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  • cake dummy (diameter: 6’’, depth: 5’’) or three 6'' round pieces of cake, about 1,5'' deep (if you are making a cake)
  • 6'' thin, round cake board or foam board (if you are making a cake)
  • about 300 g of ganache or buttercream (if you are making a cake)
  • medium rolling pin
  • small rolling pin
  • serrated knife
  • small knife
  • cocktail sticks x 6
  • round cutters:
    • 2,8 cm
    • 1,5 cm
    • 1 cm,
  • piping nozzles:
    • 6 mm
    • 2 mm
  • dresden tool
  • stitching tool
  • long knife
  • scalpel
  • dusting brushes
    • medium round
    • medium flat
    • fine round f.ex. #00
  • marker
  • templates (you'll find them in the 'TEMPLATES' tab)
  • Sugar paste (fondant)*
  • Flower paste (gum paste)*
  • Dust colours:
    • white
    • brown
    • black
    • yellow
    • rose
    • violet
  • Edible glue
  • White vegetable fat f.ex. Trex (to grease the surface of the board and hands)
  • Corn flower
  • CMC (carboxymethyl cellulose)
  • Stiff peak royal icing (if you're making a cake)
* You'll find the amounts in the 'AMOUNTS' tab.
  • Sugar paste (fondant):
    • sand yellow - 580 g sand (gel colours which I have used to colour the paste: golden yellow + ivory)
  • Flower paste:
    • brown - 2 g
    • black - 47 g
    • light purple - 15 g (gel colours which I have used to colour the paste: rose + violet)
    • pink - 5 g
    • grey - 1 g grey 
    • white - 91 g
I had so much fun making this little fellow! I hope you'll enjoy this tutorial. You can use it either to make a cake topper or a small cake. The photos show how to make a topper, but the step descriptions include information on how to make a cake. OK, let's start!
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