Fondant Arrow Tails Tutorial

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a tutorial on how I made the arrow tails for the Avengers Cake below. These arrow tails were made to represent Hawkeye’s trick arrows in the movie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOOLS:

(1) Rolling Pin

(2) Sharp Blade or X-Acto Knife

(3) Floral Wires

(4) Paint Brush

(5) Lily Flowers Petal Cutter

EDIBLE COMPONENTS:

(1) Fondant

(2) Silver Luster Dust

(3) Water

(4) Vodka

(5) Corn Syrup

PROCEDURE:

(1) Roll black fondant into a long string. This can be done by hand or with the use of a fondant extruder. I did mine by hand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2) Cut the string into logs and insert floral wires into the base of each log.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3) Roll and cut out strips of grey fondant and stick to the top of the logs. Shape the top of the logs to create various patterns.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4) Roll out black fondant and cut out shapes using a lily petal cutter. Stick the logs on the cutouts and leave them to dry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5) When they are dry, mix a 50/50 mixture of vodka and corn syrup and brush the black portion of the arrow tails. Mix silver luster dust with vodka and brush the grey portions with the mixture. Leave the arrow tails to dry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6) Insert arrow tails into decorated cake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

For a complete tutorial on how this cake was made, click here.