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.