Chocolate Easter Bunny Centrepiece

Chocolate Easter Bunny Centrepiece

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Learn how to make this cool Easter rabbit sitting on a tropical island, all out of chocolate.

This tutorial will go through how to create a chocolate Easter bunny centrepiece using a mixture of dark and white chocolate, as well as modelling chocolate. Learn valuable techniques that can be applied to many other projects. Chef Yener shows you how to create a chocolate flower, how to create long cylindrical chocolate forms, how to create a textile pattern with modelling chocolate and how to cut out shapes from chocolate that can be glued together to create larger forms. Although this is an “Easter” bunny, the techniques that Serdar demonstrates in this tutorial can hop around at any time of the year so sit back and watch how this cool guy comes to life!

Downloadable Course Material

If you would like to approximately match the size of the artwork in the tutorial, print the downloadable files at 100% size. If you require your artwork to be smaller or larger, just adjust the print size accordingly.
Chocolate Easter Bunny Centrepiece Course Material
This PDF document contains an actual size front view blueprint of the entire centrepiece as well as some additional templates and guides to create the leaves, petals, palms, sunglasses etc.

Track
Duration
Introduction
4:56
Tools, Materials, Recipes & Ingredients
10:16
Planning & Calculations
2:04
Filling the Egg Moulds with Chocolate
7:12
Making the Tree Trunks and Rocks
15:19
Making the Sunglasses and Tree Platforms
3:48
Making the Flower's Leaves
5:54
Making the Flower Petals
6:16
Removing the Tree Trunks from the Moulds
1:40
Preparing the Leaves for Assembly
2:32
Removing the Rocks from the Moulds
2:16
Removing the Eggs out of the Moulds
3:19
Preparing the Palm Leaves for Assembly
10:12
Assembling the Palms
4:17
Assembling the Rocks
7:38
Assembling the Bunnies Body
7:45
Making the Hawaiian Shirt
25:36
Assembling the Tree Trunks
25:38
Attaching the Leaves
2:59
Assembling the Sunglasses
3:34
Conclusion
0:51
Total Duration
2:35:11

While not everything on this list is absolutely required, these are the things used in this tutorial video. Of course you are welcome to find alternative ways of doing things and we would love to hear if you've discovered an easier method or better tool to achieve good results. Please note that some items may be listed as sets, and it is usually recommended to have full sets, it may not be neccessary. In most cases, only one item from a set is actually used in the tutorial. Please watch the tutorial before purchasing any items to make sure you are not buying anything you don't need.
Tools & Materials
Baking Paper
Box Cutter
Cake Board
Round, 40cm Diametre, 9mm thickness, covered with fabric.
A piece of wood coated with fabric and temporarily covered with cellophane to keep fabric clean until the cake is complete. For more information, watch our tutorial on how to cover a cake board with fabric .
Cellophane
Chocolate Egg Mold
Chocolate Melting Pot
Cooling Rack
Craft Knife
Disposable Pastry Bags
Disposable Pie Pans
Flat Tray
A strong flat tray that doesn't bend which is about 2mm or 3mm thick. Can be aluminium or plastic. Should be light in weight.
Hand Towels
Ensure fibers are not loose.
Icing Spatula Set
Kitchen Thermometer
Latex Disposable Gloves
Disposable food safe thin latex gloves.
Needle or Pin
Serdar often uses a needle or a pin to remove air bubbles from underneath the fondant when coating a cake. They can also be used to pick up very small objects when decorating.
Rubber Bands
Oil Cooking Spray
Colour should be as light as possible to prevent discolouration in the fondant or pastillage.
Set of Brushes
Rolling Pins
Preferably with no scratches or dents.
Set of Scissors
Skewers
Sticky Tape
Vinyl Tubing
19mm Diameter (60cm, 50cm and 20cm long)
Water Spray Bottle
Half PVC Pipes
7cm & 9cm (diameter)
Comb
Hot plate (aluminium) or tile
Chocolate Easter Eggs
3cm
Recipes & Ingredients
Dark Chocolate
5500g
Chocolate is a typically sweet, usually brown, food preparation of Theobroma cacao seeds, roasted and ground, often flavored, as with vanilla. It is made in the…
White Chocolate
3000g,250g Pink,250g Green
Chocolate is a typically sweet, usually brown, food preparation of Theobroma cacao seeds, roasted and ground, often flavored, as with vanilla. It is made in the…
January 5, 2017
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    12 comments

    1. Beata says:

      Thank you again for fabulous tutorial, can i ask about at the end to make it shiny you said you spray chocolate with oil? confection glaze? was not sure. thank you

      1. Serdar Yener says:

        Confection glaze is good for long lasting shine but it affect the taste of chocolate and add an artificial appearance. Oil spray is good for few hours of the solution will hide the finger prints. Sometimes I place my chocolate work in the fridge for a while, let it cool and take it our to room temperature. Not dripping wet but slight condensation will help to have even darker colour. Having said all those things, there is nothing better than good correct tempering and doing things with minimum handling.

    2. julia babikova says:

      Could you tell please what did you use for the tray to spread chocolate on it? It looks like organic glass.

        1. julia babikova says:

          No, I mean black tray where you stick the cellophane. Is it normal baking tray?

          1. Serdar Yener says:

            Sorry I didn’t understood your privious question. It is just a very flat piece of 5mm perspex

            1. julia babikova says:

              Thank you.Sorry, i didnt write correctly. Some people use marble boards for the chocolate work.

    3. Stephanie Rosen says:

      What would you charge a customer for this and also, where is the best place to get the large egg molds? I can’t wait to make this!!!

      1. Serdar Yener says:

        I will charge about 500-600 A$ for the same size. Internet order please for the molds.

    4. Anastasia says:

      Excited can’t wait

    5. Svetlana Cartwright says:

      Can’t wait !!! Love it !!!

    6. Manya Unusyan says:

      This is so adorable, love it, very inspiring

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