In this tutorial I'll show you how to make a Mad Hatter's Hat Cake Topper. It can be used as a decoration or a top tier. If you want the hat to have cake inside, simply substitute the polystyrene with cake.
cake dummy (5 x 5 inch round)
round cutter (88 mm)
serrated knife
smoother
a piece of sand paper
large rolling pin
small rolling pin
small knife (plain blade)
scalpel
pieces of lace (or a texturing mat)
greaseproof paper
two cake drums (size larger than the diameter of the hat)
paper towel
dresden tool
dusting brushes
brushes for glue
a fine painting brush (or a fine edible marker)
brooch moulds
florist wire - #22
marker with a fine tip
Sugarpaste (fondant):
green (to cover the dummy)
Fower paste (gum paste):
pink
light ivory
dark ivory (gold)
green
blue
SP/FP mix* with added CMC:
green (to cover the top of the hat and to make the brim)
Dust colours (colours given in steps)
Brown or black paste colour (or a fine edible marker)
White vegetable fat (f.ex. trex)
Alcohol or rejuvenator (a few drops)
* SP = sugarpaste = fondant; FP = flower paste = gum paste; mix the two types of paste - about 5/6 sugarpaste and 1/6 flower paste)
5 inches (hight)
10.
I added some flower paste to the leftover green paste (about 5/6 sugarpaste and 1/6 flower paste). I alwaysadd flower paste to the sugarpaste when I want to strengthen the paste. Add some CMC to the mix. Keep on adding it gradually until the paste gets quite firm. The paste will be much easier to roll out thin and it won't lose its shape when cutting the circle out and flipping the dummy the right side up (see next steps).
Roll the paste out to about 2 mm thick. Texture it.
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