Огромная благодарность Автору Let's Eat Cake by Charlotte за Мастер-класс
I started off by covering my cake board, I used a 14" square. I shaped fondant into sausages and balls and stuck to the board with edible glue
Roll out green fondant large enough to cover the whole board
I brushed the board lightly with water so the fondant has something to adhere to
Using your fingers, smooth the fondant over the raised areas
All areas smoothed over.....
Take a sharp knife and trim the excess fondant from the edge of the board
One iced board......
To texture the fondant to look like grass I used a star tip piping nozzle
This is quite time consuming! Work your way all over the board pressing into the fondant
Textured board.....
Close up of the texture....
I then decided to add another 'bump' in the grass - this is where the witch will be positioned. I also added a few more sausages of fondant to other areas. Go over these again to texture with the piping nozzle
Once you are happy with the board, its time to get painting! If you have an airbrush, I guess you could use one here.....I painted on the colour using colouring paste (sugarflair gooseberry) mixed with vodka
Paint all over the board until it looks something like this. Now to start carving the tree trunk.....
I baked an 8" square madeira cake. Madeira is best to use for carving cakes as it is dense and holds its shape well
Remove the top crust and sides from the cake
Cut into four equal sized squares
Stack each square on top of each other
Using a serrated knife, begin to carve from the top of the cake from all four corners. The idea is that the top of the cake is narrower than the base
This is the sort of shape you are looking for