You will need:
- Saracino Pasta Model: white, black, light blue, pink, yellow, violet, light green, brown
- Saracino white Pasta Top
- Saracino baby blue Pasta Top
- Saracino powder colour: light gold, black, sky blue, pink, light skin tone
- Saracino shiny effect confectioners glaze
- Polystyrene balls: 1 x 6cm in diameter, 4 x 4cm in diameter, 7 x 2cm in diameter
- Dummy cake or cake
- Clear alcohol
- Dresden tool
- Ball tool
- Rolling pin
- Brushes
- Fondant smoother
- Cake drum
- Toothpicks
- Circle cutters
Step 1
Prepare all the necessary products and tools.
Step 2
Start by working the pastes to make them soft. You can start working right away with the pre-coloured pastes. For a soft and “dusty” sky blue, mix light blue Pasta Model with white and a little brown. Don’t be afraid to experiment until you get the colour you like.
Step 3
For the body roll and form the paste into a cylinder shape. Use the Dresden tool to shape into overalls.
Step 4
Place on a dummy and allow to dry slightly.
Step 5
Using white Pasta Model add the upper part of the torso inside the overalls. Using a ball tool add stitching to the edge of the dungarees and creases below the armpit areas.
Step 6
Using light blue paste roll two strips and round at each end for the straps. Cut out a small circle and cut out a semi circle – this will be a pocket.
Step 7
Fix the straps and pocket. Use the grey icing to model two legs as shown. Roll two strips of blue icing for the trouser legs. Roll two oval shapes from the white paste and attach to the soles of the feet.
Step 8
Fix the legs to the shorts and then wrap the trousers around the top of each leg. Use the Dresden tool to add creases to the trousers. Insert a short toothpick into the torso at the neck.
Step 9
For the head roll the shape shown. Use your index fingers or a ball tool to make two recesses for the eyes leaving a gap between them.
Step 10
Using white paste cut out terdrop shapes simialr size to the eye sockets. Use a knife or scalpel to cut off the small triangles at the top – they will look like fur. Glue both into the previously prepared recesses.
Step 11
Using a dark grey paste prepare elongated teardrop shapes, thinner on one side. Fix to the head and use the ball tool to make sockets for the eyes.
Step 12
Place your head onto the torso by sticking it onto the toothpick. Add a flattened oval shape as a snout. Mark the nose and add a smile.
Step 13
Using the dark grey paste cut out a shape as shown for the dark fur on the raccoon’s head. Prepare two white balls for the eyes, two blue balls for the irises, and two smaller black balls for the pupils.
Step 14
Roll out some brown paste and using a scalpel cut out the shape as shown to form the pilot cap. Prepare a strip of beige color and two circles with holes in the center. Gently flatten the circles into an egg shape. These elements will make the goggles.
Step 15
Add the eyes. Use tiny white beads to add a “sparkle” to each eye. Add the grey ‘fur’ piece. Add a black nose with a white ‘sparkle’. Fix the brown paste ‘helmet’ to the raccoon’s head. Add the elements to form the goggles. Add two sleeves using white paste.
Step 16
Prepare two paws from the dark grey paste as shown. Model small elements that will create the toy airplane. Let them set slightly and then glue together.
Step 17
Fix both paws to the arms. Add the toy airplane to the right paw.
Step 18
Form the shape of the ears from the black paste, stick the white centers to them (the same shape, only smaller).
Step 19
Place the ears on the raccoon’s head, gently bend them with your fingers to give character and form.
Step 20
For the cloud prepare polystyrene balls connected together with toothpicks.
Step 21
Roll out the white paste and put it over the balls. To help the paste stick you can moisten the polystyrene with a little water and a brush.
Step 22
Gently press down and pull the paste to cover the ball structure.
Step 23
Combine light pink paste with white paste, add a little brown for a soft colour. You can of course use the pre-coloured pastes if you wish. Model the shape of the tummy with the legs. Attach it to the cloud with a toothpick. If the raised leg is not set enough and drops you can insert a toothpick into it to keep it straight.
Step 24
Prepare a slightly darker shade of paste. Make a thin strap, a pocket shape and a mini heart. Using the lighter colour paste make a pocket shape. Fix the elements on the character’s tummy with a little glue if required.
Step 25
As with the previous racoon use grey paste to form the shape of the head. Use your finger or a ball tool to form recesses. Fill the recesses with lighter pieces of paste cut into a tear drop shape.
Step 26
Using a dark grey paste prepare an elongated teardrop shape flattened on one side. Fix to the face. Use a ball tool to make eye sockets.
Step 27
For the dark fur on the racoons head roll out a mid grey and cut out to the pattern shown. Roll two balls of white paste for the eyes. Using white paste shape the mouth area.
Step 28
Fix the dark fur on the head and cut to length by the nose. Add the mouth, nose, irises and ears as before. Use a Dresden tool to form the mouth and snout.
Step 29
Attach the head to the torso using a cocktail stick if required. Add two sausage shapes for the arms. Using the darker pink roll two small balls and press to a cuff shape. Fix to the end of the arms. Use a ball tool to form a recess in each cuff ready to fix the hands. Apply two small dots of white paste to each eye.
Step 30
Prepare balls of dark grey and cream paste. 3 different sized pieces of each colour. Arrange from the smallest to the largest alternately. Carefully press them together to form a roll shape.
Step 31
Roll the tail to give a point at each end.
Step 32
Fix the tail with a little glue. Model the hands and fix to each cuff.
Step 33
Apply a little water to the 6cm polystyrene ball.
Step 34
Roll out the dusty pink paste. Carefully cover the ball and smooth.
Step 35
Stick a toothpick into the ball.
Step 36
When the figurine is set and firm stick the toothpick into the top of the raccoon’s head. Take your time with this step as if the figurine is not firm enough the ball maybe too heavy.
Step 37
For the end piece of the balloon model a small cone shape. Prepare thin strips of the dusty pink paste. Two longer ones for the ribbons and two shorter ones for the bow. Fold in half and join them together as shown. Wrap a fifth piece around the end piece of the balloon.
Step 38
Fix to the balloon. Add a thin white strand of paste and place it in the raccoon’s hands. To obtain the effect of ribbons blowing in the wind use a construction of skewers and toothpicks as I have shown. Support the ribbons off the structure until they are set. Carefully remove the sticks checking that the ribbons are holding their shape.
Step 39
Finish off the characters by painting the eyes and noses with the Liquid Shiny confectioners glaze. Using a soft brush and the powder colours lightly dust the figures. Black for fur, blue for dungarees and the combination of pink and skin tone for the balloon and girl’s jumpsuit. To make the figures even cuter add a slight blush to the faces. Remember to control the amount of powder on the brush, apply the dust each time and then wipe the excess off the brush onto a paper towel.
Step 40
Prepare and work the purple, sky blue, green, yellow, powder pink and very light brown colour pastes. Add white paste to the pre-coloured paste to make the softer shades. Roll a long sausage shape of each colour and shape them into a rainbow. Trim the ends with a knife. Leave to set.
Step 41
Using Light Gold powder pearl colour mixed with clear alcohol carefully paint the light brown colour. Painting the gold over the brown makes coverage easier.
Step 42
Using baby blue Pasta Top cover the dummy or the finished cake.
Step 43
Glue the rainbow to the side of the cake and to the top. Optionally add white dots on the pink rainbow strip.
Step 44
Place the boy raccoon on the cake board and the girl raccoon on top of the cake. You may want to add additional decoration to the cake such as sprinkles or hand-cut confetti. On the side of the cake you can add paste covered polystyrene balls (these can also be cake pops or chocolate balls depending on your skills).
