American Baker in Germany

 Once again, I know my limitations in the area of sculpting. Templates are the way to go if you have a similar weakness. First off, my template: I cut out the template and cut the same shape out of flesh-colored fondant. I pressed the lines from the template into the fondant and deepen the lines with a pointed sculpting tool. Then I cut out the brown parts and the eyes. I added the brown back in by tracing the template in the same way. I also added two balls of white to the eyes and placed all the pieces on a green background. And I added some texture lines to Tarzan's hair. Then I painted some pale brown edible paint into the shading on the face and body. Undiluted brown to the eyebrows, black to the eyes and brown mixed with red to the mouth. Quite recognizable as Tarzan. Adorable. Watch us make this Tarzan topper on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/8loQCdlcaM0 Schaut zu wie wir diesen Tarzan Aufsatz auf unserem YouTube kanal machen hier: https://youtu.be/3yjYhsdj124

 Two things: First off, my daughter loves Paw Patrol. Second, I'm not the best modeler in the world. I try, but don't often succeed. However, I've come to realize that especially when making recognizable characters, it is much easier and much more effective to make them 2D using a template than trying to model the characters from scratch. Hence, for my daughter's birthday cake, I decided to make Skye and Everest as 2D cake toppers using a template. First, here are my templates: When choosing a template to use, you want to choose a simplified image with as few colors as possible. Since I'm making two figures, I begin by making a background to stabilize the image so it can be picked up as one piece and place on the cake. I used a circle cutter and cut out two white fondant circles. Then I rolled out more white fondant and traced around the lines with a pointed fondant tool to make an impression in the fondant. Then I cut around the outside with a knife. I used the sam...