Decorative chocolate transfer sheets - when dipping the balls into chocolate, rest them on the transfer sheet. Once set, the decorative chocolate will adhere to the bottom of the ball.

Once the chocolate is snug on its squishy mattress, transfer the pastry to a baking sheet (parchment and all), shove it in the fridge, and roll your second piece.

Cocoa nibs, dust food colour and chocolate transfer sheets: Squires Kitchen, www.squires-shop.com . The company sells everything from moulds to decorative chocolate roses.

Now the chocolate can be applied to your cake, either cut pieces to size or, more simply, break into shards as Edd Kimber demonstrates in our How to use chocolate transfer sheets video.

Edd Kimber shows you how to decorate a cake with chocolate transfer sheets.