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17 hours ago, SweetandSnappyJen said:Thanks, @curls! I've seen this done and am wondering what the benefit would be of filling the acetate sheet with chocolate beforehand vs pouring chocolate onto the mold directly then laying down the acetate sheet and scraping. It seems like the former would be a lot messier! And an extra few steps.
Useful when you don't have a solid filling to support pouring chocolate on top. Or in the Amado example, chocolate could run through the gaps in the lacy shell.
8 minutes ago, SweetandSnappyJen said:Thanks, @curls! I've seen this done and am wondering what the benefit would be of filling the acetate sheet with chocolate beforehand vs pouring chocolate onto the mold directly then laying down the acetate sheet and scraping. It seems like the former would be a lot messier! And an extra few steps.
Useful when you don't have a solid filling to support pouring chocolate on top. Or in the Amado example, chocolate culd run through the gaps in the lacy shell.
5 minutes ago, SweetandSnappyJen said:Thanks, @curls! I've seen this done and am wondering what the benefit would be of filling the acetate sheet with chocolate beforehand vs pouring chocolate onto the mold directly then laying down the acetate sheet and scraping. It seems like the former would be a lot messier! And an extra few steps.
Useful when you don't have a solid filling to support pouring chocolate on top.
