Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network May 2018 Cake! Magazine | Page 32

You will need:
Tools
Materials
• Your favourite cookie recipe shapes, baked and
cooled.
• Your favourite batch of royal icing.
• Amerimist Colours (I use Super Red, Lemon
Yellow, Leaf Green, Sky Blue and Regal Purple).
• Americolor Super Black gel.
• Scribe Tool.
• Piping Tips (I use tipless bags, but feel free to
use tips if you’d prefer. I’d recommend a size 2
depending on the size of cookie used).
• Airbrush (you can hand paint with a paint brush
instead).
• Small offset spatula for stencil scraping.
• Paint palette template.
• Baking paper.
• Stencil (I get mine from Say It With Sweetness).
Step 3:
Once paint transfers are fully dry, use an airbrush to spray on the Amerimist colour. You can also use a paint
brush to paint the colours onto the swatches, but I find airbrushing is faster and gives me a more even result.
Repeat with all colours you want to use, cleaning the airbrush in between colour changes. Set transfers aside
and allow to dry completely.
• Paint brush for the finished cookie.
Step 1:
Begin by making some cookies large or small enough for your stencil design.
Outline and flood them using a medium consistency royal icing, using a scribe tool
to spread icing across the cookie evenly and to get rid of any lump/bumps. Ensure
that your stencil will fit onto the flooded area. Allow to dry completely (allow at
least 8-12 hours).
Step 2:
While the iced cookies
are drying, make the paint
transfers.
Step 4:
Peel your coloured paint transfers off of the baking paper. If they are fully dried,
they will come off easily and not leave any residue. Set aside. Outline and flood
the remaining section of cookie using a medium consistency icing (this is where
the paint transfers will go). Use a scribe tool to manoeuvre the icing and make it
smooth. While the icing is still wet, place the coloured paint transfers directly on to
the cookie. Allow to dry completely.
Cont. step 2:
To do this, place a piece of baking paper over your paint transfer template. Using a medium consistency royal
icing, flood in the shapes (I use rectangles) and use a scribe tool to make the icing smooth. Allow transfers to
dry completely (allow 8-