Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network February 2017 | Page 47

Step 10 :
Bend the thumb at each line and define the knuckles as we did with the fingers . Create a finger nail with the sugar shaper as well . Attach to the palm as shown and smooth down the edges . Cut off any extra chocolate if it looks too bulky .
Step 11 :
Place a small amount of chocolate at the base of the palm to fill in the gap . Add more chocolate as needed to places that seem thin or not proportionate . Refer to your own hand often . Cut off the bottom of the hand and roll out a cylinder of modelling chocolate . Cut both ends and attach to the bottom of the hand . This is option but I wanted to show you how the hand would attach to the arm . Smooth out the seam . Add a couple of wrist wrinkles and smooth out as we did with the palm .