fish cookies

MARLYN’S INSPIRATION FOR AUGUST

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If you follow this little virtual spot of mine, you’ve heard that Marlyn proposes little homework challenges each month. For August, her suggestion was to use Royal icing to generate texture on a cookie. I had just made her 3D underwater scene (my previous post) and loved so much the method to make fish scales using a petal piping tip, that I wanted to practice a bit more. So here are two versions of a pretty colorful fish, using a cookie cutter I love, as its shape is unusual, I’d say funky and modern. Available here.

This is really a very simple cookie to decorate, but might give the impression it is labor-intensive. The steps are shown in the composite picture below…

Do a little sketch to help you separate head from body as you pipe the scales. Add them with Royal icing and a 102 tip, it will crust quickly since it is a thicker consistency. Use flooding consistency of the same color to add the head and tail – or if you prefer to do the purple style of the tail, just continue piping with the petal tip. Add a PME black pearl for the eye. Let that crust and add a little fine line defining the division between head and body. That step is optional but it makes for a more polished cookie. Now let it all set, and have fun painting. I used several colors of luster powder with vodka. A little smile with a food pen, and you are SET! Let them swim freely…

ONE YEAR AGO: Mr. Seahorse and his friends

MR. SEAHORSE AND HIS FRIENDS

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All cookies in this post were inspired by Instagram videos published by Marlyn, from Montreal Confections.

MR. SEAHORSE
(quick tutorial here)

A very distinguished creature, this was perhaps the most complex cookie of today’s series, but if you take your time and don’t worry too much about making it perfect, you’ll be fine. Actually this advice I should follow myself (wink, wink).

The tricky part of this cookie was its shape, very delicate and easy to break. Handle it with care. Stiff consistency was used to pipe the details of the back with a petal tip, I used 104. Once that is done, the rest is straightforward. Pink dots and drawing with black food pen were done after the base was fully dry. I added a little shimmer on the details, pearl dust powder with vodka.

RAINBOW TROUT
(quick tutorial here)

I absolutely loved making these cookies! Piping consistency for the fins, a simple white flooding on the body part. Then, the air-brushing comes (watch Marlyn’s video for the proper way to handle the gadget, it does take practice). You can play with different colors. Two fishes got additional markings with luster powder in copper color. They all got some shimmer on their fins, because bling makes everything nicer.

LITTLE TROPICAL FISH
(quick tutorial here)

These are the simplest to make and they do have a nice visual impact. All kinds of bright colors will work, it’s all wet-on-wet plus some food pen for the little details, but that step is optional.

Watch Marlyn’s video, this is a nice cookie project that you could even tackle with kids. Make sure to use PME black pearls for the eyes, because those do not bleed into the icing, a very common problem with other products. You can always paint a little black dot with a food pen to make it easier.

And here they are, swimming together…

Stay tuned for another Summer-inspired cookie concoction!