If you’ve read my blog before, or know anything about me, you know I’m totally into making adorable edible creations. Today, it’s these sugar pearl sprinkle sheep.
I will say, while the sheep are edible, they are made from materials that I would not actually attempt to eat. I created them for a showpiece as part of a competition (more on that later). I suppose you could use the same basic method and instead of using construction grade gingerbread, you could make the body out of a cookie or cake ball. Then you’d have edible artwork that might actually be worth eating. But for today, I’m not focused on taste.
As I mentioned, the bodies of the sheep are made out of construction grade gingerbread (recipe here). I rolled the raw gingerbread dough into slightly elongated balls and baked them until they were completely hard (approximately 25 minutes at 325 degrees).
I used my Dremel drill with a small drill bit to put holes in the gingerbread for the sheep’s legs and neck.
I used bucatini pasta with a dab of tylose glue to secure each piece.
While the glue dried, I mixed up a batch of royal icing (find the recipe here).
I used a small spatula to cover the exposed gingerbread with the royal icing.
Then I covered the surface in sugar pearl sprinkles.
I dipped the royal icing sheep directly into a bowl of sugar pearls and spooned them over it until it was completely covered.
Then I lightly pressed the sugar pearls into the icing to secure them.
Next I used modeling chocolate (recipe here) to create the sheep heads. See my modeling chocolate pigs post for more details on how to use clay sculpting tools for this part.
I secured the modeling chocolate heads onto the bodies by placing them on the bucatini pasta.
That’s how you make adorable farm animals using edible materials. Check out the pigs here and stayed tuned for cows and chickens!
Other Cake Decorating and Gingerbread Posts:
Construction Grade Gingerbread Recipe (for building, not eating)
Gingerbread Recipe (for eating and building)
Reindeer Playing Poker – National Gingerbread House Competition 3rd Place Winner
Santa’s Gingerbread Mountain Chalet
Cardinal Family Christmas – Gingerbread Birdhouse
Gingerbread House Construction Tips
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