Chocolate Bridge Sydney Harbour

 

Imagine the Sydney Harbour Bridge collapsing on national television. That was my fear as the TV show went to air live. Hot TV lights shining down on a chocolate bridge as a million people watched on.  Thankfully, the bridge stood strong just like the real one.

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make a chocolate Sydney Harbour Bridge. Use this method to make your own Brooklyn Bridge, Golden Gate or grand old London Bridge … then take a photo and upload it in the comments section below.

I used compound chocolate instead of tempered real chocolate for this one because of the heat issue, but you can use tempered chocolate which tastes so much richer.

To make a chocolate bridge with fireworks you will need:

375g (13.23 ounces) Dark chocolate tempered or compound for the bridge structure

Silver luster dust (optional if your bridge is silver use a dry brush to dust the dark chocolate silver)

350g (12.35 ounces) Green and blue candy melts for the land and water

Surprise Cakes App for the fireworks  or 

Reusable food grade molding gel and some lego bricks to make a mold

375g (13.23 ounces) White chocolate tempered or compound for the bridge towers

A template of the bridge that you are going to make, the size I made it is here (click to go to full size)

While at the Sunrise studios I met lots of lovely people including Sara James. Sara is a former New Yorker and NBC reporter who married an Aussie and now lives in country Victoria. You can read about her experiences of Australian bush fires, snakes and family life in her new book An American In Oz.
A while ago I also read a great book about an Aussie journo, Carolyn Overington who moved to Manhattan with her husband and two young twins.  It will be fun to read and compare their different experiences.

Resource: howtocookthat