Cake Decoration & Sugarcraft — New Trends 2018

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SWEET NOVELTY

9 Using brown airbrush paint,

start by holding the airbrush quite

close to the board on a low setting

and colour between the floor boards

and the sides of the cake (practice

on a piece of kitchen roll or paper

first until you feel confident with the

control of your airbrush).

10 Then go over the whole board

with a light spray of colours and

leave the paint to dry.

11 Once dry, spray over the

board with edible glaze (I used

Dinkydoodle shell and shine).

Make sure that you cover your

worktop before spraying to protect

it from the edible glaze.

12 Trim the board with a

red ribbon.

13 Using a cutting mat, mark a line

on the back of your board so that it

measures a rectangle of 20 x 15cm.

Then using a sharp craft knife,

cut along the line. Using it as a

guide, cut cake down to a rectangle.

Make sure that you hold your knife in a

straight vertical line to do this so that

the cut side of the cake is straight.

14 Torte and fill cake, attach to

cake card and crumb coat (using

buttercream or ganache). Roll out 1kg

of sugarpaste and cover cake using

smoothers. Attach to board with

ganache or royal icing leaving a 2cm

gap behind the head of the bed for

the headboard.

MAKING THE PILLOW

15 Roll out 30g of sugarpaste to a

thickness of 1.7cm, a length of 9 x

5cm, and smooth down the sides.

Using a stitching tool add a line of

stitching around the sides of the

pillow. Using your fingers or a ball

tool, make an indentation into the

pillow for the mouse’s head to lie.

Using the snowflake cutter, gently

emboss a pattern onto the pillow.

16 Place the pillow onto a board or

cake card and airbrush it red.

Set aside to dry. Once dry attach it to

the head end of the cake using edible

glue. Make sure that the indented

part for the mouse’s head is facing

inwards toward the bed, not towards

the headboard.

MAKING THE MOUSE

17 Mix white modelling paste and 5g

of the black modelling paste together

to create a pale grey. Use a 30g ball

for the body, 25g ball for the head,

2 x 2.5g balls for the arms and 2 x

balls for the ears.

MAKING THE MOUSE’S HEAD

18 Using the largest ball for the head,

pull out the nose shape with your

finger and thumb.

19 Then using the pointed end of

your Dresden tool mark in where the

nose is going to sit, use your knife to

draw in a line under the nose and use

your Dresden tool again to mark in

the mouth.

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