Огромная благодарность Larraine McKay за Мастер-класс


YOU WILL NEED

round cake 15cm (6in)
petal cake drum 25cm (10in)
sugarpaste white 520g (1lb 1oz)
flower paste 100g (4oz)
modelling paste white 170g (6oz)
clear alcohol
paste colours party green, melon, claret, chestnut,
liquorice (Sugarflair)
dust colours fuchsia, apricot (Sugarflair)
cmc (Tyopur/Tylose®)
small rolling pin
dusting brush
small paintbrush
edible glue
piping tip No.7, 123 (Wilton)
leaf veiner (PME)
ball tool (PME)
daisy plunger cutter small (PME)
sharp knife
dried spaghetti

Colour 520g white sugarpaste with party green and melon paste colouring. Place the cake onto the petal board and cover the cake and board all in one. Trim away the excess.

To make modelling paste:
Add 1 teaspoon CMC to 500g of Sugarpaste. Knead the Sugarpaste until all of the powder has incorporated. Wrap in clingfilm and store in a self-sealing bag.



1 To make the heart, roll the flower paste into a long thin sausage and shape around the heart template. Leave to dry and set completely.


2 To make the cats, roll 30g of modelling paste into a tall cone shape tapering slightly at the neck end.

3 For the back legs split 10g modelling paste into two. Roll each one into a sausage, keep the pressure in the centre and each end of the sausage rounded. Flatten the thigh and push the paw forward to bend, pinch at the heel.


4Bend at the knee and glue into position.

5 Make markings in the front of the paw with a knife.


6To make the front legs, split 10g modelling paste into two. Roll one leg into a sausage, keep both ends rounded as before. Make markings in the paw as before and flatten the other end slightly. For the straight leg, glue into position pulling the paw slightly forward. For the white cat, make only one leg at this point.


7 Roll a ball of pea sized pink paste and flatten onto the neck. For extra support, push a piece of dried spaghetti down into the centre of the neck and leave 1/2in protruding.

Keep modelling paste in a self-sealing bag when not in use to stop the paste from drying out.
Cut your shape templates from ordinary paper and laminate. Your template will be wipeable and can be used over and over.
Roll 500g of modelling paste into a sausage and cut into 3 smaller pieces. Wrap each one individually with clingfilm and store in a self-sealing bag. The smaller pieces are easier to bring back to a pliable state to use when required.



8To make the head, use approximately 15g of modelling paste and roll into an oval shape. Flatten slightly. Pinch the paste at either side of the head. Make two small cuts into these areas as shown, pinching each small section into a point.


9 For the muzzle, attach a pea-sized amount of white paste onto the face. Mark from the centre of the muzzle to the tip of the nose with a knife. Use a No. 12 piping tip to push into either side of the straight line to create a smile. Use the wide end of the leaf veiner to push into the centre of the mouth and pull down slightly to create a small opening.


10 Hollow the eye area with a small ball tool. Fill the hollows with teardrop shaped paste and flatten slightly. Use the sharp end of the leaf veiner to make an indent along the bottom edge of the eye. Use the small ball tool to open one eye a little. Make two eyebrows from tiny teardrop shapes and place along the top of each eye. Dust the cheeks with fuchsia pink dusting powder.


11 To make the ears, roll two small teardrop shapes with white paste and two smaller teardrops with pink paste. Flatten all of the shapes. Glue the pink on top of the white to leave an outline of white. Cut the rounded end from each ear and glue into position. Roll a tiny ball of pink paste and glue onto the nose area. Place a tiny tongue inside the mouth from pink paste rolled into a teardrop.


12 Paint the eyes with liquorice paste colour mixed with a little clear alcohol. Make the second front leg as before, bend in the centre to pull forward, place the paw onto the chin and glue into position. Make the tail with 10g of paste. Roll into a long teardrop shape, attach the thick end with glue to the body and twist the end of the tail to a point.


13 Roll a small amount of pink and white paste, cut several small daisies from each.


14 Attach the daisies onto the dry heart shape until completely covered. Cut small circles of green paste to fill the centre of each daisy.

15 Place the heart onto the front of the cake and glue into position carefully.


16 Add a few daisies onto the cake for decoration, use green paste to make leaves. Alternatively you can use a leaf tube and add the leaves with royal icing.


17 Colour 80g of white modelling paste with chestnut to make the second cat. The chestnut cat is made as instructed above and position the front legs as shown. To make the eyes, hollow with a small ball tool and fill with tiny balls of white paste. Cut two circles of black paste with a small piping tip and place onto the eyes. Dot each with a little white dusting powder mixed with alcohol. Add the eyebrows and finish off dusting the paws and muzzle with apricot dusting powder to highlight.