Lovebird Cake Topper

A red fondant cake topped with sculpted lovebird birds on a branch with flowers and hearts
Kim Simons
Intermediate
Sculpt a pair of lovebirds from colored modeling chocolate by shaping balls into body, head, wings, beak, and feet, then painting details.

Supply List

Silicon mat
Ball tool
Plastic clay tool
Small scissors
Small paintbrush
Corn starch or powdered sugar
Colored modeling chocolate
White gumpaste
Petal dust
Water

Instructions

  • Soften purple, pink, and yellow modeling chocolate by kneading until smooth.
  • Make a ball out of purple modeling chocolate (about 1 1⁄2 inches in diameter) for the body.
    Ball of purple modeling chocolate for the lovebird body on a work surface.
  • Shape into a teardrop shape.
    Purple modeling chocolate shaped into a teardrop for the lovebird body.
  • Cut a 1-inch slit in the tail and separate slightly.
    Hands cutting a tail slit in purple modeling chocolate body with scissors.
  • Make a 1⁄8-inch purple ball for the feather on top of the tail.
  • Make a 1-inch purple ball for the head. Shape into a cone, then use a ball tool to make holes for the eyes and beak.
    Purple modeling chocolate head shaped into a cone with eye hole indentations.
  • Make two 1⁄8-inch white gumpaste balls for the eyes. Attach with a little water.
    White gumpaste eyes added to purple modeling chocolate lovebird head.
  • Make a 1⁄4-inch yellow ball for the beak. Shape with a clay tool and attach with water.
    Hand shaping a yellow modeling chocolate beak with a clay tool.
  • Attach the head to the body using a little water and a toothpick.
    Hand attaching the modeling chocolate head to the body with a toothpick.
  • Make two 1⁄2-inch purple balls for the wings. Cut slits for feathers and add details with a clay tool. Attach with a smoothing tool and water.
    Purple modeling chocolate lovebird with wings being shaped nearby.
  • Make a 1⁄4-inch yellow ball for the feet. Shape with a clay tool and attach with a smoothing tool.
    Hand detailing yellow modeling chocolate feet on the lovebird with a sculpting tool.
  • Paint in eye details and add shadows with petal dust and a small brush.
    Hand painting details on the purple modeling chocolate lovebird with a brush.
  • Repeat with pink modeling chocolate for Lovebird #2.