00:07Hi, I'm Mayan. I have a company called Wave Cake and I like to make special event cakes
00:12and desserts for all occasions. Today we're going to be making sexy gingerbread for Refinery
00:1629. Let's get started. What you'll need for this project are ready-made gingerbread cookies,
00:22icing sugar, dyed fondant clay, royal icing, edible pigment powders, icing sugar, metallic
00:29cake notions, piping icing in tubes, and some edible spray paint. For tools, you'll need
00:36an X-Acto knife, some paint brushes, good for food, a rolling pin, and a smooth countertop.
00:42So when I do a project like this, I really like to draw things out before I start. I
00:47like to have an idea of what kind of shapes and colors and what kind of materials I'll
00:50use. And usually, through drawing it out, I'll figure out what I'm going to need. For this
00:54one, I thought, what makes gingerbread sexy? Eyes, mouth, heart, hot leg. What you need
01:03to do first is get some icing that comes in a tube, like this, just to make a border around
01:08the man. And what this does is it makes sure that the icing that you put on next doesn't
01:14run off the edges. You're really supposed to use the same color as the icing, but I like
01:19to mix it up. And red's a nice color for the holidays. Next, what you'll do, you'll take
01:24your royal icing, and you'll want to fill in the empty space. I like to keep a towel handy,
01:30because it gets a little messy and sugar sticks to everything. Next, just to make sure that
01:35it's all even, I'll take a knife and just smooth it around. Once you've finished this part,
01:39you want to let it set for about 15 minutes. So once you've iced your cookies, you'll want
01:49to start making all the shapes. First, you want to put a little bit of icing sugar on
01:52your surface, so that the clay doesn't stick to it. This clay is called fondant. A lot
01:57of people use it on the baking shows. You want to make sure to keep your fondant hydrated.
02:00So always sprinkle it with just a little bit of water, so it doesn't dry out. Make a ball,
02:04and then just flatten it out with a rolling pin. You really only need to make the pancake
02:09about as big as the shape. You don't need to make anything really huge, so you won't
02:13need a big counter at all. Once I have my flattened piece, I'll take my Xacto knife and cut out
02:18a shape, something like an eye. There's my eye. Now I'm going to make an eyeball. I'm going
02:25to choose blue eyes for this guy. When you want to stick one piece to another, like the eyeball
02:29to the eye, take a little bit of water, and then stick them to one another. Water is like
02:36the glue here. The black color is the most important, because that's your eyeliner and
02:41your eyelashes, basically all your most important makeup. And that's the sexy part. The fondant
02:48is really sensitive, so you can really use it just like you use clay. Once you're finished
02:52with the shape that you're working on, just pick it up very lightly and set it off to the
02:57side for about 15 minutes. It'll harden enough for you to put on your cookies. While those
03:02pieces are drying, I'm going to show you how to do another technique. This one is watercolor
03:06painting on the fondant. I'll just cut out shapes out of fondant and let them dry, just
03:12in white, like this. This is a pair of lips. And then, you'll just take regular food coloring
03:18and use it like watercolor paints. Just take any color food coloring and just sprinkle a little
03:23bit on a wet paint brush, and then just paint right on the lips. And it really takes to the
03:28die. You want to put these with the rest of your shapes that are drying. Now that all my
03:35pieces are dry, I can put them on the counter and choose which shapes to put on the cookies.
03:39Some of them are risque. I'll take my royal icing again, because this is going to be my glue.
03:45I'll put a couple dots where I want to put the piece. Got to press down a little bit, just
03:51like you would with super glue. I think I'm going to put some little silver freckles on
03:54it. I use these on cakes a lot. People always think they're going to break their teeth, but
03:58it's just sugar. This one's all done. Now let's try some different shapes. For this leg,
04:03I made a little stocking, and I think I'm going to give it fishnets in Christmas colors.
04:12Now that all your pieces are set, you have a very unique and edible, sometimes risque, holiday
04:17treat to take to all your parties.
