Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network August 2018 Cake! Magazine

Step 1 :

Start by making the bay leaves ( around 28 leaves ) so they can dry overnight .

Step 2 :

Roll out the flower paste thinly and cut out the leaves .

Step 3 :

Insert a piece of No . 28 floral wire into the leaves .

Step 4 :

Using a ball tool , carefully thin out the edges of the leaves .

Step 5 : Step 6 :

Vein the bay leaves with the leaf veiner .

Let your leaves dry overnight .

Step 7 :

Paint all of the leaves gold using edible gold dust with vodka .

Step 8 :

Around two hours before creating your cake , crush some white and black fondant and leave to dry .

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