KAWAII PENCIL HOLDER CAKE

KAWAII PENCIL HOLDER CAKE

Aug 2, 2021 | Cakes, Modelling

Author: JOANE CHOPARD

FACEBOOK: MADEMOISELLE FAIT DES GATEAUX

Skill level: BEGINNERS

You will need:

For the cakeboard:

  • Cake board 20x20cm
  • 200g  Saracino white Pasta Top
  • Edible glue –  Saracino Cake Gel 
  • Big brush
  • PDF print on Saracino wafer paper or icing sheet – download HERE

For the cake:

  • Print the template – download HERE
  • Two cakes of 15cm wide and 8cm deep minimum
  • 600g of chocolate ganache
  • A knife and a cake leveler
  • Two large round cookie cutters 10cm and 8cm each
  • Saracino Pasta Top sugar paste: 500g pastel yellow (mix 250g yellow with 250g white), 200g dark pink, 100g black

To make the pencils:

  • Saracino Pasta Model: 20g of each following colour: purple (dark), mauve (mix purple with a little white), yellow, orange, green, 50g blue and 50g pink (for pastel colors, always mix the colors with a bit of white), 50g beige (mix a little brown with white, and make two different beiges)
  • Modelling tools
  • Extruder
  • Rolling pin
  • Small circle 2cm and oval 2cm cookie cutters
  • Piping nozzles No. 5 and No. 3
  • 5 flower wires #18
  • Black marker
  • Dark pink powder colour and gold colour
  • Clear alcohol for mixing powder colours

Step 1

Bake two cakes of 15cm (12cm is fine too!) by 8cm deep and prepare a chocolate ganache the day before.


Step 2

Cut the cakes into 2cm deep layers, then using the round cutters, cut 6 disks 10cm wide and 1 disk 8cm wide.

Step 3

Assemble the cake by layering with ganache. The small disk is to be on top.

Step 4

Ganache the cake roughly to the shape of the template.

Step 5

Cut the top and bottom edge of the cake at an angle. Mix the scraps of the cake with ganache to make a “dough” which we will use to shape the rounded edges of the pot (at its base and at the top). Sculpt the cake until you get the desired shape (use the template). Be careful not to cut too much. Once you have the right shape, let the cake set in the fridge for at least 1 hour.

Step 6

When it has set cut off the top. Using a knife hollow out the top of the cake to approximately 1.5cm deep. The circle needs to be approx. 6cm diameter.

Step 7

Cover with ganache and put back in the fridge for about 30 minutes.


Step 8

Print the PDF for the cake board on a wafer paper sheet or on an icing sheet and cover a 20×20 cm cake board with white Pasta Top.

Step 9

Cut the printed sheet to the correct size. Use edible glue to fix the wafer paper or icing sheet to the cakeboard. Be careful to distribute the glue over the entire surface of the cakeboard without using too much. Let the cakeboard dry for about 15 minutes before placing the cake onto it.

Step 10

For the inside top of the jar roll the black Pasta Top and cut out a circle of 10cm diameter.


Step 11

Place the black circle on top of the cake. Fix well following the shape of the pot. Smooth as much as possible.

Step 12

Roll the yellow Pasta Top and cut a strip 38cm long by 16.5cm wide.


Step 13

Cover the sides of the cake making sure the paste adheres well. It is important to keep the shape of the cake with rounded edges top and bottom.

Step 14

Once the cake is covered and the excess paste has been removed turn the cake over to form the base. I used a modelling tool to roll the paste to the inside for a neat finish.

Step 15

Sculpt and smooth the cake until you are satisfied. Turn the cake the right side up. Cut and finish the top of the pot removing any irregularities in the paste.

Step 16

For the mouth and eyes roll black, white and pink Pasta Top to small squares.

Step 17

Using the cookie cutters cut two black ovals, one black circle and one pink circle. Using the round piping nozzles cut two white circles of each size.


Step 18

With a little water fix the small circles to the black ovals.


Step 19

Cut the black circle in half.


Step 20

With the circular cookie cutter cut a small pink crescent. Fix to the black half circel as shown.

Step 21

Use a little water to fix the eyes and the mouth to the jar. Use the template to place them in the correct position.

Step 22

For the brushes prepare two shades of beige (by mixing dark brown and white). You will need two 18 gauge wires.

 

Step 23

Roll a long sausage shape to approxiamtely 12cm. Roll to give a point on one end. Roll a smaller sausage shape to 8cm.

Step 24

Insert a wire into each sausage.

Step 25

In the shorter sausage the wire needs to project approxiamtely 2cm.

Step 26

Using the lighter beige roll a ball and flatten it on one side. Use a modelling tool to mark the bristles on the flat end.

Step 27

Model the bristles of the brush.

Step 28

Cut off the top and flatten a bit if necessary where it will connect to the handle.

Step 29

Press the top of the brush onto the wire of the handle. Model to make sure it fits well with the handle.

Step 30

Cut a small beige strip of paste and cover the joint.

Step 31

Smooth and blend well to hide the joint. Using a Dresden tool mark a groove around the brush.

Step 32

Mix gold powder colour with clear alcohol and paint a stripe on the handle at the base of the brush.

Step 33

Roll a little pink paste and cut out paint drips.

Step 34

Using a little water fix the drips on the bristles of the brush.

Step 35

For the pencils prepare 7 different colours and the extruder. You can use a circle or hexagon shape. Insert a little coloured paste into the extruder and press. Cut a length approximately 10-12cm long.

Step 36

Insert a wire in the center.

Step 37

Repeat for the 7 colours. Some wires need to be inserted all the way through.

Step 38

Using the beige and pink paste roll pointed cones.

Step 39

Cut a small pink point from the pink cone. Cut off the same length from the beige cone.

Step 40

Use a little water to fix the coloured tip to the beige part.

Step 41

Cut the wide end of the beige tip to give a flat end and fix it to the pencil of the same colour. Repeat using 3 or 4 different colours.

Step 42

Roll a pink strip approximately 38cm long by 12cm high. Use a sharp knife to cut the drips.

Step 43

Using a soft brush and dark pink powder dust the edge of the drips.

Step 44

Use a little water to fix the drips to the top of the jar. Make sure the drips fix well and cut the excess from the top of the pot. Using the same pink paste roll a teardrop shape and fix for more drips. 

Step 45

Using a soft brush and pink powder colour dust the cheeks.

Step 46

For the eraser prepare pink and blue Pasta Model.

Step 47

Roll an oval shape from each colour. Cut the pink oval in half and the blue slightly smaller.

Step 48

Using a little water fix the two parts together. With a black marker draw the eyes and the smiling mouth.


Step 49

Insert the pencils and brushes into the top of the pot. If necessary shorten some pencils so that they are not all the same height. Fix the eraser and a small pencil to the cakeboard.


Step 50

Use the black marker to draw the eyebrows. You can add a little white highlighting to the brush, the paint drop and on the eraser for a cute look. The pencil pot cake is now 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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CUTE RACCOONS BABY SHOWER CAKE

CUTE RACCOONS BABY SHOWER CAKE

Jul 6, 2021 | Cakes, Lace Products, Modelling

Author: MAGDALENA KOSZYK

INSTAGRAM: MADZIOWKA

Skill level: BEGINNERS

Inspiered by Tanyi Bonya

You will need:

  • Saracino Pasta Model: white, black, light blue, pink, yellow, violet, light green, brown
  • Saracino white Pasta Top
  • Saracino baby blue Pasta Top
  • Saracino powder colour: light gold, black, sky blue, pink, light skin tone
  • Saracino shiny effect confectioners glaze
  • Polystyrene balls: 1 x 6cm in diameter, 4 x 4cm in diameter, 7 x 2cm in diameter
  • Dummy cake or cake
  • Clear alcohol
  • Dresden tool
  • Ball tool
  • Rolling pin
  • Brushes
  • Fondant smoother
  • Cake drum
  • Toothpicks
  • Circle cutters

Step 1

Prepare all the necessary products and tools.

Step 2

Start by working the pastes to make them soft. You can start working right away with the pre-coloured pastes. For a soft and “dusty” sky blue, mix light blue Pasta Model with white and a little brown. Don’t be afraid to experiment until you get the colour you like.

Step 3

For the body roll and form the paste into a cylinder shape. Use the Dresden tool to shape into overalls.

Step 4

Place on a dummy and allow to dry slightly.

Step 5

Using white Pasta Model add the upper part of the torso inside the overalls. Using a ball tool add stitching to the edge of the dungarees and creases below the armpit areas.

Step 6

Using light blue paste roll two strips and round at each end for the straps. Cut out a small circle and cut out a semi circle – this will be a pocket.

Step 7

Fix the straps and pocket. Use the grey icing to model two legs as shown. Roll two strips of blue icing for the trouser legs. Roll two oval shapes from the white paste and attach to the soles of the feet.

Step 8

Fix the legs to the shorts and then wrap the trousers around the top of each leg. Use the Dresden tool to add creases to the trousers. Insert a short toothpick into the torso at the neck.

Step 9

For the head roll the shape shown. Use your index fingers or a ball tool to make two recesses for the eyes leaving a gap between them.

Step 10

Using white paste cut out terdrop shapes simialr size to the eye sockets. Use a knife or scalpel to cut off the small triangles at the top – they will look like fur. Glue both into the previously prepared recesses.

Step 11

Using a dark grey paste prepare elongated teardrop shapes, thinner on one side. Fix to the head and use the ball tool to make sockets for the eyes.

Step 12

Place your head onto the torso by sticking it onto the toothpick. Add a flattened oval shape as a snout. Mark the nose and add a smile.

Step 13

Using the dark grey paste cut out a shape as shown for the dark fur on the raccoon’s head. Prepare two white balls for the eyes, two blue balls for the irises, and two smaller black balls for the pupils.

Step 14

Roll out some brown paste and using a scalpel cut out the shape as shown to form the pilot cap. Prepare a strip of beige color and two circles with holes in the center. Gently flatten the circles into an egg shape. These elements will make the goggles.

Step 15

Add the eyes. Use tiny white beads to add a “sparkle” to each eye. Add the grey ‘fur’ piece. Add a black nose with a white ‘sparkle’. Fix the brown paste ‘helmet’ to the raccoon’s head. Add the elements to form the goggles. Add two sleeves using white paste.

Step 16

Prepare two paws from the dark grey paste as shown. Model small elements that will create the toy airplane. Let them set slightly and then glue together.

Step 17

Fix both paws to the arms. Add the toy airplane to the right paw.

Step 18

Form the shape of the ears from the black paste, stick the white centers to them (the same shape, only smaller).

Step 19

Place the ears on the raccoon’s head, gently bend them with your fingers to give character and form.

Step 20

For the cloud prepare polystyrene balls connected together with toothpicks.

Step 21

Roll out the white paste and put it over the balls. To help the paste stick you can moisten the polystyrene with a little water and a brush.

Step 22

Gently press down and pull the paste to cover the ball structure.

Step 23

Combine light pink paste with white paste, add a little brown for a soft colour. You can of course use the pre-coloured pastes if you wish. Model the shape of the tummy with the legs. Attach it to the cloud with a toothpick. If the raised leg is not set enough and drops you can insert a toothpick into it to keep it straight.

Step 24

Prepare a slightly darker shade of paste. Make a thin strap, a pocket shape and a mini heart. Using the lighter colour paste make a pocket shape. Fix the elements on the character’s tummy with a little glue if required.

Step 25

As with the previous racoon use grey paste to form the shape of the head. Use your finger or a ball tool to form recesses. Fill the recesses with lighter pieces of paste cut into a tear drop shape.

Step 26

Using a dark grey paste prepare an elongated teardrop shape flattened on one side. Fix to the face. Use a ball tool to make eye sockets.

Step 27

For the dark fur on the racoons head roll out a mid grey and cut out to the pattern shown. Roll two balls of white paste for the eyes. Using white paste shape the mouth area.

Step 28

Fix the dark fur on the head and cut to length by the nose. Add the mouth, nose, irises and ears as before. Use a Dresden tool to form the mouth and snout.

Step 29

Attach the head to the torso using a cocktail stick if required. Add two sausage shapes for the arms. Using the darker pink roll two small balls and press to a cuff shape. Fix to the end of the arms. Use a ball tool to form a recess in each cuff ready to fix the hands. Apply two small dots of white paste to each eye.

Step 30

Prepare balls of dark grey and cream paste. 3 different sized pieces of each colour. Arrange from the smallest to the largest alternately. Carefully press them together to form a roll shape.

Step 31

Roll the tail to give a point at each end.

Step 32

Fix the tail with a little glue. Model the hands and fix to each cuff.

Step 33

Apply a little water to the 6cm polystyrene ball.

Step 34

Roll out the dusty pink paste. Carefully cover the ball and smooth.

Step 35

Stick a toothpick into the ball.

Step 36

When the figurine is set and firm stick the toothpick into the top of the raccoon’s head. Take your time with this step as if the figurine is not firm enough the ball maybe too heavy.

Step 37

For the end piece of the balloon model a small cone shape. Prepare thin strips of the dusty pink paste. Two longer ones for the ribbons and two shorter ones for the bow. Fold in half and join them together as shown. Wrap a fifth piece around the end piece of the balloon.

Step 38

Fix to the balloon. Add a thin white strand of paste and place it in the raccoon’s hands. To obtain the effect of ribbons blowing in the wind use a construction of skewers and toothpicks as I have shown. Support the ribbons off the structure until they are set. Carefully remove the sticks checking that the ribbons are holding their shape.

Step 39

Finish off the characters by painting the eyes and noses with the Liquid Shiny confectioners glaze. Using a soft brush and the powder colours lightly dust the figures. Black for fur, blue for dungarees and the combination of pink and skin tone for the balloon and girl’s jumpsuit. To make the figures even cuter add a slight blush to the faces. Remember to control the amount of powder on the brush, apply the dust each time and then wipe the excess off the brush onto a paper towel.

Step 40

Prepare and work the purple, sky blue, green, yellow, powder pink and very light brown colour pastes. Add white paste to the pre-coloured paste to make the softer shades. Roll a long sausage shape of each colour and shape them into a rainbow. Trim the ends with a knife. Leave to set.

Step 41

Using Light Gold powder pearl colour mixed with clear alcohol carefully paint the light brown colour. Painting the gold over the brown makes coverage easier.

Step 42

Using baby blue Pasta Top cover the dummy or the finished cake.

Step 43

Glue the rainbow to the side of the cake and to the top. Optionally add white dots on the pink rainbow strip.

Step 44

Place the boy raccoon on the cake board and the girl raccoon on top of the cake. You may want to add additional decoration to the cake such as sprinkles or hand-cut confetti. On the side of the cake you can add paste covered polystyrene balls (these can also be cake pops or chocolate balls depending on your skills).

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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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