Chocolate Animals (Twenty to Make)

Bestselling sugarcraft author Frances McNaughton shows how to make decorative, chocolate cake toppers using modeling paste and basic tools and techniques in this latest book in the successful Twenty to Make series. The guide features a menagerie of chocolate creatures made using white, milk, and dark chocolate modeling paste, enhanced with chocolate buttons, sprinkles, chocolate spreads, and confectionery. After mastering the simple shapes that are the basis for all the designs, crafters can proceed to make animals such as a rabbits, teddy bears, cats, dogs, mice, dinosaurs, reindeer, owls, chimpanzees, and seal pups. The constituent parts of the animals are shown with step-by-step instructions annotated for clarity, and each finished animal is pictured in full detail. Both animal and chocolate lovers will be thrilled to see any of these appealing creatures on top of a delicious cake.

Frances McNaughton is a sugarcraft artist and instructor. She is the author of Decorated Cupcakes, Sugar Animals, Sugar Birds, and Sugar Fairies.