Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network February 2017 | Page 13

Step 9 :
Paint some bobbing heads in the water with the fleshtone on the left side . Paint white dots on the black square to represent the towels and bathing costumes of swimmers . Add light blue spots on the blue below for the water activities .
Step 10 :
Paint splotches and dots of yellow for the fish . Thin down icing to create the drips for the melting sun .
Step 11 :
Before the fleshtone area dries , take a dull tool like a butter knife and score the icing to look like a waffle cone .
Step 12 :
Attach your cake centrally on an 11 ” round iced board with royal icing . Using a pointy tool ( I had a pair of tweezers handy ) scribe a circular pattern to illustrate rockpools or shells .
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Put a sharpened dowel through the centre of the 6 ” round and secure into the cake with royal icing . Face the good side to the front .
Thin down the yellow royal icing and begin to paint the top tier . Add drips of thinned yellow icing .
Paint some black lines for the summer haze and give more texture to the yellow .

Add a few more irregular spots to represent our Aussie flies and insect life . Tweak and adjust areas of your design until you are happy . Glue a white ribbon around the edge of the silver board . Done ! f facebook . com / tastefullyyourscakeart