BATHING BETH TUTORIAL

BATHING BETH TUTORIAL

May 27, 2018 | Modelling

Author: Rhu Strand

FB: Rhu Strand Sugarcraft Teacher

Skill level: BEGINNERS

 

Bathing Beth is a girl who’s not so sure about swimming but with a little attitude and determination she’s happy to jump right in …. Providing she has her rubber ring that is!!  With a  hand crafted face and floral swim hat she’s all set to go

 

You will need:

  • Saracino Top Paste White to cover the board
  • 200g Saracino skin tone
  • Small amount of Saracino Modelling Paste in red, white, pink
  • 80g orange Saracino Modelling Paste
  • Blue colouring
  • Scalpel
  • Dresden tool
  • Boning tool
  • Embossing tools
  • FMM scriber tool or similar pointed tool
  • Piping nozzles with round openings or small circle cutters
  • Paint brushes
  • Rose / pink Saracino dusting powder for cheeks
  • Dust red and blue metallic paint – lips and eyes
  • Small blossom cutter
  • Edible glue

Step 1

Colour the white paste to cover the board, by adding in streaks of the blue, mix gently to create a marble effect in the paste

 

Step 2

Roll the paste out and cover the board

Step 3

Roll and flatten slightly 55g of skin tone to make the tummy part of the figure

Step 4

Roll another 55g of skin tone into a ball and tease a neck from one side

Step 5

Use the Dresden tool to divide the bust.

Step 6

Pinch the bust shape in with your fingers.

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Step 7

Use your index finger to shape in the neck and shoulders

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Step 8

Press in to each side to make the arm joining area – think of a tailors dummy and the shape they have with no arms

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Step 9

Roll out the red paste and add small white dots, carefully roll the dots into the paste, cut two small triangle to cover the bust. Cut a strip to go under the triangles and across the lower bust.

Step 10

Add the bust onto the tummy and add some ties to the bikini

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Step 11

Roll 80g of orange paste and place around her tummy for the rubber ring, join at the back

Step 12

Roll two 16g pieces of paste into tapered 10cm sausages, flattened down the thinner end to make hand.  Cut ‘V’ shape for thumb.  Divide fingers, in half and half again.

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Step 13

Use fmm scribber tool to divide ends of fingers, mark in nail bed and knuckles, Roll between thumb and finger to create wrist

Step 14

Bend at the elbow, half way along from the shoulder to the wrist. Pinch in to make the elbow

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Step 15

Attach to the body and smooth in joins with a damp brush and dresden tool

Step 16

Head – Roll 40g of paste into an egg shape, tease thinner end forward to create chin area.

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Step 17

Use smaller end of boning tool, press into head to about half the depth of the tool, making eye sockets – these are placed half-way down the face, continue the eye socket gently down the sides of the face with the boning tool to make temples

Step 18

Roll very small tear-drop in flesh, place on bridge of nose and smooth sides into eye sockets

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Step 19

Use the side of the dresden tool to mark in the cheeks from the sides of the nose

Step 20

Use pointed tool to make the nostrils – try flaring the nostrils by gently moving the tool around

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Step 21

Cut a slit into the paste for the mouth – be careful not to go too wide, use the cuticle stick to tease the upper lip forward slightly

Step 22

Use a card embossing tool tool to draw in the line from nose to mouth

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Step 23

Use the same tool to draw in the upper lip in an ‘m’ shape, use a small ball tool to ‘draw’ under the lower lip, almost making another mouth shape, smooth this ‘trough’ out – leaving the lower lip.Create dimples at each side of the mouth

Step 24

Add to small dots to the outside edge of the mouth

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Step 25

Use the tip of the veiner tool to create the eye sockets, turn head around and do the other end of the eye

Step 26

Roll two rice sized pieces of white sugarpaste and insert into eye sockets

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Step 27

Dip the bigger embossing tool into  dust metallic paint and dot into each eye and leave to dry – use small end of the embossing tool, dip into some black food colouring and dot each eye for the pupil. Roll thin piece of black paste for eyelashes and eyebrows, use dust metallic red for lips, dust cheeks with dusky pink

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Step 29

Insert a cocktail stick into the neck and using the blossom cutter cover the head with small flowers for the swimming cap.

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CREATE REALISTIC EYE WITH ISOMALT

CREATE REALISTIC EYE WITH ISOMALT

May 22, 2018 | Isomalt

Author: Gisi Prekau

FB: Just little cakes

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Skill level: INTERMEDIATE

You will need:

  • Flowerpaste
  • Saracino gel colours ( colours depends on which eye colour you would like to achieve )
  • High percentage alcohol
  • Glaze spray
  • Ready cooked Saracino Isomalt – how to cook Isomalt click HERE
  • Fine brush
  • Cupcake liner (silicone)
  • Balltool

Step 1

Prepare a base out of flowerpaste. This should have a depression in the centre, which determines the size of the iris. Let them dry over night.

Step 2

Paint the iris with a fine brush, high percentage alcohol and gel colours. Start with applying pure alcohol as a thin coat. Then add the lightest colour for your base. Draw on darker colours in spots as you go. Delude your paste colours so they do not get too strong!

I always paint with two or three differetnt colors.

Step 3

Paint the iris with a brighter zone (which will be below) and a darker zone which will point upwards. this zone is darker due to the shadow of the upper eyelid. To complete the look of an realistic iris draw a very thin line as an outline around the iris. Don’t  forget the pupil – this is painted with black foo colour.

 

Step 4

The painting must not exceed the depression. And should be well dried before further processing. A hair dryer can be used to speed up the drying process.

Step 5

Apply a  first layer of food-grade lacquer and let it dry.

Step 6

Warm the prepared eyeball carefully – a hair dryer can be used for this as well. Melt Isomalt using a silicone cupcake liner  in the microwave  (30 sec., then 15 sec. Intervals). Attention do not overheat, otherwise the Isomalt will go brown.

Step 7

Do not stir to avoid any further bubbles – then allow to rest a little until bubbling stops. Fill the well with a small hill. and let it cool down. Important- coat with food bag to prevent absorption of moisture that clouds the Isomalt.

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CREATE STEPHAN A PUG CAKE

CREATE STEPHAN A PUG CAKE

May 17, 2018 | Cakes

Author: Sylwia Sobiegraj

FB: Sylwia Sobiegraj The Cake Designer

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Skill level: BEGINNERS

You will need:

  • 2 round 6” cakes
  • 800 g chocolate ganache
  • 100 g Saracino Modelling Chocolate
  • 2 kg of Saracino White Pasta Top
  • 30 g Saracino Black Modelling Paste
  • 50 g Saracino Red Modeling Paste
  • Saracino Gel colours : brown, blue. yellow, pink, skin tone
  • Saracino Dust Colour : brown, black, silver
  • Edible glue
  • Airbrush colour : blue
  • Kitchen knife
  • Craft knife
  • Cerart ball tool
  • Cerart dresden tool
  • Cerart silicon tool
  • Paint brushes
  • Smoother
  • Rolling pin
  • 10 inch square cake drum
  • 6, 4 inches cake boards
  • Corn flour

PREPARATION:

Cover the cake drum in white Pasta Top, smooth the surface, trim the excess, airbrush the edges with blue colour and set aside to dry.

Step 1

Trim the crust from the cakes, cut into layers and sandwich back together with chocolate ganache. Trim around the top of cake to narrow it slightly.

Step 2

Insert a bubble tea straw and cut the excess.

Step 3

Place 4 inch card on the top of cake.

Step 4

Mix the cake crumbs with ganache and form a round top

Step 5

Spread a layer of ganache over the whole cake

Step 6

Out of modelling chocolate form a ball and roll out into an oval shape

Step 7

Attach to the face using water. Mark two holes for the eyes.

Step 8

Mix 800 g of white Pasta Top with skin tone gel colour. Roll out and cover the cake completely. Smooth with a cake smoother.

Step 9

Mix 150 g Pasta Top with brown colour gel, roll out into a circle and attach with an edible glue to the face.

Step 10

Using a ball tool gently mark out the nose.

Step 11

Draw a line down the centre of the muzzle with a Dresden tool

Step 12

Roll out a small piece of black modelling paste, cut out the shape of mouth using a round cutter and stick inside of mouth.

Step 13

Roll some white sugar paste into the thin sausage shape and flatten. Apply a small amount of glue and stick inside the mouth.

Step 14

Using a craft knife mark lines to create the teeth.

Step 15

Roll small amount of white sugar paste into the sausage shape, cut into half to make fangs.

Step 16

Roll a small piece of black modelling paste into a tear drop shape and stick it to the muzzle to form the nose. Open up the nostrils with a silicone tool.

Step 17

Using a brown powder, dust the eye sockets area

Step 18

Roll two balls, one slightly bigger. They must to fit into eye socket.

Step 19

Mix a bit of brown dust with an alcohol and paint the irises and pupils. Stick them in the eye indentations

Step 20

To create the ears roll out some brown sugar paste and cut out two triangles, repeat the step using a skin tone colour paste and smaller triangle cutter. Attach them to either side of the head.

Step 21

Mix some white sugar paste with pink colour gel for the tongue. Roll the paste into an oval, cut in half a mark line down the middle

Step 22

Stick it into the bottom of the mouth and fold down

Step 23

Roll skin tone coloured sugar paste into a sausage shape and split it in half. Flatten one end and bend the leg gently.

Step 24

Repeat for the second leg, then stick them to the front of the body. Mark 3 lines down each paw with the knife

Step 25

Place the cake on the cake drum. Roll a ball of skin toned paste, press and roll with your little finger. Narrow towards one end.

Step 26

Flatten top part of the leg and bend as shown on pictures. Repeat for the second leg and stick them to the body

Step 27

Colour white pasta top with a blue colour gel. Roll out to 2 mm thick. Cut a long strip. Use stitching tool to make the stitches and place the collar around the dog neck. To make a tail roll a skin tone sugar paste into thin sausage, shape curl from one side and stick the tail on

Step 28

To create the cake roll out of 50 g brown sugar paste to 1 cm thick. Cut out 3 circles. Use the wire brush to make some impression.

Step 29

Roll three white balls, flatten to the size of the cake. Pull the edges of the paste with your fingers. Layer the cake

Step 30

Using a plastic cutter, cut one side of the cake as shown on the picture.

Step 31

Mix some white sugar paste with yellow colour gel ,make a long strand. Cut two equal yellow strips and one white, pinch on both ends

Step 32

Twist to make the candles. Repeat the step for pink and blue candle, cut into 4 cm long

Step 33

Insert a 18 gauge wire and let it dry

Step 34

Place the cake on the board. Curl long white strip of white sugar paste and place on the top of the dog`s head to create a frosting effect.

Step 35

Place the candles

Step 36

Roll small balls of white sugar paste and stick to the sides of mouth, cover with flattened circle of sugar paste to create frosting effect.

Step 37

Add more details like a name tag and happy birthday ribbon

Voila!

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MODELLING PERRY THE PELICAN

MODELLING PERRY THE PELICAN

May 11, 2018 | Modelling

Author: Dirk Luchtmaijer

FB: Cakez ‘n’ Fun

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Skill level: BEGINNERS

You will need:

 

Saracino Modelling Paste

  • 100 gram white
  • 70 gram red
  • 40 gram Yellow/orange mix (10 gram yellow – 30 gram orange (1:3)  (burned yellow)
  • 25 gram brown
  • Saracino Modeling Chocolate 70 gram
  • 4 skewers
  • 1x 4cm styro ball
  • 1x 3cm styro ball
  • 1x 20cm dummy
  1. This can be a round 20cm cake. For this tutorial we used a styrofoam dummy to make a display version of Perry the Pelican
  2. 25 gram brown Saracino model paste. Mix it well and make a ball
  3. Shape it into a small cylinder shape about 4cm high.
  4. Centre the cylinder shape onto the dummy and use a tool to make some texture to make it appear like wood. You can use scissors to cut small gaps in the border
  5. Use 2 skewers (one is displayed) and 1 gram (per skewer) yellow/orange Saracino model paste. Mix it well and stick it on the skewer. Roll the skewer on your table until the paste sticks on the stick.
  6. Stick both skewers next to each other into the cylinder shape (one is displayed). Make sure your skewer stick all the way true so it connects into the dummy firm enough.
  1. 2x 6 gram pieces of yellow/orange Saracino model paste
  2. Make a cone shape and press the middle a little flat. Keep the thick side fat
  3. Use a spatula to make 2 incisions for the toes.
  4. Cut into the heel
  5. Mount the parts around the skewers
  6. Remove the joints with a silicone tool
  1. Use a 4cm Styrofoam ball and 30 gram of white Saracino model paste. Put the ball inside the paste
  2. Make a tail shape with your hands (looks a bit like a fishtail)
  3. Shorten the skewers with a plier until you have about 8cm sticking out. Make an imprint with the ball and pre drill 2 holes into the Styrofoam ball
  4. Mount the ball onto the skewers by pressing them at least 2 cm over the skewers
  5. 2 pieces of 6 gram white for the wings. Make 2 cones and press them flat (not too thin). Make a tear shape and cut some lines with a scissor.
  6. Mount them in position
  7. Make some texture on the wings
  8. Model them in position the way you like it
  1. Insert a skewer in the neck base and short it down to 10cm
  2. Use a 3cm Styrofoam ball and 30 gram white Saracino model paste
  3. Mount the ball onto the skewer. Don’t forget to pre drill the hole before mounting.
  4. 10 gram Yellow/orange Saracino model paste.
  5. Make a sausage and roll it smaller in the middle by hand. (approx. 6cm tall)
  6. Try to create the base shape with your fingers only. Don’t forget to wipe your fingerprints off. (even I forget sometimes) (it should appear around 7-8cm tall)
  7. Insert a skewer in the head to position the beak
  8. Predrill a hole into the beak. Make sure you make a flat spot so you can connect it onto the head.
  9. Position the beak
  10. 6 gram yellow/orange Saracino model paste. Make a tall cone about 4cm
  11. Position it for the lower jaw and model the shape until it fits.
  1. 2x 2 gram white Saracino model paste. Make 2 balls and position them for the eyeballs
  2. Add a small piece for the lower eyelid
  3. Blend the lower joint onto the head with a silicone tool.
  4. Try to be creative with the eyelids and play a little with them so you get the right character.
  5. 2 gram white on top on the head. Make it look like an extension of the head. Remove the joints with a silicone sharper.
  6. Position the black spots for the eyes.
  1. 4 pieces of 25 gram Saracino modeling chocolate (mixed with Saracino red model paste). Make tall cone shaped pieces 8cm tall.
  2. Add the sucking naps
  3. Position them around the centerpiece
  4. 35 gram Saracino modeling chocolate mix red
  5. Make this shape
  6. Use a ball tool to make the eye sockets.
  7. Insert 2 small pieces of white paste
  8. Add the black spots in position
  9. Add 2 eyelids so he looks annoyed.
  1. Make the Squid look upwards to Perry
  2. Marble a piece of white with blue model paste.
  3. Make small sausages and lay them around the Squid parts
  4. Use a precision tool to blend it around the squid
  5. Make detailed lines to make it look splashing
  6. This picture shows one tentacle is moved for a nicer composition. So be creative and make your own version of Perry.
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MODELLING A LIFE SIZE HAND

MODELLING A LIFE SIZE HAND

May 3, 2018 | Modelling

Author: Carla Puig

FB: Carla Puig – Sugar Atelier

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Skill level: INTERMEDIATE

You will need:

  • Saracino White Modelling Chocolate
  • Saracino Skin Tone Food Gel Colour
  • Dresden Cerart 301 Tool
  • Knife

Step 1

Colour the chocolate in flesh tone.

Step 2

We are going to start with the fingers: make a ball, then, roll it and make a sausage.

Step 3

With the edge of the Dresden tool, mark three lines which are the finger’s creases.

Step 4

With the tips of your thumbs, smooth the marks.

Step 5

Turn the finger and, in the tip of the opposite side, mark a rectangle with the edge of the tool.

Step 6

Just above of the first three marks, make thin lines to recreate the creases of the knuckles

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Step 7

Turn again the finger and, in the third line, make a diagonal cut.

Step 8

Repeat the same process four times changing the size depending on the finger you are making. For the thumbs, we only must make two marks in the lower side.

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Step 9

For the thumb, make a diagonal cut in the second mark.

Step 10

We have to put the fingers in order and do not mistake with it.

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Step 11

For the palm, make a bigger ball.

Step 12

Press it and give it a kind of rectangle shape. Place it near the fingers to see if the dimension is correct.

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Step 13

Place it all together.

Step 14

With the tool, smooth the joint between the palm and the fingers.

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Step 15

Do the same with all the fingers.

Step 16

Repeat the process on the other side.

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Step 17

If you need to add small pieces of chocolate in the joint you can do it and smooth everything.

Step 18

Place the thumb on the side of the palm. Be careful do not place it too high or too low. You can use your own hand as a template.

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Step 19

Add chocolate on top of the joint to recreate the volume of the thumb.

Step 20

With the tool, smooth the joint.

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Step 21

Try to not over touch too much the piece to prevent to add too warm of your own hand. Smooth the piece as much as you can using the tool or your fingers.

Step 22

Press in this point to recreate the volume we have in our hands.

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Step 23

With the edge of the tool, mark the hand lines soft.

Step 24

Smooth the chocolate after all the process.

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Step 25

Repeat the same in the other side.

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