Making a cake for a special occasion can be a rather creative and fulfilling journey. And the incentive by the end of all the efforts is the smile on everyone's face, especially the one for whom the cake has been crafted.
Many people consider cake making to be a fun-filled hobby. They attend classes to understand the details of all that goes into making cakes, as well as decorating them. So, at a class one is not only taught about the various cake decorating equipment, but are also taught various interesting recipes, and some teachers also go in teaching sugarcraft.
for those, who are not aware of what this is; sugarcraft is form of decorating a cake. According to the experts it is, in fact, an intricate method of cake decorating. It is a method of using 3-dimensional modeling on the cakes surface and a total hit amongst children, who not only enjoy the look but, also the pleasure of eating the models.
A very basic sugar-crafted design could be a series of dots with a model figure crafted and placed on the center of the cake. Thus, crafting with sugar is a form of sculpting. This technique of cake decorating requires a kind of icing dough that is termed as rolled fondant. This fondant can be used for covering the top layer of the cake, as well as to prepare icing decorative sculptures.
Food color is added to this fondant to produce colorful toppings for the cakes. There are various books the provide step-by-step information on sugar-crafting of various designs and models. According to many crafting with sugar is like returning to childhood and playing with play-dough creating various shapes and models.