The Houston Cake Club

 

 

 

Supplies for Debbie's SHOES & HANDBAG CAKE SCULPTURE - (No shoebox)

  • 8in square cake, 2-3in depth
  • 12in square cake board/drum
  • 2 quarters of a 6in round (3in depth) Styrofoam dummy (these form the shoes)
  • Cake filling/crumb coat
  • Palette knife
  • Small plain bladed vegetable knife
  • Serrated carving knife (to sculpt the cake)
  • pizza cutter

Fondant:

  • 400g (14oz) ivory
  • 1.15kg (2 1/2lb) soft pale green

Modelling paste: (2 level tsp Tylose kneaded into 450g (1lb) of sugarpaste)

  • 340g (12oz) soft pale green
  • 90g (3oz) soft pale pink
  • 225g (8oz) soft palest lavender/lilac
  • 60g (2oz) Ivory
  • Edible silver colouring
  • Large rolling pin
  • Turntable
  • Small Cel stick or craft stick
  • CMC (Tylose) glue - (1/4 tsp stirred into 2 tbsp warm water and then left overnight to dissolve)
  • Icing (powdered) sugar in a sugar shaker
  • No.3 or 4 sable paintbrush
  • Clean cloth (for wiping hands)
  • Small circle cutter or Wilton no.12 plain piping tip (for cutting the circle pattern)
  • Shoe template (supplied)
  • Stitching wheel or cocktail stick (toothpick)

 

 

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