Cake Decoration & Sugarcraft — New Trends 2018

46 | New Trends 2018 http://www.cakedecorationmagazine.co.uk

TRENDS ALERT

"I created a

selection of blossom

fl owers – different in

scale, larger ones with

stamen detail in the centre

and painted all of them completely

in gold. I made some small dark

blue tiny berries to break up the

gold and bound them into small

clusters to break up the gold and

tie into the blue background. This

also reiterates the wildness of the

garland. I bound the fl owers onto

a thick gauge wire to make a trellis

and assembled the piece into a

half moon shape. I made little wire

hooks to secure the trellis in place."

WE WERE SO ON

TREND WITH THIS

AMY SWANN ANTIQUE

EFFECT, GARLANDS

DRAPED AROUND

WEDDING CAKES,

PARTICULARLY WITH

A RUSTIC LOOK, ARE

HUGE THIS YEAR.

1 Roll out the pastel

coloured modelling

paste to approximately

1cm thickness.

2 Cover the top of the

modelling paste with

clingfi lm and press the

circle cutter into the

paste, this will give a

rounded edge to the

macaron shells.

3 Use a Dresden

tool to score a line

approximately one third

from the bottom of each

macaron shell.

4 Use a Dresden tool to

rough the edges of each

shell to create the feet

of the macarons.

5 Pinch out circles of

white sugarpaste to

create the macaron

fi llings. I like to keep

these irregular for a

more realistic look.

6 Assemble the macaron

as shown, using edible

glue if necessary.

MOST INFLUENTIAL

(^) TECHNIQUE
FLORAL GARLAND
AMY SWANN - NEW TRENDS 2017
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rough the edges of each
shell to create the feet
of the macarons.
FAUX MACARONS
KAREN KEANEY - JANUARY 2017
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