http://www.cakedecorationmagazine.co.uk New Trends 2018 | 296 Roll out some green paste,
keep it reasonably thick (6mm) and
using your stamp, press to make
your ‘Merry Christmas’ plaque.
You could use any stamp here or if
you choose you could use individual
letters instead.10 Once hard/dry you can start
placing them strategically on the
front of the cake. The idea is to make
it look like a pop-out Christmas card.
Using edible glue on the bottom of
the plaque and a little on the back
at the top (where it rests against the
cake), place either in the middle or
off centre (like mine).LAST MINUTE CAKES
7 Cut around the embossed image
to create a plaque, you can either
make it square or oval or even
make it look like a bauble!8 Now your Christmas trees should
have hardened, using your gold dust
and some vodka (or rejuvenator) paint
half of the trees gold. This should have
a shabby look to it so don’t make it
too perfect, if you can see some black
showing through that is fine!9 Using the gold again and your
fine paintbrush, paint over the
‘Merry Christmas’ and any other
areas on your plaque where gold
enhances the design. Leave plaque
and Christmas trees overnight to
harden and for the paint to dry.11 Do the same for the Christmas
trees around the base, layering them
on top of each other as you lean them
against the cake. They shouldn’t be
flush with the cake, just touching
(and glued) at one point (top) and
glued at the base. Place three or four
on the top, using royal icing to secure
and place something behind them
while they dry. Once the royal icing is
set you can remove the support.12 Using edible glue, attach your
dragees, I have used red ones for
berries on my plaque.13 I’ve placed some larger green dragees in groups of three on the base
and the top of the cake for added effect. Lastly using the double-sided
tape, place a ribbon around the board.p27-29_Lisa Elliott.indd 29 09/11/2017 17:18