Voodoo Cake

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  Step 1

  prepare the pins 2
  Start making the pins at least a day ahead of presenting the cake. Break off small lengths of spaghetti, about 2–3 in. (5–7.5 cm) long, and carefully insert into the Styrofoam block so that they are held firmly upright.

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  Step 2

  paint the pins
  Paint the spaghetti
  strands with silver luster
  dust mixed with a few drops
  of vodka or lemon extract. Place in Styrofoam block to dry.

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  Step 3

  form the pinheads
  Pinch off small pieces of the red fondant and
  roll them into very small balls to create the pinheads.

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  Step 4

  position the pinheads

  Place the fondant pinheads in a small container, a few at a time, and lightly sprinkle with
  dry pearl dust. Insert a pinhead carefully onto the top of each dry painted spaghetti strand. Leave overnight to set.

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  Step 5

  create button eyes

  Roll out the black fondant on a lightly dusted surface to a thickness of about 1⁄2 in. (1 cm).

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  Step 6

  cut out buttons

  Using the larger end of the no.2A icing tip, cut two round shapes from the rolled-out black fondant.

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  Step 7

  Set aside the trimmings.

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  Step 8

  finish the buttons

  With smaller end of no.2A icing tip, imprint rim detail on buttons.

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  Step 9

  Using smaller end of no.6 icing tip, cut four holes in each button. Roll out more black fondant and use craft knife to cut thin strips for thread. Insert into buttonholes. Let dry.

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  Step 10

  cut out the cake

  Cut out baking parchment shape using doll template. Attach parchment shape to chilled square cake with a few dabs of decorator’s buttercream icing. Cut body shape from the cake, following the outline of the parchment shape.

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  Step 11

  shape the cake

  With the serrated knife, shape the sides of the doll’s body, slightly rounding the cake off at the edges.

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  Step 12

  fix body to board

  With large piping bag and quick-ice tip, pipe a strip of buttercream icing onto the covered cake board...

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  Step 13

  and lay the body-shaped cake on top to fix in place.

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  Step 14

  make the head

  Pipe a layer of buttercream over the flat surface of one mini half-ball of cake. Place the other mini half-ball of cake on top to form the doll’s head.

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  Step 15

  attach the head

  Place the cake head ontop the body on the cake board using a dab of buttercream icing to fix it in place.

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  Step 16

  ice the doll

  Pipe buttercream all
  around the outline of the head and body of the doll, then pipe more buttercream over entire top surface of doll until it is completely covered in icing.

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  Step 17

  smooth the icing

  Using the curved spatula,
  carefully smooth over the entire surface of the icing, covering all of the doll.

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  Step 18

  prepare fondant cover

  Roll out the white fondant
  onto a dusted surface. Using fondant smoother and stiff burlap, imprint surface of fondant with texture.

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  Step 19

  cover the doll Carefully wrap the textured fondant loosely around rolling pin. Gently unfurl the fondant onto the iced doll, covering the body and head.

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  Step 20

  trim and shape body

  Trim off excess fondant from around the doll with a craft knife and set aside.

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  Step 21

  Tuck under edges of fondant on doll for a rounded look.

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  Step 22

  add features

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  Step 23

  Using modeling tool, mark outline of muscles and other anatomical details by adding folds to the body and legs of doll.

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  Step 24

  make the arms

  Shape the arms from modeling chocolate.

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  Step 25

  Roll out
  reserved white fondant and wrap around the chocolate arms. Trim away excess fondant.

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  Step 26

  attach and texture arms

  Attach the arms to the body with a dab of water.

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  Step 27

  Imprint the arms with burlap, as was done for the body in Step 15. With stitching wheel, add stitching detail all along the sides of the head and body.

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  Step 28

  airbush the doll

  Airbrush light layer of warm brown color all over the head and body, emphasizing the details and
  shape of features.

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  Step 29

  add heart and stitching

  Roll out remaining red and black fondant. Cut voodoo heart template from red fondant with cutter. Fix to doll with dab of water. Indent holes at stitch sites on mouth, arms, neck, and heart. Cut thin strips of red and black fondant and insert ends into holes.

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  Step 30

  add button eyes

  Position the prepared button eyes in place on the head and fix in place with a dab of water. Use modeling tool to emphasize the detailing on the eyes.

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  Step 31

  position the pins

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  Step 32

  Carefully remove the prepared pins from the Styrofoam block and insert into the body of the voodoo doll.

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PinkandBlackGoth · 1 project 13th March 2013

This makes me so happy.

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Hope S. 6th March 2013

This is beautiful....but using burlap will leave little hairy pieces of burlap in your food. I have worked with burlap and it is quite messy :/

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