Step 1

THINGS YOU WILL NEED:
small rolling pin, scalpel, ball tool, dresden tool, 5 cm egg-shaped cutter, 6 cm round cutter, brush (to apply glue), edible glue, 9 cm skewer

AMOUNTS:
152 g of orange flower paste, 22 g of white 50/50 flower paste-fondant mix, 15 g of black flower paste*

* To make this figure I used flower paste, but you can use whatever works for you (gumpaste, fondant with cmc).

I stick all elements using glue (least needed amount) except for thin white elements. I stick them without using glue by simply pressing to the surface.

Step 2

Roll a 30 g ball of orange flower paste.

Step 3

Form a teardrop shape (6 cm long).

Step 4

Apply a little amount of glue on the skewer and insert the skewer into the body (by rotating the skewer around its axis), all the way down. If the body loses its shape - fix it. Cut off the top part, where the head will join with the body (height 5,5 cm).

Step 5

Roll out about 2 g of white 50/50 mix very thin. Use the cutter to cut out an egg shape.

Step 6

Stick it to the body and smooth the edges. Don’t use glue or else the glue marks will show through thin, white paste.

Step 7

Roll a 2 g ball of black flower paste and form a short teardrop shape out of it.

Step 8

Use the the smaller side of dresden tool to mark two lines as shown on the photo.

Step 9

Deepen the lines with a sharp scalpel. Repeat steps 6-8 for the second leg.

Step 10

Stick the back feet to the body.

Step 11

Roll two 2 g balls of orange flower paste and form two short, flattened teardrop shapes.

Step 12

Stick the legs to the body.

Step 13

Roll a 3 g ball of black flower paste and form a teardrop shape (5 cm long). Use the smaller side of dresden the tool to mark two lines and deepen them with a scalpel – same as in step 6 and 7.

Step 14

With a smaller side of the dresden tool mark the bend line.

Step 15

Bend the leg gently along the line created in the previous step. At the same time flatten slightly the part of the leg that will touch the body. Repeat steps 12-14 for the second front leg. Cover the first front leg for example with a plastic box, so it doesn’t dry.

Step 16

Cut the top part of the legs so that they are 2,5 cm long. Use two 7 mm balls of orange flower paste to make two slightly flattened, teardrop shapes and cut the end of them.

Step 17

Use a tiny amount of glue to attach the black and orange parts of front legs and stick them to the body.

Step 18

Roll a 34 g ball of orange flower paste and form a shape as shown on the photo. You can make the tail shape by rolling a ball in between you palms just as if you were rolling a teardrop shape – you first narrow down one end, then the other end.

Step 19

Curl the tail slightly as shown on the photo. Roll out 3 g of 50/50 mix to about 1 mm thick and cut a 7 x 4 cm piece. Make a zig zag edge on its longer side.

Step 20

Wrap the zig zag edged strip around the end of the tail, and smooth the edges gently. Make sure that the paste totally covers the tip of the tail and that the joining is at the bottom of the tail. Cut the excess off.

Step 21

If you are not happy with the zig zag line, you can fix it with a sharp scalpel. Don’t press to hard – you don’t want to cut through the tail. You might want to wait with sticking the tail to the body until you put the figure on the cake. If so press the tail to the body at the back to flatten the place of joining (when the tail dries it won’t be possible).

Step 22

Roll a 80 g ball of orange flower paste, form an oval and flatten it slightly.

Step 23

Use the smaller side of the egg-shaped cutter mark lines as shown on photo.

Step 24

Use the round cutter to mark bottom line as shown on photo.

Step 25

Use the bigger side of the dresden tool to deepen the inner edges.

Step 26

Form an eye shaped sausage out of 17 g of 50/50 mix.

Step 27

Flatten both ends with your finger.

Step 28

Use a rolling pin to roll out top part of the element. You want it to be about 1 mm thick.

Step 29

Place it on the head so in covers all lines made in steps 23-24 and smooth the surface.

Step 30

Use a sharp scalpel to make cuts along the distinguishing lines. Take the excess off.

Step 31

Smooth the paste so that it has clean edges and so that it evenly fills the whole hollow. Leave the side parts of the element (cheeks) sticking out as shown on photo.

Step 32

Use the smaller side of the dresden tool to model the cheeks. First make two indentations, then pull out three little sticking out pieces of paste and make them more pointy.

Step 33

Use a bone tool to mark a line as shown on photo.

Step 34

Smooth the created line with your fingers.

Step 35

Use the smaller end of the ball tool make holes for the eyes.

Step 36

Use a sharp scalpel to mark the smile. Use black flower paste to make two 5 mm balls for eyes, an oval shaped nose (3 mm ball) and tiny teardrop shaped eyebrows.

Step 37

Stick the head to the body.

Step 38

Form two 2 g flattened teardrop shapes out of the black flower paste.

Step 39

Use a smaller side of the dresden tool to mark lines as shown on the photo. Deepen the inner part with the bigger side of the dresden tool.

Step 40

Make two 1 g flattened teardrop shapes of the orange flower paste and stick them inside the ears. Use the dresden tool to spread the paste so that it fills the whole inside of the ear. Cut off the bottom of the ear.

Step 41

Stick the ears to the head.

Step 42

Form three, tiny red orange teardrop shapes and stick on the head to make hair.

Step 43

Well done! :)