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Swan Cake Project - Relief Painting in Royal Icing

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Level: Intermediate

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Lessons

This Cake Project shows you how to paint in relief using royal icing. All our Projects are broken into sections so you can follow each stage in bite size pieces. To watch a section, click on the Video below and it will move to the top video screen.

Length:

2:29

Kelvin explains what you'll need for the project.

Length:

4:42

How to transfer the image of the swan to the cake.

Length:

9:01

Painting the swan on to the cake.

Length:

9:13

How to paint the swan on the cake and pipe the detail.

Length:

7:14

Kelvin shows how to make the other swan decoration on the cake.

Length:

9:06

Painting the detail on to the swans of the cake.

Length:

8:42

We see how to pipe the grass detail on to the cake then conclusion.

Overview

In this Project, Pretty Witty Cakes' tutor Kelvin Chua shows you how to paint in relief using royal icing.

Kelvin shows you lots of different technique and key principles for this kind of painting. The videos will cover everything you need to know about making this cake and the patterning for the fabric.

What you will learn

This Project is all about learning to paint with royal icing. You will learn:

How to transfer images using the royal icing run out method rather than with pencil
How to use templates direct to cake for accurate designs
Painting on the background images
How to blend colours
Working with directions in paint
How to paint a sunset
How to pipe and paint clouds
How to pipe paint a swan
How to pipe paint feathers
How to work with white on white characters like swans
Piping with run out consistency, hard, medium and soft peak consistency
Layering your piping so the furthest things are in the background
How to add shadows with royal icing
Painting eyes and details
How to pipe grass and scratching techniques
Over piping
Piping running beads

How do the Projects work?

All our Projects are divided into Lessons so you can watch each section when you need to (there is no need to watch everything in one go). To see the list of Lessons, click on the Lessons tab. Each Lesson has a brief description in the blue box with the screen image.

Materials

We sell much of the equipment you use in the Project in the Pretty Witty Cakes' online shop . To see a full list of materials used including quantities of fondant and cake sizes, click on the Materials tab.

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Questions

Comments

Monday, December 29, 2014 - 02:59

Hello Kelvin, I loved this class and is very easy to follow you, THANK YOU so much for this class. I hope my cake look like your it is so beautiful.

Monday, December 29, 2014 - 07:18

Hi Kelvin, great class! I really loved it!
I was wondering if I can use yellow gel color instead of the paste color that you were using.
Thanks a lot :)

Monday, December 29, 2014 - 08:07

Hello.. Kelvin is using gel (gel paste colours) here so any gel colour is fine: americolor, sugarflair, Wilton etc :)

Wednesday, December 31, 2014 - 00:16

Hi, can I know why u choose to mix water to the colour paste/gel instead of vodka? Tq

Wednesday, December 31, 2014 - 00:18

It is optional. Some people use vodka, some water and some lemon extract. Water is cheaper and lots of people can't have alcohol so it is a safer option from that point of view but you can also use vodka or you prefer :)

Thursday, January 1, 2015 - 00:41

Tq

Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 18:52

Hi kelvin... loved this tutorial but
feeling really sad....:( I'm vegan can you pls suggest me some vegan recipe for royal icing ???

Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 01:03

Brilliant Tutorial. I love watching you work...

Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 16:16

well I have just finished my cake,
what a super tutor! so easy to follow
thank you very much

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Kelvin Chua is the award winning founder of Vinism Sugar Art, based in Malaysia. He is also a Guest Tutor at Pretty Witty Cakes more...

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