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21 Roll out the turquoise paste to athickness of 2mm and cut a strip witha craft knife. Cut both ends at an angleto make a collar shape.``````22 Glue one side of the collar and wrapit around the base of the neck.``````23 Roll a ball of blue modelling pasteand flatten slightly to make a chunkydisk for the stork’s hat.``````24 Colour a ball of flesh modellingpaste with the skin tone dust. Push itinto the mouth and press it slightly inthe middle with the tool to createa tongue.``````25 Flatten a small piece of roundedpaste and attach to the front of the hatto form the peak of the cap.``````26 Roll two tiny pieces of black pastein to an oval and attach to both sidesof the head for the eyes.``````27 Mould a round edged triangle(a cloud shape) from some whitemodelling paste and place the firstone at the base of the leg to disguisethe entrance of the support dowel.``````28 Roll lots of small balls of whitecoloured chocolate and stick them tothe cloud shape.``````29 Blend the balls of chocolatetogether with your finger to give thecloud a fluffy look, then repeat thisprocess over and over again all aroundthe cake.``````30 Roll out the pink modelling pasteto a thickness of 2mm and cut into adiamond shape with a craft knife.``````31 Fold the blanket in half andbrush some glue on the top corneron the inside.``````32 Stick the blanket either side of thestork’s beak with the two corners ofthe blanket sitting proud of the beak.Press and allow to dry in place.``````33 Twist the two blanket cornerstogether to look like a knot.``````http://www.cakedecorationmagazine.co.uk September 2018 | 75MAKE CLOUDSMAKE A BABY BLANKET34 Colour a small amount of whitemodelling chocolate with a tiny amountnasturtium food dust and roll a smallball for the baby’s head. Press the flatside of the Dresden tool into the ball justabove the centre to shape the eyes.MAKE THE BABY35 Roll a tiny piece of flesh colouredchocolate for the nose and place inthe centre of the face. ➜p72-76_Laura Dodimead.indd 75 09/08/2018 18:06