1. Use a piece of gumpaste,
fondant,
or candy
clay about the size of a tennis ball
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2. I first will roll about 1/2 of
the dough thru my pasta
machine to a medium thickness (#4) or roll your fondant to approx 14
in. thickness
Pasta
Machine HERE
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3. You could also use a pizza
roller-cutter or knife to cut the strips. Take two strips out to be
the bow tails and then cut 2 strips in half to make thin little loops for
fill-ins
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4. Hang the loops over a dowel or
large stick such as a broom handle (about 1in wide)
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5. Wet the ends a little and press
them together to form a point. Allow all the pieces to dry for about 24
hours.
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6. Paint or brush
with a Colored
Dust or Super
Pearl Dust for an extra sparkle. This one was painted using Silver
Highlighter Dust.
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7. In a plastic bowl that is about
the size as the top of your cake place a piece of wax paper with a glob
of soft chocolate coating or royal icing for your "glue"
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8. Place the bottom row of loops
in the bowl with some on their side and some flat. Add more "glue" to the
top of the ends and add another layer.
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9. Keep repeating until you get
the fullness and look you want
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10. Allow the "glue" to dry and
then remove the bow my placing your hand on top of it and slowly flipping
into your hand and then flipping it top side up.
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USING THE BOW MAKER
By Geraldine Randlesome:
Using royal icing or melted white
confectionery chocolate coating, assemble the bow from the dried loops.
Place each loop, working around the bow from the bottom up.
Bowmaker available HERE
books
HERE
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[ making the bow ]
Assemble the multi-ribbon cutter
to create i-inch wide strips. Snap together the wavy cutting edge wheel
and the stitching embosser wheel. Thread two of these assemblies onto the
spindle with a large spacer between them and a small spacer to the outside
of each. Add the locking nut, but not too tightly, as the wheels must turn
freely.
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Lightly dust the work surface
with cornstarch. Roll out a thin sheet of sugarpaste, at least io inches
long, and use the assembled cutter to roll the entire length of the paste.
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4 Using the palette knife, trim
the ribbon to between 9 and io inches long. Hang the strip over a cornstarch-dusted
wooden dowel or rolling pin. Brush a small amount of water near the bottom
of the ribbon, piece the ends together, and trim to form a point. Make
5 loops in each color (red, blue, yellow, orange, green and purple). Allow
the loops to dry, preferably for a few days.
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