The selection tools are used to facilitate the process of making selections of shapes, colors, and objects inside of Photoshop, and positioning them in the working. Enjoy yummy homemade treats with Williams-Sonoma's cupcake recipes. Find cake recipes and easy cupcake recipes that will delight your family and friends. How to make a miniature cake with Polymer Clay, by IGMA Artisan Betsy Niederer. By popular request we are going to create a miniature chocolate and vanilla layer cake with vanilla icing. The chocoholics wanted the chocolate, and others wanted a good recipe for a realistic vanilla cake. If you want an all chocolate or all vanilla cake, that's just fine! We'll do the chocolate layer first. To do this on my machine I roll the clay through the thickest setting. Since all machines are different you'll have to see what works best for you. You will hopefully end up with a very translucent light yellow. Cut the miniature cake layers as shown. Cut the slices in half to make 2 servings of cake. They will be covered with icing. You want to try to keep the layer's shape, so hold it very, very gently as shown. We're not going to worry about fingerprints on the top of the cake because it's going to be covered with icing. It looks better if you do it the hard way. This method is just if you are in a hurry to complete your miniature cake! Now that the vanilla layer has cooled a bit you can proceed as above.
If your cake gets warm and starts to lose its shape, remember you can always freeze it for a few minutes. Remember to hold the clay very gently, and work slowly. Texture the cut cake slices too. I generally only do one side since I have the slices laying on a plate. Set your layers, slices, and crumbs on your tile and bake for about 1. You'll need a tile, liquid Kato Fimo or TLS, and a lump of white clay - about 1/8th of your 2oz. Start mixing the solid and liquid clay together. Press hard to get the clays to come together. Enlarge Picture of mixing the solid and liquid clays. Your clay should look approximately like the picture. This may take a while so don't give up! If your clay mix looks too dry like mine did - just add more liquid Kato. Tool Cutting Cake Layers HorizontallyI promise that these will mix! If that's the case just add more white clay and mix it up. Get your cake layers from the oven. When your layer is completely covered (don't worry about making swirls now). Enlarge Picture of icing on the Cake. Carefully put the top layer on, make sure they are even, and set them on your tile to bake. Optional: Making miniature chocolate roses. Take a chunk of your brown clay and work it enough to put it through the pasta machine. Remove the excess clay. Using your razor blade, cut some of the circles in half. Use your razor blade to remove the chain of three clay halves and carefully set them on the tip of one of your non- dominant fingers. Follow the arrows in the picture. Follow the arrows in the picture again. Your little rose should look something like this. Crimp the bottom between your fingers to hold everything together. Bigger Roses: Take one of the whole circles. Continue to add petals, remembering the rules above. You can start to flare your petals a little at this point. To get that little point in the petal I use two fingers - I hold the rose in my left hand and use my thumb and index finger to make the flare. Continue to add petals and flare them. Back to the Cake. When your cake comes out of the oven, it will be time to ice the top. Using a toothpick (cocktail stick) spread the icing on the top of your cake. Spread the icing over the entire top - making sure that the icing doesn't drip over the cut or textured surface. You'll want to ice the top and side of your slices now too! If you have a spoon you can add it now too. You should do whatever is most comfortable for you. Stick a toothpick into the bottom of the scrap clay to use as a handle. Continue icing all the way around. You do have to bake this. If you'd like to add a bit of shine to your icing, let your cake cool and paint it with some acrylic varnish. All photographs and text appearing in this tutorial are the exclusive property of Betsy Niederer. Permission is explicitly denied for any republication of text or photographs in this article without the prior express written consent of the author.
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