Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network November 2016 | Page 28

Step 13 & 14:
You can now start painting the snowman. I did not dilute
my paint for this part as I wanted a nice even matte
coverage. I used orange for the nose, a teal mix for the
ribbon on the hat and a light blue and lilac for the scarf.
I also gave my snowman some frosty cheeks with a little
light pink petal dust.
To add depth to the snowman, I used the same diluted
pastel blue and brushed around the edge of one side of
his body and face. I added in a patch for his body and
hat that I painted in a tartan style and this was to add into
my vintage look for the snowman. Lastly, at this stage, I
used my white edible art paint and dry brushed on some
white onto parts of his hat and scarf and blended it in.
This instantly made the hat feel 3D and also vintage.

Step 17 & 18:
I then dripped some of my royal icing down his hat and
because I really wanted it white, after the royal icing
was dry, I over painted it with the white edible art paint.
Almost there now. Time to add his arms. Gets your
twigs and put them directly into the cake at the back
ensuring they are in the right place! But we are not
finished just yet! It is Christmas after all and a time for
fun and presents. So with this in mind, I decided to add
in two Christmas baubles to hang off his twigs!
These were easily made with styro balls. I covered them
in white fondant and put a little mound on top. This
would be the area that I would use to hang the bauble.

Step 15 & 16:
Now it was time to get my big girl pants on and put my
paint brush into the black paint. Always daunting, but
with something cute and vintage like this, the pressure
was off a little. With the black paint I added in his
eyes and mouth and detail lines on his scarf, patches,
buttons and nose as well as his body. I also used the
black to shade in around his side and under his scarf
for extra dimension and lastly around the base. This is
important, because it makes him look like he is sitting
in the white snow!!
I looked back and realized I wanted to add in some
holly on his hat and this was an easy addition with
green and red fondant.

Step 19:
I made my hanging hooks
from the 18 gauge floral
wire. I looped a small
length of wire in half and
then twisted around. The
end was pierced into the
top of the bauble for the
loop ready for hanging.

Step 20:
The baubles were
also given the snowy
treatment. I brushed the
bottom of the baubles
in piping gel and then
dipped the baubles into
white sugar crystals and
the result was perfect.