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MAGAZINE
5a
6
5b
7
Equipment Required
- Cookie template
- 24cm/9.5” square
cookies - Royal icing
- Pastry bag
- Gel dyes: Peacock,
Midnight, Cork- Candurin dusts: gold,
silver, blue - Sugar balls: gold, pearl
- Scissors
- Confectionery awl
- Synthetic brushes
- Alcohol
- Sugarpaste
- Moulds (optional)
Difficulty Rating
Steps 1a & b.
Bake cookies using the template. Turn
over as we’ll be creating on the back.
Outline the different areas of the cookie
with stiff peak royal icing.
Step 2.
Add water to the royal icing, draw a line
with a spoon and check how long it takes
for the line to disappear, it should be
within 8-10 seconds. Colour to desired
shades and fill in the cookie as shown.
Step 3.
Use this icing to fill the feathers and
around the eyeholes.
Steps 4a & b.
Once dry, shade the beige parts of the
mask with gold. Tone the white parts
with blue.
Steps 5a & b.
Apply icing on top of the feathers in the
form of a feather using a light blue. Leave
to dry.
Step 6.
Add a few drops of water to the icing and
pipe on the feathers. Leave to dry.
Step 7.
Apply blue icing on the mask fragments
as shown.
1a
2
4a
1b
3
4b