Educating and Informing Sugarcrafters Worldwide
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Project Series No 33 MADE IN BRITAIN Educating and Informing Sugarcrafters Worldwide GINGERBREAD HOUSE CHRISTMAS CAK E See the FMM FMM products are widely available. See overleaf catalogue for Contact your local stockist or FMM for further information. for instructions. the full range To arrange a shop, college or group demonstration contact FMM. of products. www.fmmsugarcraft.com +44 (0) 1442 292 970 Project Series No33 GINGERBREAD HOUSE CHRISTMAS CAKE FMM Alphabet Tappits Equipment you will need: FMM More than a Bird House FMM Knife & Scribe Tool FMM Cool Christmas Tappits FMM Dab-a-Dust (if required) Non - Stick Mat & Non Stick Rolling Pin FMM Holly Leaf Set FMM Impression Mat Set 1 Ginger, Red, White, Green & Brown Modelling Paste Craft Gun FMM Impression Mat Set 4 FMM Train Cutter Set Water & Paintbrush 2 Tier Cake Covered in White Fondant FMM Christmas Tree FMM Straight Frill 1 - 4 Cocktail Sticks FMM Essential Shapes Tappit Royal Icing Disposable Piping Bag HINTS & TIPS: Always read the project sheet in full before starting your cake! To make your own modelling paste, add a little tylo to your fondant. Allow your modelling paste shapes to sit and firm up for a short time before attaching to your cake. If your modelling paste is sticking to your tools or mat use the FMM Dab-a-Dust. 1. Roll out ginger modelling paste and cut out 4 of the bird house style shapes (cutter 1), 3 of the house shapes (cutter 2) and 2 side panels (cutter 4). Put 2 of bird house stye shapes (cutter 1) to one side to dry completely. Allow the others to sit for a while to firm up. 2. Roll out the ginger modelling paste and place the brick wall effect impression mat on top and apply pressure with your hand to emboss the modelling paste. Cut out 2 panels using cutter 3 from the FMM more than a Bird House cutter set. Put them to one side for 24 hours to dry completely. 3. Roll out ginger modelling paste and cut out 2 train engines, 2 passenger carriages and 2 cargo carriages. 4. Roll out red modelling paste and cut out 2 large circles and 8 small circles using your train cutter set. 5. Roll out brown modelling paste in a long strip. Use your FMM Knife and Scriber Tool to give it a straight edge. Using the FMM Frill cutter set cut out a frilled edge for each of the 3 house shapes on your cake. Then roll out a strip of red modelling paste and cut out a frilled edge for each of the 3 bird house shapes. This also includes the one we will be using as your cake topper. Refer to the cake photograph for the frilled edge shapes. 6. Attach the red frill to the bird house shapes and the brown frill to the house shapes. Leave the frill for the topper to dry with the other cake topper cut outs. Filtering Media Manufacturers Ltd • Unit 7, Chancerygate Business Centre • Whitele af Road Hemel Hempstead • Hertfordshire • HP3 9HD • United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1442 292 970 • Fax: +44 (0) 1442 260 158 [email protected] • www.fmmsugarcraft.com Project Series No33 GINGERBREAD HOUSE CHRISTMAS CAKE 7. Roll out brown modelling paste and cut 7 rectangle shapes using your FMM Essenial Shapes Tappits. Attach them to all the houses on the front bottom centre to make doors for the houses. 8. Roll out white modelling paste and using FMM Essential Shapes Tappit cut out 4 diamond shapes Attach 2 of them to the centre of the frill already attached for the roof trim on the bird house shapes only. Leave 2 to one side for the topper. 9. Roll out red modelling paste and using the FMM Essential Shapes Tappit cut out 3 diamond shapes. Attach them to the centre of the frill already attached for the roof trim only (on the house shapes). 10. Roll out white modelling paste and using the FMM Essential Shapes Tappit cut out 19 small squares and 3 circles to make the windows. Cut the circles in to quarters using your FMM Knife & Scriber Tool. Attach the squares in groups of 4 to the house shapes on the right hand side of the door. Attach single ones to the top centre of the doors (only on the house shapes). Attach the circle cut in to quarters above the doors of the bird house shapes. Refer to photograph for position of window. Leave the remaining ones to one side for the cake topper. Note the topper has circle window and 2 small square windows on one side but no windows on the other side. 11. Measure around the outside of the top tier of the cake and divide by 4. Insert cocktail stick in your cake at the quarter marks. 12. Knead a small amount of white fondant and place in your sugarcraft gun. Extrude the fondant from the gun through the disc. Drape your white fondant string over the coctail sticks, allowing it to loop between to make the string for your bunting. (Remove cocktail sticks when bunting is dry). 13. Attach houses to your cake with water as follows: Starting from the front of the cake attach a house shape then a bird house shape each side with the 2 house shapes at the back. 14. Roll out white modelling paste and cut out 4 large white rectangles. 15. Roll out red modelling paste and cut out words ‘toys’ twice, ‘shop’ and ‘post’ once. Stick the words to the rectangles to make shop signs. Attach them above the doors on your house shape houses with water. Save one of the ‘toys’ signs for your cake topper. Refer to cake photograph. P.T.O. Filtering Media Manufacturers Ltd • Unit 7, Chancerygate Business Centre • Whitele af Road Hemel Hempstead • Hertfordshire • HP3 9HD • United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1442 292 970 • Fax: +44 (0) 1442 260 158 [email protected] • www.fmmsugarcraft.com Project Series No33 GINGERBREAD HOUSE CHRISTMAS CAKE 16.Roll out green modelling paste and cut out 10 medium size holly leaves and 10 small. Use your FMM Knife and Scriber Tool to vein your leaves. Attach the small holly leaves with water to your houses. The house shape holly leaves are positioned above the signs and the bird house shape holly leaves are above the door. Attach the larger holly leaves to your cake between the house near the top of the bottom tier of the cake. Refer to photograph. Roll out small balls of red modelling paste to make berries for your holly and attach to the cake with water. 17.Roll out green modelling paste and emboss with your FMM Impression mat 4. Cut out 5 chrismas trees. Attach them to the bottom tier of your cake between the houses. 18. Attach the train engine and cargo carriages to the front of the cake and the train engine and passenger carriage to the back of the cake. Attach the wheels to the train with water. The large wheel at the back of the engine with 2 small beside it. 2 wheels for each carriage. As show cake photograph. 19. Roll out ginger, green and red modelling paste. Cut out 1 of each shape of the cool tappits and 5 of the parcel shapes in green and red. 20. Attach 3 different shapes to each section of the bunting on the top tier with water. Cut the bottoms of the 4 remaining parcels at slanted angles and attach to your cake with water on top of the cargo carriages. 21. Build the bird house following instructions on the pack. Decorate both sides of the house with your windows, frilled edge, diamond shapes and ‘toys’ sign. Cut out 4 more green holly leaves and some berries and attach these too. 22. Roll out a thin sausage of modelling paste and a white sausage of modelling paste of equal thickness. Twist them together. Cut them in to small lengths and shape in to candy canes. Attach them to the houses on the bottom tier and each side of the bird house cake topper. 23. The final step is to pipe royal icing on to your cake to look like snow. Filtering Media Manufacturers Ltd • Unit 7, Chancerygate Business Centre • Whitele af Road Hemel Hempstead • Hertfordshire • HP3 9HD • United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1442 292 970 • Fax: +44 (0) 1442 260 158 [email protected] • www.fmmsugarcraft.com.