8.5cm round cookie cutter ( you will need to cut a thin piece off one side so they sit flat ) 5.5cm , 7cm and 8.5cm oval shaped cookies ( see recipe ) Royal icing ( see recipe ) Food paste colours : baby blue , mint green , red , black Edible pens : black , orange , light and dark green , red Green flower / gum paste Edible green dust Small and large piping bags Four no . 0 or no . 1 piping tips and two no . 1.5 or no . 2 Acetate Penguin Template Fine paintbrush Holly cutter
1 . First prepare the icing for the run-out penguins . You will need four small bags with no . 0 or no . 1 piping tips , one with white icing , one , dark grey ( coloured with black ), one green and one red .
The consistency for these should be of soft peak .
Whilst making each colour , make enough to water down for the ‘ flooding ’ icing and put the ‘ flooding ’ icing into the larger bags . There is no need for a piping tip for these .