For the Love of Cookies

This time, we won’t be able to drive to see it, but we will never forget the last one, as we watched just the two of us, in the middle of farm fields in Nebraska. It was truly remarkable. Today I share a cookie design inspired by Amber, and available in her cookie club (to join click here). I changed a few things around, to make it easier for my skill level. Amber shared two versions, one using wet-on-wet (like the one I am sharing) and the other fully painted by hand, absolutely gorgeous. Without further ado, here is my total eclipse of the sun, in cookie shape…

At first I tried making the design as Amber conceived it, but I kept messing up the diamond ring component and it did not look good at all. I went to sleep, woke up in the middle of the night and thought about a way to make this alternative version. I used two stencils with slightly different diameters for a circle, to help me ice the central sun and then, the smaller circle I used to air-brush the black part. Some of the steps are shown below…

Once the icing was fully set, I air-brushed the black portion, and painted the diamond with a pearl paint from SugarArt. A golden pen added stars to the outside edge.

I still find that my diamond ring could be better, but I am happy with the way these turned out… Making perfectly round shapes with Royal icing is not very easy, I took a bit of a lesson on humility with this project. But I do like a challenge and Amber has plenty to offer!

ONE YEAR AGO: Metamorphosis, the Cookie

TWO YEARS AGO: Marbled Cookie Dough