Make Miniature and Dolls House Cakes Using Your Printer and Florist’s Foam

Materials to Make Miniature Cakes Using Your Printer

Materials used to create miniature cakes from a printed illustration or photograph

Lesley Shepherd

• A photo or clip art printed to the size you want your finished cake. Print this on glossy photo stock or card stock.
• Acrylic Tar Gel Medium or gloss acrylic finish. This will project your photo and make it look like it is iced with gel icing.
• A small piece of dry florist’s arranging foam, cut to the shape and thickness you want your cake.
• Thick PVA (white/craft) glue.
• A glue syringe or glue bottle with a micro tip, to allow you to create the effect of icing.
• Acrylic paint in the color you want your icing.
• Brown acrylic paint to make chocolate cake slices, if you want slices of your cake.
• Medium Acrylic Gel to add texture to your icing.
• Toothpicks and stir sticks to mix and apply the acrylic paint and gel.
• A small paint brush for acrylic paint.
• Tape, (preferably painters or masking tape) to tape your clip art or photo to a work surface while you ice it.

• Introduction to Making Miniature Doll Cakes using Florists Foam and your Printer
• Materials to Make Miniature Cakes Using Your Printer
• Preparing Artificial Icing for Scale Miniature and Dolls House Cakes
• Prepare and Ice the Top of a Miniature or Dolls House Scale Celebration Cake
• Icing a Design for the Top of a Scale Miniature or Dolls House Cake
• Icing a Miniature or Dolls House Scale Photo Cake
• Assemble a Miniature Cake or Dolls House Cake using Florist's Foam
• Create Separate Pieces for a Miniature or Dolls House Scale Cake
• Finish Icing a Scale Miniature or Dolls House Cake
• Final Steps to a Realistic Iced Miniature Cake for a Dolls House or Scale Scene