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)
29.
Since the pink paste is thin and the dust underneath is dark, apply glue only in the centre (the dark colour might be visible from underneath in the area where the glue was applied; the central part of the band will be covered with another band). Stick the strip around the base of the hat. Make sure that the strip joins neatly at the back.
Be careful not to dirty the pink band with green dust. I used a knife to push some paste out in the area where the tag will go (so that the tag could be inserted between the hat and the band).
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