wedding brownies

[pattycakes]

I'm making 10 doz brownies for a wedding reception. I want to cover the top with a ganache & try using transfer sheet to make them look really lovely. Would I be able to use transfer sheets on this? I worried about the ganache setting up enough for the pattern to stick on. Can someone give me tips?

thanks-

pattycakes

[Tweety69bird]

I'm not sure how the ganache and transfer sheets would react... if you want the ganache to be shiny, it might be too soft to work proplerly. I could be totally wrong though. I made some fancy brownies for my Stepmother's 50th last year, and I cut them in diamonds, coated with a mirroir ganache and then did some piping detail on them. I'll attach a pic, but forgive the quality! I also thought maybe some candied flowers - violets for exmample - might be nice on top.

[miladyinsanity]

I saw a picture where someone cut heart shapes with a cookie cutter out of the brownies. Maybe you could do something like Mrs Fields and use colored icing to write stuff on top?

[Drewman]

Try building them upside down. Put a transfer sheet on a flat sheet pan, then spread the ganache, then place the brownie & put in a really cold freezer overnight. Take them out, turn them over & quickly pull of the acetate. If your freezer gets below zero, it will work. Try it on a single brownie first to make sure it works, then do a whole pan. Allow them to thaw in the frig & cut into shapes.

[pattycakes]

I was also reading about some PCB transfer sheets were formulated for buttercream... perhaps that would work for ganache as well. Looks like I'll just have to try it out and mess around.

thanks for you ideas!

[K8memphis]

What about making a thinnish pretty chocolate piece with the transfer on it and place it on top of the warm ganache. Geez, just writing "warm ganache" early in the morning feels so right.

But you could even get a bigger bang with a color change too between the two chocolates. You could use a blossom type cutter and a diamond like Tweety's and hearts all different shapes and place them on top maybe..

[sugarseattle]

you could wait until the ganache is pipeable, then pipe a nice design on it like maybe even a simple rosette, perhaps accented with a white chocolate garnish.

[cheripie]

On cake slices for an engagment party I used transfer sheets with a thin layer of chocolate and then broke up the pieces. You could also make more deliberate shapes.

(I'm a newbie poster and it took me an hour to figure how to post this picture)

[Trishiad]

WooHoo Cheripie! Nice photo and great suggestion. Welcome to eG.

[dystopiandreamgirl]

it sounds like you have a particular look in mind, and there has been helpful advice, but just in case you are open to other ideas, here's something I like to do do fancy up brownies:

The first is marzipan, the second chocolate plastique, both molded in springerle cookie molds. The marzipan is especially good with a layer of apricot or mirabelle preserves underneath, and helps it stick to the brownie. There are hundreds of springerle designs, if the wedding has any theme to it you can probably find a corresponding mold.

[chezcherie]

it sounds like you have a particular look in mind, and there has been helpful advice, but just in case you are open to other ideas, here's something I like to do do fancy up brownies:

                 

The first is marzipan, the second chocolate plastique, both molded in springerle cookie molds.  The marzipan is especially good with a layer of apricot or mirabelle preserves underneath, and helps it stick to the brownie.  There are hundreds of springerle designs, if the wedding has any theme to it you can probably find a corresponding mold.

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ding, ding, ding--i think we have a winner...dystopiandreamgirl, those are so gorgeous! i'm really not a baker, tho i dabble, and those have inspired me nearly as much as dorie greenspan's baking book....well played, indeed!

Edited March 24, 2007 by chezcherie (log)

[lapin d'or]

Those springerle mould decorations are fantastic - another excuse for buying more moulds.

I was wondering how I could do my easter themed brownies

many thanks

Jill

[toni]

On cake slices for an engagment party I used transfer sheets with a thin layer of chocolate and then broke up the pieces.  You could also make more deliberate shapes.

(I'm a newbie poster and it took me an hour to figure how to post this picture) 

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That is the most amazing dessert! I would love to know what the layers are. Nice job!!!

[cheripie]

Thanks for the compliment! It's my take on an opera cake, but since I don't like the typical coffee flavor I use almond and amarmetto. One layer ganache, one layer almond buttercream, marzipan on top, then choc glaze. If you need more info, feel free to PM (I think that's right?) me.

Cheri