Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network August 2016 | Page 22

You will need:
• Baked cookie in the shape of
a clown
• Royal icing
• Food colour gel pastes: pink,
blue, yellow, purple, orange,
green
• (I used Americolor electric

• Pink petal dust
• Small food only paint brush
• Disposable tipless piping
bags
• Food colour pens: black and
blue
• Toothpicks

range), white, copper/
fleshtone

Step 1:
Step 2:
Make royal icing
Outline and flood the brim
according to your recipe. of the hat.
Separate the icing into
bowls, one for each
colour.
Colour the icing and then
thin with water a teaspoon
at a time, stirring gently
with a silicon spatula.
When you draw a butter
knife through the icing
and the line heals to a
smooth finish in 15-20
seconds the icing is the
right consistency. You
will be working with one
consistency for the entire
project.
Fill the piping bags with
the thinned icing and knot
the ends to seal. Cut the
ends off the bags with
small sharp scissors.
Keep the hole quite small.

Step 3:
Outline and flood the
clown’s face and hands
with fleshtone icing.
Outline and flood the rest
of the hat and the hair
sections – just follow the
shape of the cookie.

Step 4:
Outline the shoes and
flood the top sections only.

NOTE:
• After each step allow the icing to set for about 15
mins before moving on. This will help avoid the
colours bleeding and also create some dimension.
• Use toothpicks to push the icing around on the
cookie and to pop any air bubbles.