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Mermaid Tail Cookies!

Mermaid Tail Cookies!

These mermaid tail cookies were inspired by a technique that I used to create a set of dinosaur cookies a few weeks ago.

This time, I used the brush embroidery technique to create the scales rather than using SugarVeil® as I did on the dino cookies, but the SugarVeil® Mesh Mat would work really well here, too. The pearlescent finish is achieved by applying a combination of colorful pearl dusts.

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Here’s what you’ll need to make these mermaid tail cookies:

To make the mermaid tail cookies, start by icing a plaque cookie with pale green flood consistency royal icing and a tip 3. This color was made using the chart that comes in the Wilton Color Right color system. You can make it by mixing blue, yellow, and brown. Mermaid-Tail1-resized

Once the icing is completely dry (I usually allow my icing to dry at least 8 hours), scratch a mermaid tail shape into the icing using a scribe tool. Mermaid-Tail2-resized

Fill in the fin with lines of stiff consistency royal icing and a tip 2. Mermaid-Tail3-resized

Fill in the rest of the tail using the brush embroidery technique. Start by piping a ruffled line with stiff icing and a tip 2, and then drag the icing with a square tip brush. Allow the icing to dry about 30 minutes. 

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Place a small amount of pearl dust into a paint palette or small cups. I used Wilton blue, purple, and green pearl dusts. These are available at the craft store in the cake decorating aisle, or find them on Amazon

Add a few drops of alcohol or flavored extract and mix well. Read this post to learn more about painting with pearl dust.

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Use a soft brush to apply the edible pearl paint to the dry icing. Start with blue, then add purple, then green. The paint will be dry within a couple of minutes. I used this technique to make reptile skin on this set of dinosaur cookies I mentioned earlier.Mermaid-Tails7-resized Mermaid-Tails9-resized

Finish the cookie by piping a bead border with stiff consistency icing and a tip 2. Mermaid-Tails10-resized

 

Amber Spiegel, founder of SweetAmbs, is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and the author of Cookie Art: Sweet Designs for Special Occasions. Amber has over 12 years of cookie decorating experience and has traveled the world teaching others how to decorate beautiful cookies on their own.

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