Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network November 2016 | Page 27

Step 5:
Roll out the fondant until it
is about 4-5mm thick. Do
not make it too thin as it will
be too fragile. Place your
pieces on top of the fondant
and using a sharp knife, cut
around to make the shapes
and then leave to dry out
overnight. I did the same
with black fondant to make
the shape of the hat.

Step 6 & 7:
While the pieces are drying, you can go ahead and make
your twig arms. Cut your lengths of 18 gauge floral wire in
half. You will probably need about 8 halves for each arm.
Now to make your twigs, place your floral wires together
at varying lengths so you can make different little parts of
the branch. It is easier to do small branches individually
and then tape them together to make the one branch.
Once you are happy with the shape of your branches,
tape them all together with your brown floral tape and
then mould them into the shape of the twigs you want for
the arms.

Step 9:
Only put the royal icing
down the centre of each
piece as that will be the
only part that touches the
cake. Position them on
and gently press until it
sticks.

Step 10:
The body piece obviously
goes first and it leans on
the cake board so that is
easy. For the head, stick
on and if you are worried
that it could push down,
use some pins to hold the
head in position until it
dries. Continue the same
with the top hat and then
let the royal icing dry.

Step 8:
Fast forward to the
following day and you
now have all your dried
snowman pieces. Have
your royal icing ready
in a piping bag for your
glue and you are ready to
assemble.

Step 11 & 12:
After the first layer has set into place, add on the nose
and the scarf and you will probably need to hold in
place with your pins. Again leave it to set.
In the meantime, get your painting equipment ready
– pallet, brushes, edible art paints and rose spirit. I
wanted to lightly wash the background cake (as you
can still see some of it) with a frosty blue watercolour.
I diluted the pastel blue Edible Art Paint in rose spirit
until I got the nice pale blue I wanted. I then lightly
brushed around the cake at the back with the paint.
This paint dries very quickly and is perfect for the
watercolour finish you want.
* If you have used buttercream for your cake, you
could always tint your buttercream blue and use this
as the background cake.