Making babies...

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A dear little boy's face peeps out from a soft blanket on this sensitively made Christening cake.
The patchwork quilt covering for the sides, with the embossed design of nursery shapes, finishes the cake perfectly.
The child's face is formed using a mold, and the skin, eyes and the hair color can be made to match the baby's own. Of course the cake can also be easily adapted for a little gitl: use pinks and lilacs for the patchwork and make a pink blanket. For a simpler cakesee the variation - Cheeky Baby.

All models use
(HPM01) Triple babe head mould
this picture was taken from
June Twelves  book: 'Fairy Folk and Little people'

Babes (Top & Middle) use
(HPM01) Triple babe head mould
Top model could also be made using HPM15 Single babe head mould - medium
Babe (lower) use (HPM08) Miniature babe, boy, girl
this picture was taken from June Twelves  book: 'Fairy Folk and Little people'
MATERIALS:
Gumpaste
7 oz flesh
2 oz pale yellow
8 oz blue
2 oz peach
2 oz pale green
White shortening
dry speghetti
2 lb 10 oz ivory rolled fondant
8 inch round cake
buttercream icing or apricot glaze

paste colors for painting the baby's face, such as peach, blue or brown pink
  NOTE: Flesh Tones: For different flesh tones, start with light flesh color modelling paste. Then for:

  • Black skin: add brown until the color is as dark as required, and then add green to obtain the correct skin tone.
  • Asian skin: add brown to darken and blue to obtain the skin tone.
  • Far Eastern skin: add yellow and green

    • confectionery glaze

    EQUIPMENT:
    Baby head mold HPM01
    "U" Tool PME4
    Dresden tool 43-6219
    glass-headed dressmaker pin
    11 inch tound Cake Drum
    small palette knife T100
    smoother
    nursery embossers
    waxed paper
    Patchwork squares set 14531
    paint brushes  very fine for facial features
    small rolling pin
    narrow spacers made from 1/16 inch thick card

    Victorian Babe uses

    (HPM01 Babe Head mould & (HPM02) Baby fist mould

    this picture was taken from June Twelves  book 'Making Babies' 

    		 PREPARATION:
    1. Knead some flesh-colored gumpaste, adding a trace of white vegatable fat. Roll a 1 3/8 inch ball, roll it into a cone and press the point of the cone into the nose of the baby head mold. (A). Shape the back of the head but don't worry about any marks in the paste as the blanket will cover these. 
    Remove the head from the mold. You can use the head as it comes straight out of the mold, but to make the baby more endearing adjust the features as follows:
    2. Open the baby's mouth by holding a 'U' tool at an angleto the face and pulling the bottom lip down fractionally.
     

     

    Angel Babes
    Christmas Angels use 
    (HPM01) Baby head mould or  (HPM15) Single medium babe head mould

    Baby Angel and Little Girl angel
    Angel (left) use

    (HPM01) Triple babe head mould,  (HPM10) Child lower limb mould

    This model could also be made using HPM15 Single babe head mould - medium

    Angel (right) use

    (HPM21) Special edition head mould,  (HPM22) Special edition limb mould

    Wings made with (HPAWC) Angel wing cutter & (HPAWV) Angel wing veiner

    this picture was taken from June Twelves  book 'Fairy Folk and Little people'
     

    I will have more instructions as they become avaiable.