1. Shaping the body
Paul starts off by shaping a cute little rabbit using modelling chocolate. Once you’ve put it all together, make sure the chocolate is completely set before moving on to covering it.
For the full tutorial see Wee Henry rabbit
2. Covering the body
Paul uses ivory sugarpaste rolled out to around 2mm and covers the body. He adds a second layer to form a coat for the rabbit.
3. Covering the arms and adding details
Paul covers the arms and adds some cute little details to the coat.
4. Covering the ears
In this lesson Paul covers the ears and adds a little more detail to the coat.
5. Adding texture to the coat
Paul adds texture to the rabbit using a dresden tool to get a nice fur effect.
6. Finishing the ears
Paul finishes texturing the rabbit and finishing off the ears. Then he adds the fence and bits of long grass.
7. Finishing the rabbit
Here Paul finishes off the cake with little flowers, and then attaches the rabbit to the top of the cake.
8. Painting the rabbit
Paul mixes brown and white to get a nice light shade of brown for Henry and uses it to create a fur-like texture.
9. Colouring the cheeks
Paul finishes off by painting some colour onto Henry’s cheeks.
10. Finishing touches
Paul adds some paint to Henry’s coat and then adds a lovely bit of ribbon to finish it all off.