Today I have made this mermaid cake for a six year birthday party.
The cakes is covered in sugar paste. I have sponges painted the “rock” with gel colors and clear alcohol. The mermaids tail is modelled in sugar paste with CMC/Tylo powder and the body is modelled in marcipan mixed with a little sugar paste and some CMC/Tylo powder to keep it stabel.
I have used a SugarCraft Gun to make the mermaids hair. It is a brilliant tool that have 16 different pattern discs which makes you able to create fx. hair, ropes and strips.
To complete the cake I have used a silicone bead maker to make the pearls. I gave the pearls some luster dust as a finishing touch.
You can see a close up of the mermaid in my cake gallery.
SugarCraft Gun
Bead maker
Happy Caking
Louise
October 29th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Hi,
Did you Lustre dust the tail?
Also what colours did you use for the rock? Did you layer the colour and then let it dry?
Thanks.
Caroline
November 11th, 2008 at 10:54 am
Caroline: Yes I used a pinkish lustre dust for the tail. For the rock I covered the “stone = cake” with light brown fondant and then I mixed some soft gel colours on a plate with drops of clear alcohol. I then used a sponge to apply the colours with.