Blue Fox Sugar Piece

A blue fondant fox sugar piece with large eyes and a fluffy tail on a light surface
Kim Simons
Intermediate
Create a fondant Blue Fox sugar piece cake topper inspired by the Blue Fox Motel restaurant. Follow these steps to sculpt a cute fox out of blue fondant.

Supply List

Blue, white, and black fondant
Edible colors
Edible powder colors
Cake tools
Rolling pin
Ball tool
Silicone mat
Small precision knife
Scissors
Paint brush
Water

Instructions

  • Roll a ball of blue fondant a little larger than a golf ball. Shape as desired, and use cake tool to carve out and shape arms and legs.
    Hands using a cake tool to shape a ball of blue fondant.
  • Roll out and shape a second piece of fondant for the head. Attach it to the body. Add eye sockets using a ball tool.
    Hand using a ball tool to shape the fondant fox head and eye sockets.
  • Roll out a smaller cylinder of fondant. Snip in half with scissors. Shape each into an ear and add to the head. Smooth with cake tool.
    Hand cutting blue fondant with scissors to shape the ears.
  • Roll out a larger cylinder of fondant, shape into a bushy tail, and add to body.
    Hand holding a blue fondant tail next to the fox body.
  • Roll out lighter-colored fondant thinly. Snip into shapes that will fit into the eye sockets, ears, and chest area. Add each piece and smooth out with ball and cake tools. Trim as needed with a small precision knife.
    Hand using a cake tool to add lighter fondant detail to the chest.
  • Roll out another thin piece of lighter-colored fondant. Trim to resemble the tuft of a tail with scissors. Add to tail, and trim any excess with a small precision knife.
  • Roll out three tiny balls of black fondant. Add to face as eyes and nose.
    Blue fondant fox figurine with black eyes, nose, and white tail tuft.
  • Roll out an extremely thin cylinder of darker fondant. Outline ears and eyes, trimming away any excess.
    Hands using a tool to outline the fox's ears and eyes with darker fondant.
  • Shadow using edible petal dust.
    Hand brushing edible petal dust onto the fondant fox for shadowing.

Products Used

• Satin Ice: Fondant
• The Sweet Chalet: Artisan Accent Colors (navy blue)
• The Sugar Art: Edible powder colors (navy blue)