Christmas Cookies

Hi all,

 

In my last post Making unique moulds using Silicone Plastique I made moulds using Christmas tree decorations for a simple Christmas cake.

 



Here are a couple of moulds that I made for cookie toppers, this is what I did with them. 

 

 My moulds were lightly dusted with corn flour and filled with sugar paste treated with CMC powder. The sugar paste was turned out of the mould and placed on a cooled cookies that I brushed (avoiding the edges) with piping gel. These were then put to one side to allow the sugar paste to firm up.

 

 

I used the same sugar paste/CMC mix to fill a mini holly silicone mould, the resulting holly was also left to firm up.

 

 

 

I thought a complimenting design of cookie would be nice, so I printed a design using my edible printer onto an edible icing sheet, which was then placed onto some rolled sugar paste, cut out with a craft knife and glued using piping gel on to some more cookies.

 

 

 

An extruder was used with the sugar paste/CMC mix to create faux piping.

 

 

 

 Which again was glued in place around the topper using piping gel.

 

 

I carefully painted the faux piping using Bright Gold Lustre Dust mixed with Liquid shiny Clear Glaze.

 

 

 

I airbrushed the holly that I made earlier with Sage Green Pearl airbrush paint, the berries were painted with Carmoisine Red lustre dust mixed with the glaze.

 

 

When they were dry I attached them to the cookies with some royal icing.

 

 

Now the moulded toppers are ready to add some colour to. I did this with Petal Crafts dusts, then very lightly airbrushed over this with Dinkydoodle pearl paint. This helps to blend the colours.

  

So here we have it, Christmas cookies ready to share with my family and friends.

 

 

Thanks for reading,

 

Wendy.

 

 

 

 

Making unique moulds using Silicone Plastique

Hi all,

It's been a while since my last post but it's been a really busy time in my cakey/crafty world. Now things are a little less hectic there is more time to play and share the results with you.

 

In this tutorial I’ll be using Silicone Plastique to make my own unique festive moulds from Christmas tree decorations.

 

 

I thought that this tree decoration would look great as a cake topper but because of the shape it doesn't sit flat , to resolve this I'm going to use Safe - D - Clay.

 

 

 

I've rolled a generous amount of Safe - D - Clay onto an acrylic board and traced around the outline of my decoration with a needle tool.

 

 

 

Using a craft knife I've cut a recess in to the clay. It doesn't matter that it looks messy, it just needs to be deep enough for the bottom half of the decoration to sit inside.

 

 

 

 

Now the preparation is done and I have a flat surface to work on I can make my mould.

 

 

 

 

Knead together two equal amounts of Silicone Plastique until there are no white streaks visible and a uniform blue colour is achieved.

 

 

 

I've edged my decoration with an even border of Silicone Plastique as I found that this process gives the best results and a crisper edge to the finished mould.

 

 

A layer of Silicone Plastique that is a similar shape to the decoration is then applied by tapping it on to the entire surface of the decoration. Tapping on the Silicone Plastique ensures that the all of details of the decoration are captured within the mould.

 

After an hour my mould is fully cured and can be removed from the decoration, washed in hot, soapy water and dried thoroughly so that can be used to make a topper for my cake.

 

 

 

Here are a couple more moulds that I have made in the same way for cookie toppers.

 

 

 

 

Before filling my mould with sugar paste that has been treated with CMC powder I've given it a light dusting of corn flour to prevent the sugar paste from sticking. I now have a perfect topper for my cake.

 

 

I've added a bit of bling by spraying the topper with  Clear Glaze Shell and Shine Cake Decorating Spray and sprinkling over edible glitter before it dries.

 

 

Piping gel was used to stick the topper to the cake and with the addition of a few stars and a greeting using Tappit Cutters I have a unique cake that is perfect for the Festive Season.

 

Hope this inspires you to try Silicone Plastique, I love it and once you try it I'm sure you will too.

 

Thanks for reading,

 

Wendy.