Synopses & Reviews
Bestselling sugarcraft author Frances McNaughton shows how to make decorative, chocolate cake toppers using modeling paste and basic tools and techniques in this latest book in the successful Twenty to Make series. The guide features a menagerie of chocolate creatures made using white, milk, and dark chocolate modeling paste, enhanced with chocolate buttons, sprinkles, chocolate spreads, and confectionery. After mastering the simple shapes that are the basis for all the designs, crafters can proceed to make animals such as a rabbits, teddy bears, cats, dogs, mice, dinosaurs, reindeer, owls, chimpanzees, and seal pups. The constituent parts of the animals are shown with step-by-step instructions annotated for clarity, and each finished animal is pictured in full detail. Both animal and chocolate lovers will be thrilled to see any of these appealing creatures on top of a delicious cake.
Synopsis
Best selling sugarcraft author, Frances McNaughton shows how to make chocolate animals for cake decorating using modelling paste and basic tools and techniques. This book features a menagerie of chocolate creatures made using white, milk and dark chocolate modelling paste, enhanced with chocolate buttons, sprinkles, chocolate spreads and confectionery. The animals will be easy to make like those in Twenty to Make Sugar Animals, and suitable for beginners, with a few more challenging models for more advanced sugar crafters. First we learn about the simple shapes that are the basis for all the animals, and the few basic tools that are needed. Then it is straight on to making a rabbit, teddy bear, cat, kitten, dog, puppies, mouse, dinosaur, Christmas reindeer, owl, chimpanzee and white seal pup, and much more. The constituent parts of the animals are shown with the step by step instructions, and annotated for clarity, then each finished animal is pictured in all its splendour. Both animal and chocolate lovers will be thrilled to see any of these appealing creatures on top of a celebratory cake. The designs will also appeal to makers of polymer clay models.
Synopsis
Sugarcraft expert Frances McNaughton has designed twenty wonderful chocolate animals in white, dark and milk varieties, so you can make perfect cake toppers for animals lovers and chocoholics everywhere.
About the Author
Frances McNaughton is a sugarcraft artist and instructor. She is the author of "Decorated Cupcakes," "Sugar Animals," "Sugar Birds," and "Sugar Fairies."