Decorated Holiday Faux Layer Cake Project made with Creative PaperClay® by LuLu Lancaster

Hello and Welcome to the Faux Bakery! ;) This is part 2 of my Faux cake Project. You can Find part 1 here Faux Cake Part 1

Part 1 walks you through the basic cake and borders. 

Let's Decorate! For this part you will need the following

The basic cake

a package of Creative PaperClay®

spray adhesive

 I use 3M Super 77 environmentally Friendly Spray adhesive which can be found at most home improvement stores.

Fake snow

assorted plastic mini Christmas Decorations

 

See my pic for ideas :)

and Tacky Glue

I started by creating some mounds on the top of the cake with the clay.

To create height for your decorations, just continue halfway around the top.

Next I took the cake round outside and sprayed it with the adhesive. 

Be sure to read the precautions on the spray can. You may need to wear a face mask.

Place your cake back on the cardboard cake round and you can affix it at this point with some tacky glue to the cardboard.

It is easiest to do this next part on a surface that has been covered in newspaper or Kraft paper.

Now that your round is sprayed, you can take the fake snow and sprinkle it generously all over your cake. Tap off the excess onto the paper covering your table.

For this next step I took small amounts of clay and created mounds at the base.

Use the tacky glue on the backsides of the decorations and set them into the clay mounds.

Continuing around your cake use small decorations to create a border. I tied wireless chenille around the cake and used mini garlands. Using the small decorations create a focal point for the top.

You can sprinkle more fake snow on the top if needed and there you go!

Fresh from the Bakery a cake that will last all season and beyond  :)

Thank you for following along, I hope you have enjoyed

this project.

LuLu Lancaster
LuLusApple Dolls

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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.

Once you have the clay at a frosting consistency you can add it to your decorating bag. You can use tips or cut the tip off and use it like that.

Decorate your round, 

I find it easier to not allow the round to dry out to much. Your decorations will stick better to a semi wet surface. 

For this project just do a top and bottom border. 

If you find your having trouble with the clay coming out of the tip you may not have enough gesso to clay ratio.

Here is the basic round 

Thank you for following along!

Until next time :) 

LuLu

LuLusAppleDolls