

🍫 Tempering the chocolate

Learn how to temper chocolate in the easiest way.

📐 Chocolate sculpting

Watch how to make a pontoon with a bungalow, an airplane and a coconut with a chocolate umbrella without molds.

🌊 Transparent "water" jelly

No more cloudy jelly, flowing edges and unpainted details.

🖌️ Painting the chocolate with cocoa butter

You will learn how to make the bottom relief, mountains, and how to paint it over for a natural look. Learn how to make the grass and the sand, as well as how to paint it all with cocoa butter.

What's in the class

1Making of a biscuit

Cook a chocolate sponge biscuit, and learn how to bake it if there is no suitable mold.

2Cooking of lemon curd

Christina will share the technique of making a fragrant and very tasty curd.

3Making of ganache and mousse

We figure out which ganache and mousse will suit the lemon curd and keep the cake in shape.

4Cake assembly

You will learn what to do with the biscuit scraps, and how to assemble a cake if you don't have a matching ring.

5Shaping of the bottom relief, covering it with with velor

The pastry chef teaches you how to make the right velor, and shares the technique for dyeing the “sandy bottom”.

6Making the "water" jelly

Learn how to achieve a transparent sea surface from the jelly, and what subtleties must be kept in mind when coloring.

7Grass shaping

Detailed instructions for making herbs for decoration the details, which is suitable not only for this cake.

8Waves and sand shaping

You will learn Christina's signature technique in creating the waves on the jelly.

9Pontoon and bungalow shaping

Learn to cook small parts without special molds.

10Aircraft shaping

Christina will explain in detail how to make a small airplane out of chocolate.

11Making of a coconut with umbrella

Watch the finishing touches, and a learn how to make an edible coconut with an umbrella on the beach.

Still thinking beautifully detailed cakes with “water features” are too complicated? This workshop can prove the opposite! No more cloudy jelly, flowing edges and unpainted details. After this lesson, your guests will sigh in admiration at the sight of white water bubbles on jelly and cozy edible houses on your cake.

Christina Dolnyk is a real professional in her field; her cakes are admirable, and this time she will teach you how to make an amazing Bora Bora cake.

You will receive detailed video instructions and a recipe for a delicious lemon & chocolate cake decorated with the sea, bungalows and mountains.

The filling of this delicacy is a daring combination of truffle cream and lemon with a very memorable taste.

THANKS TO THIS MASTERCLASS, YOU WILL LEARN:

  • how to assemble a perfectly smooth cake;
  • how to make a pontoon with a bungalow, an airplane and a coconut with a chocolate umbrella without molds;
  • working with chocolate velor;
  • how to temper chocolate in the easiest way;
  • how the "water" is made;
  • the author's technique of creating waves.

The tutor explains and shows each cooking step in detail, so you can compare your results. You will learn how to make the bottom relief, mountains, and how to paint it over for a natural look. Learn how to make the grass and the sand, as well as how to paint it all with cocoa butter.

If you still have doubts that everyone can make such a cake if they have the time and desire, then rather watch the masterclass, because Christina is already ready to convince you. Don't be afraid to try something new, Bora-Bora is waiting for you!

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