Sticking chocolate curls around the edge of a cake - how?

[Carmenthebarman]

Tomorrow I will be covering a sponge cake with buttercream and attempting to stick chocolate curls around the edge.

Anyone got a method of doing this without the heat of my hands melting the curls?

Put em in the freezer first, extract in batches, wash hands in cold water for ages before you start, wear latex gloves if you can. They should just stick fairy quick to the icing though, as long as its wet. Good luck!

It's easy,

Fill the inside of the cake
Cover the sides only with the icing (not the top!)
Put the chocolate curls onto a cold plate
Holding the cake sideways, like a wheel, dip the sides into the chocolate, then turn and repeat until you've covered them all the way round
Lastly, put it down flat and ice the top.

Et voila!

That won't work if you want them upright like a row of soldiers, though.

Thank you! Brilliant.

Ahhh yes, I made an assumption about these curls being regimented in strict rows!

yes, I would do what discussion said.

do you mean chocolate curls or cigarellos? If the former, then I would go for discussion's method, if the latter then go with what kitkatcandy says (and put a ribbon around them for good measure)

I'm using chocolate curls, but have banked kitcat's method for cigarellos for future cigarello sticking requirements!