Creative Paperclay® air dry modeling material: Holiday Faux cake Home decor using Creative PaperClay® by LuLu Lancaster Part 1

Hello and Happy impending Holidays!

Recently I discovered the wonders of the styrofoam aisle at the craft store.

Many years ago I was a cake decorator in a very busy bakery. One of the fun things about being a decorator was making the dummy cakes. We used Royal Icing and made them as extravagant as we could. After all we wanted to show the range of cakes available ;) I have often thought about making a dummy cake for my home during the Holidays. Something fun that wouldn't get gobbled up in 30 minutes after a days work, also something that could stay out all month long.

Here I will show you how to create a faux cake for your home using clay. This is pretty long so I will split it into two projects.

For Part 1

You will need

a 8" styrofoam round

2 packages of Creative PaperClay

water and parchment paper

a cardboard cake round, larger than your styrofoam

a cake spatula

a clay roller

acrylic gesso

a plastic cake bag

decorator tips if you like ;)

1 package of clay will cover your round

start by rolling it out onto the parchment paper.

make it larger than the round.

place the round on top of the sheet of clay

placing your hand under the parchment paper invert your round

then place on the table and remove the paper

your round will look like this

strait using your fingers and water to bring the edges down onto the round.

roll the edges of the round to get an even amount of clay on the sides.

using a cake spatula dipped in water start smoothing your round

Once you have your cake to the desired smoothness it is time to mix "frosting"

In a good size cup or bowl take a bit of clay and add gesso, there is no specific measurement. Just keep adding clay and gesso mixing as you go. The more you mix the more it will get the consistency of frosting.