1st BIRTHDAY CUTE PARTY CAKE

1st BIRTHDAY CUTE PARTY CAKE

Jul 6, 2021 | Cakes, Modelling

Author: Magdalena Zimmerman

FB: Magdalena Cake Atelier

Skill level: BEGINNERS 

Covering cake board and cake:

Add 3 drops of Pink Gel Color and one drop of Brown to Saracino Pasta Top. The colour can be deepened and modified by adding more colour. Cover the Cake Dummy and Cake Board. Add a name if you wish. Attach the Washi Tape around the Cake Drum. Set aside to dry

You will need:

  • Rolling pin
  • Sharp knife
  • Dresden tool
  • Small, medium and large ball tool
  • Number 12 Piping Tip
  • Skewers and wooden toothpick
  • Green Floral Wire – 22 gauge
  • Green Floral Tape
  • Soft brushes
  • Small paint brush
  • Cake lace mould (I used Marvelous mould)
  • Mini bows silicone mould
  • Number 1 Cookie Cutter
  • Edible glue
  • 6 inch Cake Dummy
  • 10 inch Cake Drum
  • Gold Washi Tape
  • White, black and skin tone Saracino Modelling Paste
  • Saracino Pasta Bouquet
  • Saracino White Pasta Top
  • Saracino Sweet Lace Pearl
  • Saracino Powder Colour (white, skin tone, rose pink, brown and light gold)
  • Saracino Gel Colour – Black, Brown and Pink
 

Step 1

Prepare the paste: To the white Modelling Paste, add a small amount of the pink gel colour and a little brown colour (this way you will get Dusty pink). You will also need Skin tone, black and white paste.

For the head knead a ball and roll it with your hand.

For the eyes:

  • Using the tool with a small ball, form a half-circle for the eye sockets.
  • Using the cutter, cut out small circles from the skin tone and cut off the bottom with a knife to give a flat edge.
  • Place into the sockets of the eyes
  • Using your fingers roll two thin sausage shapes with one pointed end and fix them over the eyes, then shape and blend them with the Dresden tool to form the eye lids.

Step 2

To create the face:

  • Using skin tone paste roll a long flat sausage shape for the cheeks and mouth area.
  • Using a tool with a large ball, make a dent for the mouth
  • Fix to the face and shape / blend it
  • Shape the nose pieces and teeth, fix them to the mouth and make a line below the nose
  • Prepare the details for the eyes and eyelashes. Fix oval eyes where shown, make a line on them with the Dresden tool and fix the black line eyelashes into the line.

Step 3

To create the ears, arms, tail and body:

  • Use dusty pink to form the ears of the rabbit. For the arms roll the dusty pink colour into a long sausage shape. Cut diagonally into two equal parts. Roll a ball for the tail.
  • Using a medium ball tool, shape the ears. Fill them with white paste.
  • For the body form a large ball, roll it into a cone shape and flatten at the end. At the large bottom of the cone, make a dent in the centre with your finger and form the legs.
  • Using white paste cut out a circle for the tummy
  • Using the cocktail sticks as a tool, add texture to the tail.

Step 4

Connect the head to the body using a cocktail stick, fix the ears to the required position, fix the white part of the tummy and the tail.

Step 5

To create details:

  • Prepare the slippers and a hat using the shapes shown in the pictures.
  • Using Saracino Pasta Bouquet, cut a one shape (you can use a cutter for this) and decorate it. Your bow can be formed in a bow mould ti the required size.
  • Attach the bunny slippers and hat. Using a soft brush and powder colours add shade (I used brown and pink)
  • Fix the rabbit’s arms and fix the number one in them. Put on the cake!

Step 6

FOR THE SIDE BUNNY DECORATION:  Prepare the paste: Add a small amount of Skin tone to the white Modelling Paste. You will also need Black paste and a small amount of pink for the nose

For the head: 

  • Form a ball and shape it with your hands.
  • Using the Dresden Tool, make an incision in the centre of the lower part of the head for the mouth, then on the sides to shape the rabbit’s face.
  • Gently pull out the mouth and shape / blend the sides

Step 7

Eyes and nose:

  • Using a small metal ball tool, form oblong indentations for the eye sockets
  • Prepare black eyes and a pink nose from paste
  • Fix the eyes and nose to the bunny’s face

Step 8

For the body:

  • Form a cone shape and round it at the top, then smooth it with your hand.

  • For the tail roll a ball. Add texture using the cocktail sticks.

  • Attach the head to the body and fix the tail

  • Prepare the rabbit’s ears, hands and feet as shown

  • Make a dent in the ears using a medium-sized ball tool

Step 9

Fix the hands and feet. Using a soft brush and powder colours, shade the rabbit (I used brown, skin tone and pink). Use edible glue to attach the rabbit to the cake.

Step 10

Sugar Flowers: 

  • Using Pasta Bouquet roll out thinly.
  • Using Pasta Bouquet fix a small ball to the end of a flower wire. Using your Dresden tool make lines on the ball and set aside to dry.
  • Cut two strips 13cm long
  • Use a knife to cut out narrow triangles in each strip
  • Cut strips and fix around the flower centre.
  • Allow to dry completely, then wrap the wire with floral tape and place on the cake. If inserting into the cake you will need a flower pick.

Step 11

Balloons:

  • Roll a Dusty pink ball and two Skin tone balls
  • Flatten using your hand
  • For two balloons – Dusty pink and Skin tone, dust with Saracino Powder Colour (Pink and Brown)
  • Paint the final balloon gold with Saracino Light Gold Powder mixed with alcohol. Using edible glue, fix the balloons to the cake.

Pattern:

  • Add drops of pink and brown colours to the Saracino Sweet Lace Pearl. Mix. 
  • Place in the mould. You can use any Cake Lace mould (I used Marvelous mould)
  • Let it dry completely. Due to the deep pattern my lace took 36 hours to dry completely.
  • When the lace is dry, paint some parts gold and leave the rest in the Dusty pink colour
  • Using edible glue, fix the lace on the cake

Painting the name and the balloon string:

  • Use a pencil to make an inscription and add a string of balloons on the cake
  • Using the Small paint brush, black gel dye mixed with clear alcohol, paint over the pencil details.

Voila your cake is ready!

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DANCING BALLERINA MODELLING TUTORIAL

DANCING BALLERINA MODELLING TUTORIAL

Jul 6, 2021 | Modelling

Author: Sachiko Windbiel

FB: MIMICAFE UNION

Skill level: INTERMEDIATE 

At home you can vary the colours to your preference. If the Modeling Paste is really sticky, add a little bit of corn flour.

You will need:

  • Saracino Pasta Model brown (Total 6.4 oz – 180g) – Hair 1.0 oz (28g) & Back of head 0.5 oz (14g)
  • Saracino Pasta Model light skin tone – Face 0.8 oz (22 -23g), Hands & Legs 0.2 oz (5-6g)
  • Saracino Pasta Model blue – Jeans 1.5 oz (42-43g)
  • Saracino Pasta Model green  – Belt 0.2 oz (5-6g)
  • Saracino Pasta Model red – Shoes 0.2 oz (5-6g)
  • Saracino Pasta Moodel white – Top 1.5 oz (42-43g)
  • Saracino Pasta Model light skin tone  – Body (Torso) 0.5 oz (14g)
  • Gum Paste / Flower Paste Eyeballs 5mm  (Eyeballs are made in advance)
  • Rolling pin
  • White gel colour
  • Corn syrup (or Glucose) 
  • Craft knife
  • Flat modelling tool
  • Dresden tool
  • Silicon modelling tool
  • Sharp tip brush
  • Edible marker pens 
  • Toothpick
  • Confectionery glaze
  • Petal dust
  • Brush for dusting

Structure Materials

  • Glue gun
  • 2.5 inch diameter styrofoam ball
  • 3 toothpicks 
  • 2 skewers (approx. 6 inches – 150mm long)

Step 1

Prepare the Pasta Model as shown.

Step 2

Prepare the tools we will need. 

Step 3

Prepare the glue gun, cocktail sticks, skewers and styrofoam ball. 

Step 4

Using your eye to judge the positioning, place the two skewer pieces into the styrofoam for the legs. One of the leg skewers should go all the way through the styrofoam ball.

Before inserting the leg skewers, add some hot glue from the glue gun and carefully insert into styrofoam. 

The hot glue may make the styrofoam melt slightly, but it will cool and dry quickly (Do not use the glue when inserting the arm toothpicks).

Step 5

Draw a line marking where the blouse and the jeans will meet.  

Step 6

Painting eyeballs: Use the eyeballs made previously. Paint the eyes while holding them together in your fingers so that you can accurately compare them. 

Step 7

Draw dots on the eyeballs with the black edible marker. 

Step 8

Use a brown edible pen to paint the eye colour over the black.

Step 9

Remove excess colour using your finger or a little kitchen paper.

Step 10

Paint over using a yellow edible pen colour.

Step 11

Use a black edible pen to add the pupils. 

Step 12

Paint the lower part of the styrofoam ball with cake gel or glucose/corn syrup. This is for fixing the jeans. Take care not to get any gel on the leg skewers. 

Step 13

Roll out the larger portion of blue jean coloured fondant into a disk approximately 4” in diameter. Make a cut as shown. 

Step 14

Place the rolled out Pasta Model on the corn syrup coated bottom half of the styrofoam ball with the cut placed around the skewer.

Step 15

The cuts in the Pasta Model make it easier to apply the fondant around the skewer legs. Now smooth the fondant with your fingers.

Step 16

Use the craft knife to cut away the excess Pasta Model. This will also create a straight waistline fully around the styrofoam ball.

Step 17

Use your fingers to apply a thin layer of cake gel or corn syrup to the leg skewers.

Step 18

Shape the legs into a small sausage shape using the blue jean coloured Pasta Model. Use a toothpick to pierce a hole through each leg.  

Step 19

Slide the Pasta Model legs up the skewers until they meet the body.

Step 20

Blend the joint between the leg and the body using a modelling tool. Shape the legs with your fingers.

Step 21

Cut off excess with a craft knife.

Step 22

Use the tip of your tool to add detail to the jeans such as the belt line and zipper area. 

Step 23

Feet: Add a small portion of light skin tone Pasta Model just below each jean leg and use your fingers to shape the feet. 

Step 24

Use pliers or snips to cut away the end of the skewer of the kicked up leg.

Step 25

Roll a small ribbon of red Pasta Model for the shoes and attach to the feet as shown. Smooth with a modelling tool. 

Step 26

Use a modelling tool to shape the heel.

Step 27

Roll a short ribbon of blue jean coloured Pasta Model and fix to the cuff / hem of the jeans.

Step 28

Roll a thin ribbon of green and blue jean Pasta Model. Use a sharp knife to cut the belt. Cut thin strips from the blue Pasta Model for the belt hoops and fix. 

Step 29

Add a buckle to the front. This is how you want the front to look. 

Step 30

This is how the rear should look.

Step 31

Coat the top of the styrofoam ball with cake gel or corn syrup. Cut a circle in half for the breasts and fix as shown to the ball. 

Step 32

Separate 3 portions of white Pasta Model. One piece for the blouse body, one for the collar and one for the arms. Roll the larger portion into a disk about 4” (100mm) in diameter for the blouse body. 

Step 33

Place the blouse on top of the styrofoam and the breasts. Use your tool to gently add ruffles around the bottom of the blouse.

Step 34

For the head – Using your brown hair coloured Pasta Model, separate a portion of approx 0.5 oz (14g).  Shape this into a half ball shape. Repeat with the face light skin tone Pasta Model and fix together using a little water if required. 

Step 35

Use your thumb to create an indentation across the face. 

Step 36

Use a modeling tool to mark facial features such as eyes and nose. Smooth the surface of the face with your fingers.

Step 37

Use a ball tool to create the eye sockets. Use modelling tools to form the nose and smiling mouth.

Step 38

Position the eyeballs using a toothpick so they are looking in the same direction.

Step 39

Use your fingers to push the cheeks up and the forehead area down to help define the face.  

Step 40

Smooth the surface with your fingers. Use a modelling tool to raise the nose and add nostrils with a toothpick.

Step 41

Use a sharp knife to cut the mouth and use a Dresden tool to open the mouth and shape the lips.

Step 42

With the Dresden tool shape the mouth and full lip definition with clean, smooth, round edges.

Step 43

Insert a small amount of black Pasta Model into the mouth.

Step 44

Add a small amount of white Pasta Model for the teeth.

Step 45

For the eye line roll two tiny pieces of black Pasta Model very thinly.  

Step 46

Use a modelling tool to position and fix at the mid point of the upper eyelids to create eye line definition. 

Step 47

Use a sharp tipped paintbrush coated with edible marker pen ink to paint eyelashes and eyebrows. Use the pink powder dust and a soft brush to dust the cheeks. Take care not to over dust and test out the colour on your hand or paper before applying to the face. 

Step 48

This is the view from the side. 

Step 49

Fix a small piece of light skin tone Pasta Model on the skewer for the neck. 

Roll white Pasta Model and cut out the collar. Fix around the neck line. Add the head fixing into place with a little cake gel. 

Step 50

Start building up the hair using brown Pasta Model. Cover the back and sides of the head.

Step 51

The hair base should look similar to this. It does not have to be too tidy as we will be covering. 

Step 52

Roll brown Pasta Model into small sausage shapes. Flatten and use a modelling tool to add hair strands. Cut  the bottom edges to give a rough effect.

Step 53

Add the Strands to the head, gradually working from back to front. 

Step 54

Add curls to the hair ends using a toothpick. Your face should look like this from the front.

Step 55

Insert cocktail sticks into the body at the required arm locations.

Using white Pasta Model roll out two arm shapes. Insert a cocktail stick through the centre to form a hole. Apply a little cake gel or corn syrup to the arm cocktail sticks and add the arms. Shape the sleeves with your fingers and blend the joint where the arms meet the body.

Step 56

Hands: Begin by rolling a small sausage shape. Press down to make a palm shape. Using a craft knife cut out a small piece to create a thumb. Cut four fingers. Open the fingers and smooth them to remove sharp edges. Add shape to the fingers. Push the thumb forward.

Form a hole in the wrist for connection to the arm. Cut the arm cocktail sticks if they are too long. Apply a small amount of cake gel or corn syrup to the end of the sticks and place the hands at the end of each sleeve. Add white cuffs at the wrists.

Step 57

Add a ribbon around the neck and hair accessories. If you are feeling confident you can paint a pattern on the blouse.

Step 58

Your dancing figurine is ready for the cake!

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RAIBOW UNICORN GIRL

RAIBOW UNICORN GIRL

Jul 6, 2021 | Cakes, Modelling

Author: Barbara Luraschi

FB: SWEET JANIS

Skill level: BEGINNERS

You will need:

  • Saracino white Pasta Top 500g
  • Saracino Pasta Model:
    • white 100g
    • light green 100g
    • pink 100g
    • orange 100g
    • yellow 100g
    • tiffany 100g
    • fuschia 100g
    • violet 100g
    • black 10g
    • light skin 15g
  • Saracino gold powder
  • Cake 15cm diameter x 13cm tall
  • Cake board 20cm diameter x 2.5cm tall
  • Saracino Cake Gel
  • 3cm circle cutter
  • Ball tool
  • Modelling tools
  • Rolling pin
  • Brushes
  • Clear alcohol
  • Cloud cutter
  • Foam mat
  • Exacto knife and Dresden tool
  • Silicone brush
  • Piping nozzles #3 #2
  • Saracino dust colours: light blue, brown and pink
  • Small oval cutter
  • DOWNLOAD THE PICTURE HERE

Step 1

Cover the cake and the board using white fondant Pasta Top.

Step 2

Roll out some pink modelling paste quite thin. Cut some circles using the circle cutter.

Step 3

Place the circles on a foam mat and thin the edges using the ball tool, pressing half on the edge of the circle and half on the mat.

Step 4

Repeat for each circle and fold them like an “S” shape as in the picture. Leave them dry on the mat for few minutes before positioning them on the board.

Step 5

Take one “petal” ruffle and stick to the side of the board, starting from the top, placing the other above slightly to the left. I used 4 petal ruffles of each colour. Use Saracino cake gel to help it stick.

Step 6

Prepare the other petal ruffles in different colours. Fix next to the one previosly fixed.

Step 7

Repeat with all the colours keeping to the same sequence as you work around the board.

Step 8

Cover the entire side of the board as in the picture.

Step 9

Roll a 5g sausage shape of white Pasta Model. Use your fingers to shape the ankle and flatten the end for the foot.

Step 10

Download the picture HERE. Position the leg on the template to check you have the correct size. Model the other leg using the template as a guide. Use a sharp tool to mark the slipper outline.

Step 11

Roll approximately 20g of white Pasta Model thickly and cut a cloud using the “cloud” cutter.

Step 12

Make another cloud and fix them on the bottom of the cake side. Use a little cake gel to help them stick.

Step 13

Position the legs we made previously on the clouds as shown.

Step 14

Roll approximately 7g of white Pasta Model into a teardrop shape. Use the template as a size guide.

Step 15

Position and fix the body onto the cake following the design of the template.

Step 16

For the skirt roll approximately 5g of white Pasta Model thinly and cut a strip. Fold it as shown in the picture to make the pleats.

Step 17

Position and attach the skirt to the body.

Step 18

For the flowers on the dress roll a small amount of tiffany Pasta Model and cut a small strip.

Step 19

Roll and fold the strip to make a small rose.

Step 20

Make 3 flowers and fix them at the bottom of the skirt.

Step 21

Repeat the same with different colours and continue until you decorate the entire bottom of the skirt.

Step 22

Roll 5g of white Pasta Model and cut another strip. Fold it as you did before to make pleats and position it as a “second layer” over the first one and above the roses.

Step 23

Roll a 6g ball of light skin Pasta Model using the template as a guide for the size needed.

 

Step 24

Flatten the ball slightly and using your fingers start to shape the eye sockets and the nose.

Step 25

Use a silicone tool to mark the 2 points at the end of the mouth as shown.

Step 26

Mark a line between the 2 points with the modelling tool and cut it using the craft knife.

Step 27

Mark the upper and the bottom lips using the Dresden tool. Push the paste towards the mouth for the upper lip and just mark the shape of the lower lip.

Step 28

Smooth around the lips using the silicone tool.

Step 29

Make the eye sockets using a small ball tool.

Step 30

Fill the eye sockets with 2 small balls of white Pasta Model.

Step 31

Paint the eyes: use light blue colour for the iris. Using the end of the number 3 piping nozzle cut 2 small circles of black Pasta Model and fix them in the center. Add 2 small dots of white Pasta Model for the highlights. Roll 2 small lines of black paste for the eye liner and fix. Using brown colour paint the eyelashes and eyebrows. Dust the  cheeks and lips using pink powder.

Step 32

Roll a sausage of about 5g of light skin Pasta Model and pinch in the middle to shape the neck.

Step 33

Position the neck on the body and cut to the right shoulder width. Fix using cake gel. Use the silicone tool to shape the neck. Position the face using cake gel to help it stick.

Step 34

For the arms roll a small sausage of light skin Pasta Model (about 1g) and cut in half.

Step 35

Flatten the hand end and cut out the thumb shape.

Step 36

Bend the hands and fix them in place as shown.

Step 37

For the bow roll a small amount of white Pasta Model and cut 2 oval shapes.

Step 38

Fold them joining the ends and position them on the dress. Add 2 strips of white paste for the ribbon.

Step 39

For the hair cut strips of yellow paste. They should be different sizes and different shapes. Fix them on the head.

Step 40

Continue until you cover the entire head. Use smaller strips for the fringe.

Step 41

For the unicorn horn roll 2 small cylinders of white paste to a point at the end.

Step 42

Twist them together as shown.

Step 43

Fix the unicorn horn on the head and add 3 small flowers (made the same as the flowers on the dress).

Step 44

Dilute some Saracino gold powder with clear alcohol.

Step 45

Paint the bow, the unicorn horn and the slipper with the gold colour.

Step 46

Using a large flat brush paint the top edge and around the bottom of the cake with the gold colour.

Step 47

Make some coloured petal ruffles in the same way you made the ones for decorating the board.

Step 48

Make 2 decorations by fixing the petal ruffles together. Fix them to the top of the cake on the right hand side. Your cake is done!

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SLEEPY TEDDIES CAKE TUTORIAL

SLEEPY TEDDIES CAKE TUTORIAL

Jul 6, 2021 | Cakes, Modelling

Author: Michaela Rences

FB: Cakes by Mischell

Skill level: BEGINNERS

You will need:

  • Saracino Pasta Top : white
  • Saracino Pasta Model : white, brown, yellow and black
  • Saracino powder colours : white, blue, yellow and red
  • Saracino powder : light gold
  • Saracino Liquid Shiny confectioners glaze
  • Saracino Wafer paper 0.27
  • Saracino cake gel
  • Brown edible food pen
  • Round cake with a diameter of about 18cm
  • Silicone pad
  • Roller
  • Craft knife
  • Ball and other modelling tools
  • Round cutters
  • Round nozzle
  • Paint brushes
  • Scissors
  • White florist wires
  • Water

Step 1

For covering the board and the cake, mix blue and white Saracino Pasta Top together. For the board roll out thinly and cut into strips and squares of different sizes. Fix randomly on the board to cover the entire area with ‘paving’.

Step 2

Using a bunched up piece of aluminum foil add texture to the board.

Step 3

Dust the board with Saracino blue powder colour. Add areas of white using white powder colour.

Step 4

Dust the top and bottom of the cake using the blue powder colour.

Step 5

For the teddy bear, mix brown and white Pasta Model. Roll a teardrop shape for the body. Flatten the back.

Step 6

Use a sharp pair of scissors to cut the fur texture.

Step 7

Use the brown Pasta Model that we used for the body to roll the head and model the ears. Use a light brown for the nose. 

Step 8

Texture the head and ears with scissors. Add light brown paste into the ears. Use a ball tool to form eye sockets. Mark the mouth and nose using a modelling tool.

Step 9

Use black Pasta Model for the eyes and nose.

Step 10

Using the dark brown paste model the bear’s legs and arms.

Step 11

Add the fur texture using the sharp scissors. Fix the arms and legs to the bear.

Step 12

For the blanket roll a rectangular shape of white Pasta Model. For the patchwork pieces cut out shapes using brown paste. 

Step 13

Fix the brown “patches” to the blanket. Cut out small strips of white paste and fix as shown to give the stitching look. 

Step 14

Add a stitching look to the blanket by painting around the edges with a brown edible food pen.

Step 15

Fix the bear to the cake. Add the blanket into the bears arms. Fix small pieces of brown paste to the bears feet then add small pieces of white paste to give the stitching look.  

Dust the bear to add shade using brown powder colour. Paint small white highlights to the eyes and nose using white powder mixed with Liquid Shiny confectioners glaze.

Step 16

For the crescent moon mix yellow and white Pasta Model. Roll out and shape the crescent.

Step 17

Using ball tools of differing sizes add holes to the moon surface. Allow to dry. 

Step 18

Fix the moon to the top of the cake. Insert a toothpick to add additional support. Dust the edges of the moon with orange powder colour. Paint the moon surface with light gold powder mixed with Liquid Shiny glaze. 

Step 19

Cut out large stars from wafer paper. Paint one side of a star with a little water. Add a flower wire to the star and press another star shape over. you will need some stars without the wire.

Step 20

Mix yellow powder colour with Liquid Shiny confectioners glaze. Paint both sides of the star and allow to dry. Mix white powder colour with Liquid Shiny confectioners glaze and paint white dots on the stars.

Place wired stars to the back of the cake. If you are using a real cake use posy picks or straws. Fix a few stars to the front of the cake.

Step 21

Mix brown and white Pasta Model for the rabbit. Model the rabbit in a similar way as the bear. Do not texture the fur and make the rabbit’s ears longer.

Use light brown Pasta Model for the nose and tummy. Add eye sockets using a ball tool. Use a sharp tool to draw the line on the head.

Step 22

Add black Pasta Model for the eyes and nose. Draw the mouth and tummy lines with a modelling tool.

Step 23

Dust the rabbits ears and cheeks using pink powder colour. Fix the rabbit to the moon. Mix white powder colour with Liquid Shiny confectioners glaze and paint white dots in the eyes and nose of the rabbit. Use a sharp tool to add the mouth and tummy button.

Step 24

Use red Pasta Model to model three heart shapes.

Step 25

Mix white powder colour with Liquid Shiny confectioners glaze. Add white dots and lines on the side of the hearts. Fix one heart to the rabbit’s paw and two hearts on the cake board.

Step 26

For the buttons cut out a disk using light brown Pasta Model. Use a smaller cutter to mark the outline of the button.

Step 27

Using the end of a piping nozzle cut 4 holes in the centre of the buttons. Roll two white strips of white Pasta Model and insert them into the holes of the button for a stitching look. Mix white powder with Liquid Shiny confectioners glaze and paint white dashes on the side of the buttons.

Step 28

Your cake is ready!

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COLOURFUL FOREST CAKE

COLOURFUL FOREST CAKE

Jul 6, 2021 | Cakes, Modelling

Author: Valentina Bres

FB: Rêves et Gâteaux

Skill level: BEGINNERS

You will need:

  • Pasta Top
  • Pasta Model
  • Pasta Bouquet
  • Wafer paper
  • Isomalt
  • Almond powder
  • Cake Gel Glue
  • Powder colours: yellow, green, brown, blue
  • Gel colours: red, blue, green, brown

Step 1

Cover a 15cm diameter x 14cm high tier and a 10cm diameter x 10cm high tier with white Pasta Top.

Step 2

Paint the cake with a brush, sponge or airbrush in shades of brown and meadow green.

Step 3

For the bark, colour 100g of Pasta Top in shades of light brown and dark brown.

Step 4

Roll the two brown pastes and a white paste to elongated sausage shapes and position side by side.

Step 5

Mix the colors until you get a beautiful, well-marked marbling.

Step 6

Roll out the sugar paste to a thickness of 3mm.

Step 7

Cut out a 50x14cm rectangle. I worked in two parts of 25x14cm to make it easier.

Step 8

Apply a thin layer of Cake Gel or other edible glue with a brush. Optionally you can mix CMC with water to make your own glue.

Step 9

You will need 0.27 Saracino wafer paper sheets.

Step 10

With a wafer paper sheet cover the strip of sugar paste. Be careful to put the rough side of the sheet facing up with the smooth side against the paste. Roll out in all directions.

Step 11

As you roll the wafer paper will tear and you will get a wood bark effect. Continue to roll to exaggerate the cracks and get the look you want to achieve.

Step 12

Using Saracino powder colours and a soft flat brush dust the cracks in shades of brown and green. The goal is to create a wood bark effect.

Step 13

You can exaggerate the cracks and give a slight 3D look by lifting with a scalpel blade.

Step 14

Emphasize the cracks with a darker shade of color.

Step 15

Trim the edges to return to the 50cmx14cm strip we had at the beginning.

Step 16

Cut into strips approximately 4cm wide.

Step 17

Roughly tear the top of the strips to a length of 2 – 3cm.

Step 18

Using dark brown powdercolour, dust the edges of the strips. Glue the strips to the cake using Cake Gel.

Step 19

Prepare a small sponge cake with: 15g Saracino almond flour, 15g white flour, 15g sugar, 50g egg white and a little yellow and green powder colours.

Step 20

Whisk the egg whites. Mix them to the rest of the ingredients. Microwave for approximatelty 3 – 5 minutes.

Step 21

Allow the sponge to cool.

Step 22

Crumble the sponge cake.

Step 23

Fix the cake pieces onto the main cake using Cake Gel.

 

Step 24

For the grass effect. Use a coffee grinder or blender to mix some Saracino almond flour with yellow and green powder colours.

Step 25

Use this mixture to complete the “grass” look on the cake. Fix using a thin layer of Cake Gel.

Step 26

For the mushrooms colour small amounts of Pasta Model with light brown, blue and red gel.

Step 27

For the mushroom stems use the light brown coloured paste. First roll a ball and use your fingers to roll into a tear drop shape.

Step 28

We will need three stems like this one. Make each of them slightly different size and shape.

Step 29

Take a ball of the light brown Pasta Model. Use a ball tool to hollow out and form a mushroom cap.

Step 30

Repeat for the three mushrooms. Fix the caps to the stems using a little glue. Allow to dry.

Step 31

Use a soft bristle brush and brown powder colouring to dust shadows on the stems.

Step 32

With brown gel colour diluted with clear alcohol paint the caps. Add layers of varying colour to give a velvet effect.

Step 33

Allow to dry and fix the three mushrooms to the cake. For the shiny cap effect you can use Saracino Liquid Shiny.

Step 34

For the coloured mushrooms: Use the coloured Pasta Model to create the mushroom stems. I find a Dresden tool helps at this stage.

Step 35

You will need to make three or four stems depending on how many mushrooms you want on your cake.

Step 36

As shown previously using a ball tool model the mushrooms caps using the red and blue Pasta Model.

Step 37

Make in different shapes and sizes.

Step 38

Paint the stems brown using Saracino brown colour gel diluted in clear alcohol.

Step 39

Fix the caps to the stems with a little Cake Gel.

Step 40

Paint the caps with blue and red gel colour.

Step 41

Make small pieces of sugar paste for the mushroom “spots”. They should not be circular and need to be irregular. Allow to dry.

Step 42

Insert a cocktail stick into the stem of the mushrooms. Fix to the top of the cake.

Step 43

Add the mushrooms wherever you would like them to be.

Step 44

Make little daisies or other flowers with a little white and yellow Pasta Top. I used a silicone mould, but a cutter will suffice.

Step 45

Print or paint butterflies on Saracino Wafer paper.

Step 46

Cut out the butterflies and glue them to a thin layer of Pasta Bouquet coloured with pale pink.

Step 47

Using a sharp knife cut out the butterflies.

Step 48

Smooth the edges to remove any rough cuts. Bend the butterflies at the centre and position to dry.

Step 49

For the moisture drops add Saracino isomalt to a silicone mould.

Step 50

Melt in a microwave and drip onto a silicone mat. Allow to harden.

Step 51

Glue the butterflies to the cake. Add the dew drop isomalt pearls.

Step 52

Your cake is ready. 

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