LITTLE LOVE BEAR TUTORIAL

LITTLE LOVE BEAR TUTORIAL

May 23, 2019 | Cakes, Cupcakes, Modelling

Author: SARAH BRAY

FB: DAISY CAKES BY SARAH

Skill level: BEGINNERS

You will need:

  • 200g Saracino white modelling paste
  • Saracino yellow gel colour
  • Saracino orange gel colour
  • Saracino brown gel colour
  • Saracino green gel colour
  • Saracino yellow edible dust
  • Saracino orange edible dust
  • Saracino brown edible dust
  • Saracino pink edible dust
  • Small piece Saracino black modelling paste
  • Sugar glue
  • Workboard
  • Cocktail sticks
  • Paintbrush
  • Rolling pin
  • Blossom plunger cutters
  • Small flower cutters
  • Sharp knife
  • Dresden tool
  • Small ball tool
  • Craft knife
  • Dotting tool
  • Sponge Mat
  • Smoother
  • Medium sized soft brush
  • Plain wheel modelling tool

Step 1

Using a cocktail stick, add small spots of Saracino yellow, orange and brown gel colours to 100g white paste to create a light golden brown colour.

Step 2

To make the legs take a 12g piece of golden brown paste and roll into a ball in the palm of your hands

Step 3

With the ball of paste in your hand use your index finger and middle finger to roll just one end to create a leg shape.

Step 4

Stand the leg onto the board and push it down onto the board to make the foot. Smooth over with fingers to soften any bumps. Repeat steps 2 – 4 to make the second leg

Step 5

Push the two legs together using sugar glue if necessary to secure them together. Be careful not to lose the ankle shape when joining together.

Step 6

Use a sharp knife to diagonally trim off the top of the legs. Leave to set.

Step 7

For the bears body roll a 35g ball of golden brown paste into a ball in the palm of your hands and roll gently to make a slight oval.

Step 8

Use sugar glue to attach the body to the legs.

Step 9

Mark a line down the body using a plain wheel modelling tool and leave to set (supporting if necessary)

Step 10

To make the head roll a 25g piece of golden brown paste into a ball and soften gently into a slight oval.

Step 11

Mark a line down the middle of the head using a plain wheel modelling tool and continue down the back.

Step 12

Use your finger to slightly flatten the top of the body in order to secure the head more easily.

Step 13

Use some sugar glue to attach the head to the body and leave to dry (supporting if necessary)

Step 14

For the ears roll a pea sized piece of golden brown paste into a ball and flatten slightly with your finger.

Step 15

With a ball tool press into the centre of this ball.

Step 16

Using a craft knife cut this in two to create two ears.

Step 17

Attach one either side of the head to create ears.

Step 18

To make the arms roll 5g of golden brown paste into a ball and then roll into a teardrop shape with your hands at an angle. Repeat for the second arm.

Step 19

Place the pieces on the board and use your fingers to flatten slightly onto the board.

Step 20

Attach the arms with sugar glue making sure they meet in the middle. If they aren’t long enough elongate the arm slightly before attaching.

Step 21

Roll a pea sized ball of white paste and flatten slightly onto finger in an oval shape.

Step 22

Attach muzzle to bottom half of the face with sugar glue.

Step 23

Using a plain wheel modelling tool mark a vertical line from the top of the muzzle to the bottom.

Step 24

Shape a small piece of black paste into a triangular nose shape and attach to the top of the line just made using a small bit of sugar glue.

Step 25

Using a small dotting tool mark out two indents for eyes. Leave to dry

Step 26

To dust mix a small quantity of Saracino yellow, orange and brown dusts to get a golden colour. Build the colour up slowly with a soft brush dusting the top of the legs, around the base of the feet, under the head and around the edge of his head.

Tip: I keep a small piece of the paste used for the bear to check the colour of the dust before adding to the bear himself

Step 27

Use a small amount of Saracino pink dust for the cheeks.

Step 28

For the flowers mix up three shades of pink using the Saracino pink gel colour and keep a small portion white.

Step 29

To make the roses roll small pieces of paste into sausage shapes and flatten with the rolling pin

Step 30

Roll up into flowers. You may need to trim the excess paste off with a craft knife before attaching.

Step 31

Cut out a variety of flowers using simple blossom cutters and other small flower cutters in all three shades, shaping on a sponge mat with a ball tool.

Step 32

Start to arrange these to the front of the bear securing with sugar glue. Try to add the smaller flowers towards the edges. Roll tiny balls of paste for the centres of the flowers.

Step 33

For the leaves and stems mix up a small piece of white paste with a small amount of Saracino green gel colour to create a soft green.

Step 34

Shape a small triangle of green paste in your fingers and use the thin end of the dresden tool to press lines in to create the look of stems

Step 35

Trim down and attach below the bears arms with sugar glue

Step 36

For the flower pots mix up a 25g piece of white modelling paste to a golden cream colour using spots of Saracino orange, yellow and brown gel colour.

Step 37

Cut in half and using a smoother at an angle, roll to a cone shape.

Step 38

Use a sharp knife to cut the excess off from either end to create a flower pot shape.

Step 39

Repeat to make the second pot

Step 40

Take a small piece of pink (any shade is fine) and stick to the top of each flower pot.

Step 41

Roll roses and cut out flowers as before and stick to both flower pots.

Step 42

Roll tiny teardrops of green paste and using the thin end of the dresden tool make a line down the middle. Push a few of these leaves in between the flowers in the pots

Step 43

Finish pots by very lightly dusting the bottoms using a mixture of Saracino yellow, orange and brown dusts.

Step 44

Roll two tiny balls of black paste for eyes and secure with sugar glue.

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ROYAL ICING POPPIES

ROYAL ICING POPPIES

Apr 26, 2019 | Painting, Royal Icing

Author: Claudia Prati

FB: CLAUDIA PRATI TORTE CREATIVE 

Skill level: INTERMEDIATE

You will need:

  • A round cake of 20cm diameter/15cm high covered with 300g Saracino white top paste
  • A 30cm round cake board covered with 150g of Saracino white top paste
  • Saracino Dust colors: white, brown, green, black
  • Saracino Dust or gel colors: red, yellow, green
  • 500g Saracino royal icing mix
  • 100 ml Vodka
  • One pointed and one square shaped plastic (or metal) palette knives
  • 2 flat brushes: one medium and one large
  • 1 small pointed brush

Step 1

Cover the cake with the sugarpaste.

Step 2

Cover the cake board with white sugar paste.

Step 3

Mix some brown dust color with a few drops of vodka, achieve a “paste” consistency.  Do the same with some white color.

Step 4

Start painting the bottom of the cake with brown using a large brush.

Step 5

Start painting the top of the cake with white using a large brush.

Step 6

Start to blend the two colors together in the middle of the cake creating a mid-tone color (light brown).

Step 7

Work fast covering one area of the cake at a time without letting the colors dry then switch to another area until you have colored all the surface.

Step 8

Mix 500g of Saracino royal icing (firm peak consistency) and color a spoon of royal icing with Saracino Red gel or dust color (with dust you will have a “matt” finish effect, with gel a more “shiny” effect). Put it on the left side of a plastic mixing palette.

Step 9

On the same plastic mixing palette, to the right side mix a spoon of royal icing with yellow color. Mix the two colors together in the middle of the palette creating a nice orange.

Step 10

Take some orange, red and yellow with the back of the plastic palette knife filling it in this way

Step 11

First flower: with a circular motion create a small “fan” shape. This will be our first simple flower. Make 3 or 4 of these ‘one petal’ flowers on the cake make it larger or smaller changing position on the cake.

Step 12

Second flower: Composed of 4 petals. The first petal starts from bottom left and work up with a circular motion. For this petal fill the palette knife only with red.

Step 13

Form another red small petal on the right side of the first petal leaving a space between the two. This second petal starts from the bottom right and work up with a circular motion

Step 14

Fill the palette knife mixing some yellow, orange and red and place a third petal in the middle of the previous petals, create the same shape as the first petal we made in step 11

Step 15

Create a thicker petal filling the palette knife with a large amount of royal icing and holding the palette knife sideways on the cake and not flat as before. Twist the palette knife without moving it from the sideways position.

Step 16

With a medium brush paint underneath the fourth petal to create a “cone shape” for the center of the flower. Make 3 or 4 of these flowers on the cake in different positions.

Step 17

Open flower made of 4 petals: Switch to the square palette knife and fill it with some yellow and orange royal icing. Create one petal starting from one point and working down, applying pressure at the beginning and releasing the pressure while moving down.

Step 18

In the same way do another petal on the opposite side of the first petal. Leave some space in the center.

Step 19

Put a third petal between the first two on the right side of the flower. Leave some space in the center.

Step 20

Complete the flower with the 4thpetal that is positioned on the left side of the flower. Leave some space in the center of the flower. Make a couple of these open flowers on the cake

Step 21

Fill the pointed palette knife with red royal icing and create the same petal as Step 11 but turned upside-down.

Step 22

Put an orange petal close to the first one on the right side. The movement is always the same as the first petal (Step 11)

Step 23

Create a third petal on the left side using the edge of the pointed palette knife working from the outside to the inside of the flower with a flat motion

Step 24

With the square palette knife create an open petal like the one you made in step 20 overlapping the second petal

Step 25

Form another small red petal between the third and the fourth petal filling just the edge of the palette knife with enough royal icing to create a thicker petal

Step 26

Model and form the edge of last two petals with a damp medium brush

Step 27

Mix some gel (or dust) green color with a spoon of royal icing. Fill just the edge of the pointed palette knife with a small quantity of royal icing. Touch the cake just with the edge of the spatula going down from top to bottom.

Step 28

 

Form green buds on the other side, from bottom to top.

Step 29

Fill the empty spaces with some green buds changing position and direction.

Step 30

Dissolve some green, black and brown dust colors with a few drops of vodka to obtain three different colors.

Step 31

With a small brush create some long and thin lines that start from the bottom and reach the flowers and buds, add other blades of grass all around.

Step 32

Paint the dark parts of the flower starting from the base of the calyx with green and in the center of the flowers with black.  Create some small threads at the base of each flower and bud.

Step 33

With a pinch of yellow royal icing and a small knife create the center of the open flowers

Step 34

Create some black dots all around the center of the open flowers.

Step 35

Color some royal icing with a pinch of brown dust and use it to fix the cake to the cake board, filling any gaps with the palette knife. Allow to dry.

Step 36

Mix some white dust with vodka. Put some touches of white on the flowers with the large brush (only on the parts that are more in relief).

Step 37

Fix an ivory ribbon around the cake board.

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Cake Of Thrones

Cake Of Thrones

Apr 16, 2019 | Collaboration

CAKE OF THRONES 

by Valentina Terzieva

Saracino is extremely proud to be a Sponsor of this amazing Game of Thrones collaboration hosted by our Ambassador Valentina Terzieva.

See all the amazing pieces made using our products from amazing sugar Artist’s from around the world. All to celebrate one of the most popular shows on TV ‘Game of Thrones’.

‘Winter has come’ Thanks to

 

Elza Baldzhiyska aka The Nightwitch ‘s cakes

Valentina Terzieva aka Valentia’s Sugarland

Sylwia Sobiegraj aka Sylwia Sobiegraj the cake designer

Ainta Cappello aka Fancy Cakery

Tina Scott Parashar aka Tina Parashar’s Cake Design

Raquel García aka Raquel García – Cake Art 

Khamphet Che-Bui aka Sweet Side of Cakes

Nadine Globig aka Twinkling Bakery 

Nena Michich – Tea & Eat Pastry Sofia

Mania Mistiloglou aka Candymaniac

Congratulations On Your Amazing Creations!

Take Your Time And Enjoy Looking At These Amazing Cakes And Creations.

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BUNNY TUTORIAL

BUNNY TUTORIAL

Apr 4, 2019 | Modelling

Author: Lynsey Wilton-Eddleston

FB: SUGARWHIZZ

Skill level: BEGINNERS

FROM LYNSEY:

Spring is in the air, the flowers are blooming, the sun is shining! All-around preparations are being made for Easter celebrations!

Here our Brand Ambassador Lynsey from Sugarwhizz shows you how to make your very own cute little Bunny hard at work collecting the eggs!

Enjoy!

 

You will need:

  • Balling tool
  • Dresden tool
  • Small rolling pin
  • Piping tip
  • Paintbrushes
  • Paint palette
  • Cake pop stick
  • Sharp knife
  • Cool boiled water
  • 207g Orange Modelling Paste
  • 80g Light brown Modelling Paste
  • 24g Black Modelling Paste
  • 25g Light blue Modelling Paste
  • 10g Dark green Modelling Paste
  • 6g Pale purple Modelling Paste
  • 5g Yellow Modelling Paste
  • 5g Pink Modelling Paste
  • 5g Light green Modelling Paste
  • 4g Flesh Modelling Paste
  • 1g Dark Brown Modelling Paste
  • 1g White Modelling Paste
  • Gel – Orange, Brown, Black, Green, Violet, Yellow, Pink, Flesh.
  • Dusts – Orange, yellow, Red, Brown, Bronze, Sky Blue, Violet.

Step 1

Roll 120g of orange paste into a ball. You are forming the carrot carriage.

Step 2

Use the palm of your hand to gently flatten the ball.

Step 3

Gently smooth and round off the edges with your fingertips.

Step 4

Gently push the end of a small rolling pin into the top of the carrot. Make small circular motions with the rolling pin to open the top of the carrot up.

Step 5

Use the veining end of the Dresden tool to score grooves around the carrot top. Alternate the sizes and follow the curve of the paste.

Step 6

Roll 10g of orange paste into a small ball and flatten with your fingertip to form a disc of paste. Apply a small amount of water to the top of the disc. Sit the carrot on top of the disc to lift it slightly from the worksurface.

Step 7

Repeat the steps to make two more carrots. For the medium carrot use 50g of orange paste for the top and 5g for the disc. For the small carrot, use 20g Orange paste for the top and 2g for the disc.

Step 8

Place the carrots on a sheet of greaseproof paper. Using a soft bristled paintbrush apply a small quantity of yellow and orange dust to the carrots.  Add a small amount of red and brown dust to the orange dust to create a darker colour and again apply to each carrot.

Step 9

For the large carrot wheels – Take 12g of black paste, knead and soften to warm up and divide equally into two pieces. Roll each piece into a ball. Flatten the ball with your fingertip. Use the large end of the balling tool to indent the middle of the paste. Use the small end of the balling tool to indent the centre further. Use the large end of a piping tip to mark a circle around the indents as shown.

Step 10

Make the wheels for the other carrots in the same way. For the medium carrot, start with 6g and divide into two. For the small carrot, start with 5g and divide into two. Once all the wheels are made, roll 6 small balls of black modelling paste. Apply a small amount of the bronze dust to the palm of your hand and roll each of the balls around in the dust to coat the paste. Roll each ball into a teardrop shape. Apply a small amount of water to the small indent in the centre of each wheel and stick the teardrops into place as shown.

Step 11

Stick a wheel each to each side of the corresponding carrot with a small amount of water, as shown.

Step 12

Take 35g of brown modelling paste, knead and soften to warm up. Roll into a teardrop shape and flatten the top slightly with your fingertip.

Step 13

Take 3g of flesh coloured paste, knead and soften to warm up and roll into a teardrop shape. Flatten slightly with your fingertip. Use the veining end of the Dresden tool to texture the fur.

Step 14

Apply a small amount of water to the top of the body. Stick the fur into place. Use the large end of the balling tool to gently indent the top of the paste ready for the head.

Step 15

Take 30g of brown modelling paste, knead and soften to warm up. Roll into a ball. Roll the top of the ball backwards and forwards between your fingers to narrow the top of the head.

Step 16

First indent each eye position with the large end of the balling tool. Then use the small end of the balling tool to indent each eye socket as shown.

Step 17

Mark the mouth with the veining end of the Dresden tool. Use the smoothing end of the Dresden tool to indent each corner of the mouth.

Step 18

Roll two small balls of black paste for the eyes and stick into place. Roll two tiny balls of white paste and stick to the eyes as shown. Roll a small ball of dark brown paste for the nose and stick into place. Roll two small strands of paste for the eyebrows and stick into place as shown.

Step 19

Apply a small amount of water to the inside of the carrot top and stick the body into place, gently push a cake pop stick down through the centre of the body as shown.

Step 20

Apply a small amount of water to the top of the neck and gently slide the head down the cake pop stick until it rests on the body.

Step 21

Take 6g of brown modelling paste, knead and soften to warm up then divide equally into two pieces. Roll each piece into a long thin sausage that is fatter at one end. Flatten the fat end gently with your fingertip. Use the veining end of the Dresden tool mark the paws as shown. Bend and pinch out the elbow on each arm.

Step 22

Stick the arms into place as shown.

Step 23

Divide 8g of brown modelling paste equally in half. And roll each piece into a long sausage tapered at one end. Divide 1g of flesh modelling paste equally in half. Roll each piece into a long thin sausage and lay on top of the brown paste as shown. Use the smoothing end of the Dresden tool to gently push and smooth the flesh coloured paste into the brown paste as shown.

Step 24

Stick the ears into place as shown.

Step 25

Take 12g of dark green paste, knead and soften to warm up. Roll the paste into a sausage that is tapered at each end as shown. Gently roll up the ends.

Step 26

Apply a small amount of water to the underside of the green paste and stick into place as shown.

Step 27

Take 25g of light blue paste, knead and soften to warm up and roll into an egg shape. Stick into place in the middle carrot.  Mix a small amount of sky-blue dust with a couple of drops of clear alcohol and paint the egg.

Step 28

Take 6g of light purple paste, knead and soften to warm up and roll into an egg shape. Stick into place in the small carrot.  Mix a small amount of violet dust with a couple of drops of clear alcohol and paint the egg.

Step 29

Take small various sized balls of yellow and pink paste. Roll them into thin strands, press and smooth one edge of the strand thinning the paste with your fingertips. Gently roll the strands up to form tiny flowers. Take small various sized balls of light green paste, roll into teardrops and press gently with your fingertip. Use the veining end of the Dresden tool, mark a groove down each leaf.

Step 30

Apply a small cluster of flowers and leaves to the front of the middle and small carrots as shown.

Step 31

Apply a small cluster of flowers to the front and a bigger cluster of flowers to the back of the large carrot as shown.

Step 32

Arrange your completed toppers in order, smallest to biggest! Congratulations your bunny is complete!

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DAHLIA FLOWER TUTORIAL

DAHLIA FLOWER TUTORIAL

Feb 22, 2019 | Flowers

Author: Katarzyna  Koczorowska

FB: Katarzynka Sztuka Cukrowa

Skill level: BEGINNERS

TIP:

You may find the flower paste a bit sticky. Use corn flour to prevent this.

You will need:

  • Pasta Bouquet Saracino
  • Powder colours red, orange, yellow and green
  • Gauge wires 20, 26, 28
  • Grooved board
  • Small ball tool
  • Nonstick roller
  • Dahlia cuters and veiners 5cm and 4cm
  • Universal leaf cutter and veiner
  • Flower center veiner
  • Small daisy cutter
  • Green floral tape
  • Foam drying pad

Step 1

Add a bit of yellow powder colour to the paste and mix well.

Step 2

Roll out the paste over the groove on the board. Cut out the petals and squeeze them on the 5cm veiner. Put in the 28 gauge wire. We need ten of them, then they need to dry on the spoons. Put leftover paste in a plastic bag to prevent drying out.

Step 3

You can put the wire in the petals much easier if you do it on the board or alternatively you can do it on your hand. .

 

Step 4

Insert the wire half way into the petal.

Step 5

Remember to dry petals with their upper half facing up.

Step 6

Alternatively you can make white petals and dust them with powder afterwards.

Step 7

Use your fingers to squeeze the top of the petal.

Step 8

Cut ten 4cm petals and squeeze them on the veiner. Put in the 28 gauge wire. Dry them on the foam mat.

Step 9

Twist five of the smaller petals at the bottom

Step 10

Do a small loop at the end of the 20 gauge wire and insert into a small ball of paste that has been shaped in flower center former.

TIP: Dip the wire into the glue OR heat it before inserting.

Step 11

Add a bit of green powder colour to a fresh piece of paste.

Step 12

Cut out the leaves and squeeze them on the veiner. Insert the 26 gauge wire. Dry them on the foam board.

Step 13

Mix the colours to add more shades to dust the leaves.

Step 14

Dust the bigger petals with powder. Start from colouring them yellow, make the edges orange and then colour the tip red.

Step 15

Paint smaller petals the same as bigger ones, except add a bit more of red on the edges.

Step 16

Dust flower center green. You can put all petals in one place to make assembling easier.

Step 17

Wrap the flower center wire with green floral tape. You need to strech the tape for it to start adhering.

Step 18

Start adding small twisted petals below the flower center.

Step 19

Put them as close to the green center as possible.

Step 20

Add the remainder of the small petals below the twisted ones.

Step 21

Add all the big petals, they too need to be placed as high as possible.

TIP: Keep your florist tape as tight as possible.

Step 22

Arrange all petals evenly.

Step 23

Cut out small daisy using the green coloured paste. This is to form the calyx. Shape it with the small ball tool. Glue it with water to the bottom of the flower.

Step 24

Wrap the leaf wires with green tape, about 2 cm down the wire.

Step 25

Attach first leaf to the flower stem.

Step 26

Add the rest of the leaves.

Step 27

Finished dahlia made with Pasta Bouquet Saracino.

Step 28

Saracino Paste can be rolled out very thin, to the point that you can read through it. That feature is very helpful, especially when creating delicate roses.

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