Cake Decoration & Sugarcraft — December 2017

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http://www.cakedecorationmagazine.co.uk December 2017 | 19

7 Paint the letter ‘i’ with gold

food colour and when dry, pipe an

outline around the edge with red

royal icing.

8 Paint diagonal stripes with red

food colour on the letters ‘h’ and

the small ‘s’ then pipe a red royal

icing outline around the edges.

9 Cut out a large red letter ‘S’.

Using a no.1 piping tip, pipe

vertical lines down the length of the

letter then lines across.

10 Fill in alternative squares with

dots of white royal icing to create a

chequered effect.

11 Place the letters in position on

the cake and glue in place with dots

of royal icing. Pipe white dots on to

the letters ‘R’ and ‘A’.

12 To fi nish, cut out eleven icing

holly leaves and make some icing

dots for berries. Stick three leaves

and three berries onto the top of

the cake. Add a ribbon around the

base and a few leaves and berries

on the board.

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