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Mermaid cake

by Louise 11 Comments

Mermaid cake

Today I have made this mermaid cake. The cakes is covered in sugar paste. I have sponge 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 and strings.
To complete the cake have I used a silicone bead maker to make the pearlboarder. I gave the pearls some luster dust as a finishing touch.

Happy Caking!

Louise

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  1. young cake decorator

    November 10, 2011 at 11:46 PM

    how did u do the  hair?

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    • Anonymous

      November 11, 2011 at 10:26 AM

      I used a sugar craft gun, alternative you could use a garlic presser?

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  2. shelley

    October 1, 2010 at 11:05 AM

    hi louise fab cake can you tell me the size of the bead maker you used for the border. thanks

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  3. Louise

    May 14, 2009 at 10:29 AM

    Elma: No, you cant taste the alcohol afterwards. Thats why you use clear “tasteles” alcohol to paint with. Many in the cake decorating world use it. I mostly use regular vodka when I need to paint on my cakes.

    Remember that we are talking about only a few drops of vodka when mixing together colors and dusts 😉

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  4. elma

    May 14, 2009 at 10:03 AM

    hi just a follow up, do you mean that i use vodka in painting cakes? what do you use as clear alcohol on your cakes? won’t it taste on the cake? sory i just need to ask.

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  5. Louise

    May 6, 2009 at 10:29 AM

    elma: Clear alcohol= vodka is used when painting on cakes ect. by mixing colors and powders with alcohol will the alcohol evaporate quickly so that the fondant dont get wet and soggy like if it was water you painted with.

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  6. elma

    May 6, 2009 at 10:21 AM

    what do you mean by clear alcohol? can you explain more about it…i’ve been reading blogs stating they use clear alcohol on their cake figurines… and if not too much what’s a marzipan? sorry, i’m just a newbiee…btw, i love your site…very educational…hope more tutorials in the future!

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  7. Louise

    March 2, 2009 at 11:32 AM

    Kosiette: it is from CK products I think that you can get from Global sugar art?

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  8. Kosiette

    March 1, 2009 at 4:35 AM

    were did you buy the bead maker from

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  9. Louise

    November 11, 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.

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  10. caroline

    October 29, 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

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