Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network November 2015 | Page 43

Step 5: Step 4: (B) Holding the cut out upside down make random cuts to the sides of the strip on either sides of it. APPLYING GLITTER: Using the slightest amount of glue apply glitter in a pattern onto the feathers. Try not to repeat the same pattern for different colors. STEAMING THE FEATHERS: (A) Holding the feather away from the mouth of the kettle, apply gentle stream of steam. You’ll find the wafer paper curling inwards or out depending on how you hold it against the steam. (B) Once steamed set aside to dry for 5-10 minutes. Step 6: ASSEMBLYING THE WREATH: (A) Gather the wired wreath and the wafer paper feathers. (B) Starting with the smallest feathers, wrap around the wreath. (C) Wrap the wired feather (D) Attaching in one secure to the wreath. direction, place the feathers on the wreath till its almost ¾ covered.