Cake Decoration & Sugarcraft — December 2017

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

TRADITIONAL

26 Press a small amount of white

modelling paste in the swan mould.

Cut away excess paste, smooth it and

keep it in a freezer for a few minutes.

Let it dry.

27 Dig a small pond on the top and

on the left of the angel cake and

cover with a strip of white sugarpaste.

28 Fill pond with some gelatine

previously coloured mixing white

and a drop of blue. Spread a bit of

edible glue on its borders and cover

them with white pearled sugar and

desiccated coconut.

29 Colour the swan's beak and eyes

using a very thin paintbrush.

30 Roll out white sugarpaste and

cover the 20cm dummy.

Spread some edible glue on the

printed wafer paper and attach.

To avoid the wafer paper detaching,

wrap dummy with food quality film.

When dry, define borders of pictures

with gold spray and with a thin

paintbrush to give an antique effect.

Fix on angel cake with royal icing.

31 Cut a 0.5cm strip of white

modelling paste. Make a ring and

fix its joint with edible glue. Let it

dry. Prepare gold sugar lace.

Mix 100g sugar for lace with 80g of

water. Spread on a lace mat with a

confectioners' spreader lengthwise,

crosswise and diagonally.

Remove sugar excess. Let it dry for

at least ten hours. Peel sugar very

gently. Prepare two strips.

32 With a bit of edible glue, stick

the lace around the ring. Place the

ribbon tails behind the ring, at the

centre and on the top of the

20cm dummy.

33 Mould several decorative leaves

with white modelling paste.

34 Roll out white sugarpaste and

cover the 15cm dummy. Airbrush

it mixing yellow and two drops of

green. When dry, spray gold colour.

Stick three strips of gold lace around

it. Attach decorative leaves prepared

in step 33 on top and around 20cm

dummy. Fix 15cm dummy to 20cm

dummy with royal icing.

35 Add a tiny bit of chestnut gel

colour to a small amount of white

modelling paste. Mould a sausage

and press it in a child face mould.

Cut excess, smooth and keep it in a

freezer for some minutes.

Define nose, eyes and lips using a

silicone modelling brush. Let it dry.

36 Proceed as in step 35. This time

defining a male face.

37 Colour the children's cheeks

and lips pink and hair bronze.

Define the eyelashes with a very

thin paintbrush and black.

38 Roll out a small amount of red

modelling paste very thin and cut

out a trapezoid to cover the child's

body. Cut away neckline.

39 Mould four small cylinders for

the child's arms and legs. Mould

the feet and hands using the same

mould as in step 35.

25 26 27

28 29 30

31 32 33

34 35 36

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