There is a great and ancient tradition to decorate a Christmas tree with sweets. To be sure that the decor will survive all the New Year holidays, we offer you to make salt dough painted cakes that will look as good as real ones, but will serve you for many holidays!

This tutorial is perfect for beginners! The process of making decorative cakes is not complicated and it will give you a lot of fun!

For the work you will need:

• salt dough (½ cup of table salt, ½ cup of hot water, a cup of flour, a tablespoon of oil);
• cookie cutters or cardboard templates;
• a knife, a brush, a round foam brush, a spatula;
• acrylic paints (orange, brown, ivory, warm, peaches in champagne);
• liquid pearls;
• relief paste + semolina;
• white contour for glass and hard surfaces;
• crystal paste;
• glossy lacquer;
• ribbons.