These little biscuits are some of the very first dollhouse miniature foods I ever made.
- Remember to wash your hands - Even if they look clean you will be amazed how much dirt the clay, especially the light colours will pick up.
- Wipe (with a fresh wipe) all your equipment before you start and then as you work with lighter clays.
- Check what temperature to bake your clay at and for how long - different clays have different baking temperatures.
- Bake items on a paper plate if a shiny underside is not desirable.
- if fingerprints in your work is a problem try dusting your finger tips with a light dusting of cornflour.
- Be careful that sculpel is sharp.
- Oven gloves when baking the clay
Equipment
- White, Pink, Ochre and Translucent fimo
- Tile
- 3/8inch circle clay cutter
- Clay roller Clay craft knife
- Cocktail stick
- Ball ended tool
- Soft bristled paint brush
- Gloss polymer clay varnish
- Making the icing
- Roll out a 2cm ball of white fimo on the tile
- Make a 2cm ball of pink fimo and flatten into circle as shown
- Using craft knife cut the pink fimo diagonally
- Cut the white fimo into rectangles and place between the pink as shown
- Make sure the fimo has bonded by firmly easing it together
- Elongate the pink and white cane by gently easing the fimo together and then rolling it with your fingers to form the cane.
- Put the cane aside and prepare the biscuit bases
- Mix 3 parts translucent to 1 part white fimo and add a slice of ochre to make the pastry coloured fimo
- Roll out the pastry coloured fimo and use the 3/8 inch circle cutter to cut out the biscuit bases
- Take the cane and gently drag the point of a cocktail stick across the cane face to distort the white lines, first one way and then in the opposite direction
- Next using the craft knife cut a thin slice from the scored cane, place this slice onto the biscuit base and smooth out the score lines with your finger by flattening, then re-cut using the 3/8 inch circle cutter, remove the excess clay and make the hole in the biscuit using our ball end tool.
- Bake your clay as instructed I bake my fimo a mixture of soft and classic for 10 minutes at 130 degree centigrade
- Lastly leave to cool and then paint them with a coat of gloss varnish for fimo
- Now repeat the process by making different coloured canes to make all the biscuits featured
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