Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network February 2017 | Page 47

Step 10:
Bend the thumb at each line and define the knuckles as we did with the fingers. Create a finger nail with the sugar shaper as well. Attach to the palm as shown and smooth down the edges. Cut off any extra chocolate if it looks too bulky.
Step 11:
Place a small amount of chocolate at the base of the palm to fill in the gap. Add more chocolate as needed to places that seem thin or not proportionate. Refer to your own hand often. Cut off the bottom of the hand and roll out a cylinder of modelling chocolate. Cut both ends and attach to the bottom of the hand. This is option but I wanted to show you how the hand would attach to the arm. Smooth out the seam. Add a couple of wrist wrinkles and smooth out as we did with the palm.