Cake Decoration & Sugarcraft — New Trends 2018

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SWEET NOVELTY

YOU WILL NEED

EDIBLES:

• 1 x 20cm (8in) square cake with a
  height of 7.5cm (3in)


• your choice of filling


• chocolate ganache or buttercream
  for crumb coating


• 2.5kg sugarpaste: white


• 61g modelling paste: brown
  (Saracino)


• 60g modelling paste: white
  (Saracino)


• 10g modelling paste: black
  (Saracino)


• 20g modelling paste: red (Saracino)


• 1g modelling paste: pink (Saracino)


• 500g flower paste: white


• edible dusting powder: pink


• edible glue


• edible glaze
  (Dinkydoodle Shell and Shine)

EQUIPMENT:

• 30cm (12in) square board


• 20cm (8in) square card (cut down
  to be a rectangle measuring 15cm
  (6in) by 20cm (8in)


• 20cm (8in) round cake card
  (to use as a cutting guide for the
  headboard)


• rolling pin


• airbrush (Clairella)


• airbrush paint: brown and red
  (Kroma Kolors)


• craft knife x 2 (one for cutting the
  board and one for working on
  the cake)


• cutting board
  (for cutting the board)


• scissors (small scissors, I use nail
  scissors - only use brand new or
  ones used exclusively for cakes)


• double-sided tape/non-toxic glue
  stick


• red ribbon to trim the board


• ruler


• stitching tool


• smile tool


• smoothers and acetate smoothers


• Dresden tool


• small ball tools (I use nail art tools)


• small dusting brush


• edible black pen


• snowflake cutters
  (Patchwork Cutters)

’Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house,

not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse’...be sure

to read this magical poem before you make this adorable

design and add presents to the board too!

THE NIGHT

Before Christmas

CAKE ARTIST:

Sarah Lou Smith

SENSATIONAL SUGAR ART

MAKING THE HEADBOARD

1 Roll out white flower paste to a

thickness of 5mm, 15cm in width

and 15cm in height. Then cut base

to 15cm long and the two sides to

11.5cm tall, place the 20cm cake

card level with the top of the two

sides and cut out the circle shape

on the top.

2 Roll out two sausages of flower

paste, around 1.27cm in diameter.

Using the pointed end of the

Dresden tool, mark wood grain

horizontal lines onto the headboard

and vertical wood lines onto the

two side posts. Using edible glue

attach posts to the main headboard

and put on a wipe clean mat or

cake card.

3 Using brown airbrush paint,

colour the headboard in brown

paint, then leave aside to dry.

COVERING THE BOARD

4 Cover the cake board with white

sugarpaste and trim off any

excess paste.

5 Using a ruler, mark in horizontal

lines for the floorboards, mine are

2cm apart, you can use the side of

your ruler to do this, or the pointed

end of the Dresden tool.

6 Add in vertical lines of the

floorboards, I left a 10cm gap

between the boards and staggered

the boards on alternate rows.

7 Using the pointed end of your

Dresden tool, mark in lines to

create a wood effect of each of

the boards.

8 Using a small ball tool (I use nail

art tools for this), mark in four holes

in the corner of each board giving

the effect of the floorboards being

nailed down. ➜

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