Cake Decoration & Sugarcraft — New Trends 2018

PREPARATION:

Bake 7.6 x 15cm (3 x 6in) round Victoria sponges and stack with a good

amount of buttercream in between each layer. Spread buttercream all the

way around the edge to give a good crumb coat and place in the fridge.

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6 Using the gold dust/vodka mix,

paint the outline of a champagne

bottle on to the front at an angel with

a no.1 paintbrush, write ‘FIZZ’ on the

label, then paint ‘AULD LANG SYNE’.

2 To cover the board, roll out

delicate lemon sugarpaste,

paint board with edible glue and lay

the sugarpaste over the board.

YOU WILL NEED

EDIBLES:

• 1.5kg sugarpaste: tuxedo black
  (Squires Kitchen)


• 100g sugarpaste: delicate lemon
  (Squires Kitchen)


• edible colour dust: professional
  high strength black, metallic silver,
  metallic gold, snowflake lustre
  and metallic gold sparkles (Squires
  Kitchen)


• royal icing


• vodka


• edible food pen black (Squires
  Kitchen)


• 200g sugar florist paste: white
  (Squires Kitchen)

EQUIPMENT:

• 18 gauge florist wire: white


• 8 x dowels


• Trex


• craft knife


• scissors


• white lollipop sticks


• mini posy picks


• card for templates


• airbrush


• cake scraper


• pizza cutter


• 15mm gold ribbon


• Dresdon tool


• small circle cutter


• tiny circle cutter


• cookie cutters (for clock)


• Bellisimo cake smoothers


• no.1 paintbrush


• paint palette


• pin


• 20cm (8in) round board


• 1m black 15mm ribbon

1 When set, roll out black sugarpaste

and cover cake. Smooth down sides

with your palms and trim excess with

a pizza cutter, then smooth using

Bellissimo flexi smoothers to create a

flawless finish and a straight edge.

5 Whilst wet, sprinkle gold sparkles

dust over the board randomly and

leave to dry.

PARTY CAKES

3 Cut excess with a palette knife

and gently smooth over the top

with a smoother.

4 Mix some gold dust with a little

vodka and airbrush board gold.

7 Mix a small amount of silver dust

with vodka to make a paint and

paint a small cocktail glass next to

the bottle with a clean no.1 brush.

Paint the liquid in the glass gold

with the excess gold paint.

8 Use the remaining gold and

silver paint to paint different sized

bubbles around the bottle,

glass and all over the cake.

CAKE ARTIST:

Laura Dodimead

Alternative

finish

This is an essential topper

technique as you can

recreate with any shape

and colour!

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