Step 8 Add several drops of white oil- based food colour . Don ’ t stir the colour in to the cocoa butter . Allow it to just sit in it and collect the cocoa butter and colour together with your brush as you paint . This will allow you to control the depth of the colour
Step 9 With a paintbrush , outline the shape of the animal you are going to paint on to your first large panel . Be careful to keep your paintings to the lower section of your cake , as the top section will be covered in fondant
Step 10 Fill in the whole shape with white- this will allow the true colours to show once you start adding colour to your animal . Continue around to each larger section and paint your next two animals . The cocoa butter sets fairly quickly , so by the time you have finished your next animals , the first one should be dry
Step 11 , 12 & 13 Melt another tbsp of cocoa butter . Note- At this point I like to use a small saucer . This way I can add a few drops of each colour I want to use and easily blend them , or add tiny amounts of white , to alter the depth or shade of my colour Add a couple of drops of black or brown to your cocoa butter on one edge- again , don ’ t mix the colour in too much with the cocoa butter Using a very fine brush , and only tiny amounts of colour and cocoa butter at a time , outline over the white a more defined shape of your animal ( don ’ t worry if it is still a bit rough at this stage , it is relatively easy to cover as this type of painting is easy to layer )