Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network November 2015 | Page 21

Step 3: Press in and up in the middle of the lower sphere, create a small protrusion to make the nose. With the help of a pointed clay shaper from the nostril and define the nose. Draw the dividing line between the lips. Define lower lip and upper lip with a small ball tool. Draw the two drops for the eyes, gently hollow the eye shapes and apply a piece of white sugar paste to the eye sockets. Step 6: Step 7: Step 8: Roll small pieces of black fondant for the eyelashes. Then take a toothpick and dip the tip in the white colour and make eye highlights. Apply pink colour to the lips and then dust some pale pink dusting powder on her cheeks. Roll out a very fine brown thread, cut in two. Position the eyebrows. Allow the head to dry. Using a Styrofoam block carve the body. Attach a floral wire where the legs will be and glue in to secure. Step 5: Step 4: Roll out some brown sugar paste and cut two circles with a mini circle cutter, moisten and attach them. Use gold icing colour to blend the iris, cut the pupils with a round tip #5, and glues them to the eyes. Add a line for the eyelid.