Chocolate Cake Collars & Chocolate Decorations

A chocolate cake collar is a band of chocolate wrapped around the outside of a cake as a decoration. It is usually made by spreading chocolate on a clear, flexible cake collar strip, wrapping the strip around the cake, and peeling the strip away once the chocolate has set. Fiesta Wraps cake collars can be used for chocolate collar decorations.

To make a chocolate cake collar, measure the cake's height and circumference, choose a cake collar at least as tall as the area to cover, and cut a strip slightly longer than the circumference. Prepare and apply the chocolate to the strip using your recipe or decorating method, wrap it around the cake, close it with a sticker, let the chocolate set, then peel the strip away.

A chocolate collar is usually made on a clear, flexible plastic strip, such as a cake collar roll or a strip cut from an acetate sheet. The strip acts as a form that holds the chocolate against the cake while it sets. Fiesta Wraps cake collar rolls come in 2, 4, 6 and 8 inch heights on 50-foot rolls, with transparent closing stickers included.

Yes. The Fiesta Wraps cake collar listing names chocolate collar decorations as a use. A cake collar strip can be used as the form for a chocolate band around a cake, for chocolate side decorations, and for chocolate-wrapped mousse cakes and layered desserts. The finished result depends on the chocolate and the decorating method used.

To use a cake collar for chocolate, cut a strip from the roll to the cake's circumference plus a small overlap. Apply the prepared chocolate to the strip using your decorating method. Wrap the strip around the cake with the chocolate facing the cake, secure the overlap with a sticker, and let the chocolate set before peeling the collar away.

The cake collar height for a chocolate cake depends on how much of the cake's side the chocolate should cover. Fiesta Wraps cake collars come in 2, 4, 6 and 8 inch heights. As a practical guide, 2 inches suits shorter bands, 4 inches medium-height decorations, and 6 or 8 inches taller decorations. For length, multiply the cake's diameter by 3.14 and add an overlap.

Yes. Cake collars are commonly used around mousse cakes, both to hold the mousse while it sets and to add a chocolate side decoration. Mousse cakes are one of the uses named in the Fiesta Wraps cake collar listing. Choose a collar height that covers the full height of the mousse cake.

Yes. A cake collar can be used around a cheesecake to contain the sides while it chills, or to add a chocolate band around it. Cheesecakes are named as a use in the Fiesta Wraps cake collar listing. Choose a collar height that covers the cheesecake, or the band of chocolate you want to add.

To remove the plastic strip from a chocolate cake collar, wait until the chocolate has fully set as your method directs. Remove the closing sticker, then peel the plastic strip away slowly and steadily, keeping it close to the surface of the cake so the chocolate band stays in place. Peeling too early can damage chocolate that hasn't set.

A cake collar roll is a ready-made clear strip at a set height that you cut to length. Acetate sheets are flat clear sheets you cut to any size or shape. For chocolate bands that go around a cake, a roll is convenient; Fiesta Wraps rolls are 50 feet long in 2, 4, 6 and 8 inch heights. Acetate sheets suit custom shapes and flat decorations.