Valentine 3D Chocolate Hearts

I am sorry for the mistakes in my previous post about Snow White watermelon. I appologize for making you confused with my English writing. Thanks to Kathleen (Step by step in the kitchen), the article was corrected! 

What is new in my kitchen? Oh, I am preparing for Valentine Day. Would like to present new chocolate hearts made in 3D Love silicone mold.

3D Chocolate Hearts and Wonder Tree

If you have Lekue 3D Love Mold  let's play with it! 

You will need:

dark chocolate

white, pink or any colorful chocolate

Method:

Melt pink chocolate and fill the small heart cells.

Melt white chocolate abd fill the medium size heart cell.

Put the mols aside to let the chocolate harden.

Demold the chocolate hearts. Insert the pink small heart in the medium size cell, the medium chocolate to be placed in the big size cell. When the hearts move is done, you need to melt the dark chocolate and fill the cells around the white and pink hearts. 

Move small chocolate details into bigger cells and fill with dark chocolate

Demold the harden chocolate details. Build 3D heart with two parts.

Build 3D heart with two details

3D chocolate bicolor heart 

Use Wonder Tree for your romantic food presentation.
Check out other 3D chocolate ideas

Idea for valentine day's food presentation.
Wonder tree and  bicolor chocolate heart

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3D Chocolate - Christmas Tree, Hearts and Eggs - DIY

I have good news.
1. Some of the Carving Contest's winners have recieved their prizes.
2. It is December and it means Christmas Rush is on.

I have a big hope that all winners will get the prizes before December 31. I wish they can use the things for  the Holiday food presentation. 

As for me, I have got new toys too :) I try the new things out. One of them is Lekue silicone mold for 3D chocolate. 

3D Chocolate made in Lekue Silicone Mold

Christmas Tree, Hearts, Hare and Easter Eggs

3D Chocolate Christmas Tree

3D chocolate hearts

Chocolate made in Lekue 3D molds

You need:

Lekue silicone mold (Christmas Tree, LoveMold)

Chocolate (milk chocolate, dark chocolate, orange, green, white and any),

Sugar decorations for cakes (sugar balls, flaked coconut, sprinkle mix).

Method:

Melt chocolate in a microwave/water bath 

I use water bath. 

Fill the mold with melted chocolate and spread the chocolate by shaking the mold. When you shake the mold  you make air ball go out and the chcolate surface becoming smooth and shiny.

Put some sugar decoration on the chocolate surface.

Or you can go other way. Draw an ornament on the mold using a bright chocolate, let it freeze, and after that fill the mold with dark chocolate. 

Let the chocolate freeze. 

Gently demold chocolates and build the sculptures by bringing the parts together. 

Spread the melted chocolate in the mold.
Shake the mold to make the surface shiny and smooth

Easter eggs and hare 3D mold

freezed chocolate ready to be demolded

Easter eggs and Hare looks great idea for Christmas

3D chocolate Christmas tree and hearts

This recipe is submitted to:

No Rules Weekend Blog Party

Lets Cook Edible Gifts For Christmas 1 Dec - 31 Dec

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Apple Heart And Apple Butterfly - Valentine Day Idea

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How To Make Apple Vase

I have many people visiting my blog by searching "How to make an apple butterfly"

When I was a child I had a collection with bugs, moths, dragonflies and other flying creatures. The most of the items from my collection were found  sleepy (dead) between window glasses and in some warm places in the balcony. 

In this video I show how to carve a butterfly pattern on an apple. It's not so difficult. You may do that with a knife only. Though some special carving tools will be in help. See this video to understand how to make an Apple Heart for Valentine Day.

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Melon Vase With Fruits For Any Occasion

Melon vase with fruits for any occasion.

What's inside:
plums,
grapes.

Decoration:
strawberry,
oranges,
grapes.

What to eat:
everything what you find on the plate
kiwi, banana, apples, ananas, grapes.

Valentine Day Idea.
Cut hearts from an apple and ananas using a cookie cutter and stick to the melon pot.

More articles:
Melon Vase and Fruit Tray
Thai Carving Techniques On Melons And Squash

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How To Make Wedding Watermelon With Heart & Roses Pattern

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Carving Tool Sets Review
Wedding Watermelon With a Kissing Couple 
"Gipsy Violin" Wedding Watermelon
New Edition Of Heart & Roses Watermelon 
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DO IT YOURSELF (DIY) - How To Carve Wedding Watermelon With Heart And Roses Pattern

Enjoy fruit carving art with me and make your own Heart&Roses wedding watermelon using my tutorial. The Heart&Roses design is suitable for wedding and Valentine Day.  For making this pattern you need some carving tools as thai knife and U-knife.

Step 1. Choose a medium size round watermelon (5-6 kilo). Scratch a heart on a watermelon skin. Use a heart stencil to draw a nice one.

Cut a heart with a thai knife and remove green skin inside the heart silhouette cutting small pieces of skin.

Step 2. Carve a rose inside the heart. Then using a round-shape knife make slots. Cut from the heart edge toward the rose petals keeping the heart line.

Step 3. As far as you done Step 2 cut a bigger heart with a round-shape knife. Insert the knife into the skin to flash. Remove watermelon skin around the heart.

Step 4. At this stage you carve a rose wreath around the green heart.

Step 5. Complete the pattern with a band carved around the roses. The final look of the watermelon makes a fruit stand or a special plate what fixes fruits.
I garnished the Heart&Roses Watermelon with the flowers from raddish, kiwi and apple carving centerpieces. Orange one is a nectarine.

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