TEXTURED LACE By Pat Trunkfield
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1. Coat the cake with white sugarpaste and the
board with dark blue.
2. The lace border and fabric effects can be prepared
from just sugarpaste or a blend of sugarpaste and flower paste.
3. To create the bottom border, roll out a long
strip of paste using cornflour for dusting.
4. Choose the lace design required. I have used
No 2. Place the embosser onto the paste and press firmly. This is a continuous
design, so simply repeat the embossing to achieve the required length.
5. Lay the cutter into the outer embossed line
and press firmly to cut to shape.
6. Place the lace border on to kitchen paper and
brush with white pearl powder colour.
7. Paint the board with gum glue. Roll up the
paste and gently unroll around the cake.
8. To create the fabric drape, roll out a square
of white paste approx 12inches / 30cm.
9. Use the same lace embosser and cutter to decorate
and cut the edging. Once again brush with white pearl, before gently folding
and draping the fabric. I have put a piece of sugarpaste onto the cake
prior to positioning the fabric to create extra shaping and interest.
10. The smaller blue lace fabric has been cut
from approx 8inch / 20cm square.
DECORATIVE SWEET
BOX
Set for
box
Lace Frill
presses
1. The box will need to be prepared
from Gumpaste, Mexican paste or Sugarpaste blended with gum. I have used
500g Sugarpaste - 5g CMC / Tylose Powder, blended together and allowed
to rest for a few hours prior to using.
2. Roll the paste out fairly finely
and cut out 2 x Octagonal No 2 and 1 x Octagonal No 3. Place on foam to
dry overnight.
3. Roll out a strip of paste and
use the Lace No 4 to emboss and then cut out.
4. For this box you will need to
cut the following pieces.
2 pieces of 3 design sections
2 pieces of 2 design sections
4 pieces of 1 design sections
It is always a good idea to cut some
extra pieces, as an insurance against mistakes and breakages.
5. The lace decorations for the
lid have been made by cutting a strip into inp dividual pieces and then
trimming the individual pieces to the appropriate size.
6. Place all of the sections and
pieces onto foam to dry overnight.
7. Paint all of the pieces with
white pearl colour blended with clear alcohol. To highlight the texture
I have also used gold, painted using a flat brush, drawn carefully across
the raised design.
8. The box can be joined together
and assembled either using Royal Icing or by softening some of the gum
paste with gum glue / water,
to create a strong thick glue.
9. When first assembling the box
it is also useful to have available a few small items that can be used
to support the pieces e.g. Pots, containers or sugar lumps.
10. Use one of the large octagonal
plaques as the base and assemble the lace sections to fit just inside the
edge of the plaque and create into a box shape.
11. The lid is made by joining the
large and small octagonals together and then trimming with the small lace
pieces.
12. To complete the box I have decorated
the lid with a cherub cut out using the Special Occasions set of Tappits.
Tip:- The Textured Lace Set can
be used either by embossing the paste first and then cutting or cutting
first and then embossing.