FAIRIES PLAYING

FAIRIES PLAYING

This cake shows several examples of what you can do with rolled fondant and gum paste.

The cake is 12 x 18-inch covered with rolled fondant icing.

FAIRIES:

The fairies are formed from gum paste on thread-fine wires.

Their ‘hair’ is royal icing. They were dressed in gum paste clothes. The fairies’ ‘wings’ are made of plain gelatin on a fine wire frame-shape, tinted with food coloring, let dry, remove wire frame, and fasten to the fairy with a dab of royal icing.

WINGS: 1/4 cup cold water and 2 teaspoons plain gelatin, food coloring. OTHER DECORATIONS

The rocks are pieces of fondant

The colorful ‘path’ is flat pieces of fondant coated with special dust using egg white so it adheres.

All the flowers are gumpaste on fine flower stamens.

All the ‘gold’ has been painted with a mixture of gold petal dust mixed with a dab of cooking oil.

Lace points were made with tip #00 and dries ahead of time.

Curtains and lace work at bottom of cake are tip #00

This cake is the result of my studies with Angela Priddy of South Africa.

Angela has a wonderful book showing some really innovative ideas using gum paste and other fine mediums.