Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network Sept 2019 Cake! Magazine | Page 16

Step 16: C
 ONSTRUCTING THE CAKE
TILE PLACEMENT Step 17: ‘GLUING AND GROUTING’ THE
TILES
Once the painted tiles are dry, the next
stage of creative fun begins! Placement
of the tiles is a bit of planning and also
complete randomness. Only break off
pieces from your painted tile as you
need them. Approach it like a jigsaw
– start with the corners and sides and
work your way in (this is why the tiles
are pre-cut as squares). Gunge is used as the tile ‘glue and grout’.
Gunge is great as it dries hard like royal
icing but the advantage of it is any excess
can be scraped off without removing the
paint. Royal icing could be used as the
grout but avoid getting it on the painted
surface. For the gunge recipe see the
Kaysie Lackey tutorial https://youtu.be/
nm3y0s4Xdnc
Fill a piping bag with the gunge and cut
a tiny tip at the end. Once you have your
mosaic pieces ready, pipe a small amount
of gunge to the back of the mosaic piece
and adhere it onto the cake. Wait for the
mosaic pieces to set onto the cake before
carefully piping the gunge into the cracks.
Work on piping small segments at a time.
Don’t over-fill the cracks. Use a silicon
scraper to remove any excess gunge.
Once the mosaic has been filled with
grout, step back and admire your unique
piece of edible art.
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