Boxes and Bows DVD

Techniques taught include:

• 5 panel box top lid made from dried fondant panels
• 4 panel gift box made from dried fondant panels
• fondant overlay lid
• two piece soft fondant lid
• gumpaste "propped" lid
• 2 prong embossed dress bow with cording edge
• 4 prong embossed dress bow with pearl edging and center knot
• making a loopy gift bow
• soft fondant "floppy" gift bow
• gumpaste "satin" dress bow and tails for the side of a cake
• applying fondant/gumpaste stripes to the side of a cake
• placing a fondant blanket inside the cake gift box
• making gumpaste pearls in 2 sizes , and using them on the cake and bow loops
• using the Tappits brand toy and alphabet cutters
• making a novelty fondant life preserver
• using a clay gun for decorative trims on both the cakes and the bows

Please note: The instruction of decorating the cakes in this DVD starts with the cakes already covered in either buttercream or fondant icing, as well as the cake boards being decorated, as those techniques are taught in our other DVD productions.