This masterpiece was a chocolate cake....with the compulsory chocolate fudge icing! To decorate sugarpaste was used dyed into a variety of colours before being used. Covapaste sugar paste was used in creating this cake as it gives such a nice finish, it is available in Decobake who I have wrote about in previous blogs and who now have their website up and running (excitement!!). I think I have mentioned before that when using black it can be better to use black sugarpaste instead of dying white as quite a large quantity of dye will be required causing the consistency of the icing to change and make it more difficult to work with. If however you do decide to dye the traditional white sugarpaste Black Extra dye is a must!
Scrolls and other delicate parts were left for a period to set over night to make sure they were secure for the car journey and to last the day until it was ate. A button cutter can be used to create flawless buttons but they can also be made by cutting out 2 perfectly round circles and then indenting them 4 times on each. A 'stitching wheel' is a must to get the effect on the dungarees and I think the one used was one produced by PME.
Happy Baking,
Laura
