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Огромная благодарность Samantha Friday за Мастер-класс

































































I made a slab of vanilla cake and basically cut the shape of the camera (body) out of it and the respective pieces like the lens. I masked the pieces in buttercream icing and stuck them in the fridge over night until I could continue (after work). This firmed them up nicely so I could apply the fondant. Unfortunately, when fondant covered the cake, I lost the straight edges so I decided to try and paint them back on - create the illusion of the edges. Next, I added the vines and the leaves, (having cut the leaves and the butterfly wings out of gumpaste a couple of days previously in order to let them dry).
I got all into the wing-painting that I forgot to take photos of the layering of the colours - sorry! The wings posed a bit of a problem as I had imagined being able to stick them in some royal icing, piped in the form of the butterfly's body, and then kind of gluing it onto the camera. The royal icing wouldn't co-operate though and I had to improvise by making a slit in the camera and simply sticking the butterfly in it, and then I used fondant instead of the royal icing to form the body.