If you don’t have the time or energy to give making your own chocolate decorations a go, there are lots of clever things you can do with widely available, everyday confectionery products to give your recipes a little finishing flourish or a touch of fun with relative ease.
Cadbury Milk and White Buttons, Cadbury Flake, Cadbury Chocolate Fingers, to name but a few all make really effective cake decorations, particularly when it comes to decorating cup cakes or creating children’s party cakes.
Or for something more grown up and truly decadent, use fine chocolate truffles to decorate a cake.
Don’t be afraid to experiment – working out how to arrange your chosen decoration, whether to use a whole flake or cut it into pieces or crumble it unevenly or which colour to put where is wonderfully therapeutic. Experiment with different combinations but try to have a theme in mind. Take ideas from cake makers’ websites and adapt them using chocolate treats.