Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network August 2014 | Page 96

Step 2:

You will need:
• Hot air balloon shaped cookie

• Piping bags

• Edible marker

• Couplers

Step 1:

• Royal icing (RI) in thick, outline
and flood consistencies

• Piping tips (Wilton 1, 2, 3)

Mark rough outlines on
your cookie using an edible marker.

Outline the first three sections of your balloon using
Wilton tip 2 and RI outline
consistency. Flood these
sections using your RI
flood consistency and a
Wilton 2 or 3 tip and use
a toothpick to fill all sections. Leave your cookie
to dry in front of a fan for
about 20 minutes (long
enough for the top of the
RI later to crust over).

Step 4:
Whilst the white section is
still wet, use some of the
pink flooding consistency
to drop spots in if you
Step 3:
want to add extra detail.
Outline the top and botAt this stage, outline and
tom of the next sections
flood a section for the
of your hot air balloon and basket. Place in front of
flood with a flooding con- the fan again for about an
sistency.
hour.

NOTE ON ROYAL ICING CONSISTENCY
• Thick consistency is quite thick • Flood consistency for this
particular project is thicker than
and will generally not fall out
general flood consistency in
of the bowl if you turn it upside
order to ensure a puffed finish.
down
It is about the consistency of
• Outline consistency is about
greek yoghurt.
the consistency of maple syrup
slightly warmer than room
temperature
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Step 7:

Start your basketweave piping usi ng RI thick consistency and either a Wilton tip 1 or a PME tip 1 (I prefer
to use PME tips for detailed piping).
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Step 6:
Outline your basket and
add the ropes using either
thick or outline consistencies and a Wilton tip 1.
Outline the lace bunting
using flooding consistency and Wilton tip 1. Flood
this section using your
flooding consistency and
use a toothpick to help it
move into the right areas.

You can add the lace
detail whilst the bunting
is still wet. I like to use a
thick consistency for the
circular movements of the
lace and then an outline
consistency for the dots.
Thick consistency is not
good for dots because
you end up with a peak. It
needs to be a bit thinner
for a lovely rounded dot.