
Here's a little look at the man himself in red, sitting on a lovely leather couch. The entire figure is made out of sugarpaste. I'm planning on using this model as a topper for my Christmas cake. There are also plans for a 'Mrs.Claus' in the pipeline, so watch this space. I plan to do a step-by-step picture tutorial for Mrs.Claus, if anyone has any interest in making one of your own. Although this couch is made of solid roll out icing, you could alternatively ,make it using rice krispie mixture or cake.
As I may have mentioned before, red sugar paste or roll out icing is very difficult to make yourself at home, as white roll out icing tends to turn pink when coloured with red colouring pastes or gels. I have never been able to produce a red that was near the right colour for Santa using gel or liquid colourings I picked up a bag of M&B Luxury Sugar Paste in Decobake to save myself a lot of heartache. A 2.5kg bag is approximately €9.50, but smaller packs are available. Similarly with black, I buy this sugar paste pre-coloured as when coloured by hand the paste turns to look grey in colour and never a rich black which I often use for eyes on figures.
Really I LOVE YOUR WORK!! It's amazing.
ReplyDeleteLovely comment as always, glad you like it!
DeleteFantastic Emma, can't wait for the tutorial...hint, hint. I took your advice and the pirate flag cake worked out a treat! Thanks Again Sarah
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah, hope to get tutorial up at the weekend, having a but of a mad week! Delighted cake went well for you, glad I could point you in the right direction for supplies!x
DeleteLOVE! So cute and dying to make!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lisa!
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