Lesson 1 – Placing the Body on the Stand
This lesson should be preceded by Introductions with health and safety notices. Duration 20 mins
Demo: 15 mins Activity: 15 mins
- Explain the pre-made stand
- Make the stand food safe
- Carving the body of the Dragon
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Lesson 2 – Shaping the Dragon’s Head
Demo: 15 mins Activity: 40 mins
- Carve and shape the cake
- Cover with ganache
- Round the edges of the body then cover with ganache
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Lesson 3 – Covering the Body
Demo: 10 mins Activity: 40 mins
- Add the neck pieces
- Roll out the sugarpaste and cover the body of the Dragon
- Ensure a smooth, neat finish
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Lesson 4 – Cover the Dragon’s Head
Demo: 5 mins Activity: 20 mins
- Roll out the sugarpate then cover the head
- Carefully smooth to the shape
- Place a bag over the head to stop it drying out
LUNCH 35 mins
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Lesson 5 – Covering the board
Demo: 10 mins Activity: 20 mins
- Roll out and cut strips of sugarpaste to cover the board
- Cover the board, don’t need to be too neat!
- Texturise the sugapate to give the grass effect
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Lesson 6 – Adding dimples to the body
Demo: 5 mins Activity: 10 mins
- Using a ball tools texturise the body of the Dragon
- The more sporadic and random the better
- This can be done before lesson 5, but fits just as well here
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Lesson 7 – Adding the facial features
Demo: 5 mins Activity: 20 mins
- Create the eye and nostril sockets
- Add the smile
- Dimple the head to blend into the rest of the cake
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Lesson 8 – Covering the legs and adding the feet
Demo: 5 mins Activity: 30 mins
- Cover the legs
- Shape and add the feet
- Create sockets in the feet for the claws to sit
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Lesson 9 – Adding the Ears
Demo: 5 mins Activity: 15 mins
- Cut out the shape for the ears
- Add decoration then stick to the head (use spaghetti if necessary)
- Wet the Dragon’s bum to make it sticky for adding the tail
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Lesson 10 – Adding the Tail
Demo: 5 mins Activity: 20 mins
- Roll out a sausage very fat at one end and thin at the other for the tail
- Add to the cake (use spaghetti is required)
- Texturise to blend in with the rest of the cake
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Lesson 11 – Adding the chest and back spine
Demo: 5 mins Activity: 30 mins
- Shape the sugarpaste to the chest plates then place on the cake
- Roll out a sausage and cut descending sizes
- Shape the spikes and add to the cake down the spine of the Dragon in descending sizes
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Lesson 12 – Adding the wings
Demo: 10 mins Activity: 30 mins
- Cut out two pieces of card for the wings
- Cover in sugarpaste, texturise then add to the cake
- Roll out a sausage then create a trim to the wings
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Lesson 13 – Finishing touches
Demo: 10 mins Activity: 20 mins
- Finish the eyes
- Add spikes to the head to give that cute look
- Finish with glaze
Class photos 10 mins
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