Twenty to Make: Chocolate Animals

OCT/NOV 12

Creative chocolate lovers will be sure to love this collection of chocolate creatures made using white, milk and dark chocolate modelling paste, chocolate buttons, sprinkles, chocolate spreads and confectionary. Most projects are suitable for beginners,with a few more challenging models for more advanced sugar crafters. Choccy creatures include a rabbit, teddy bear, cat, kitten, dog, puppies, owl, white seal pup. The constituent parts of the animals are shown with step-by-step instructions. Both animal and chocolate lovers will be thrilled to see any of these appealing creatures on top of a celebratory cake. The designs will also appeal to makers of polymer clay models. * Craft Focus *

Frances McNaughton’s sugarcraft books have become international bestsellers. She has been a tutor and demonstrator for many years, teaching all aspects of sugarcraft to students from beginner to advanced level. She travels all over Europe providing demonstrations and workshops for exhibitions, shops, groups and clubs and has fans in the US, Australia and New Zealand through her online tutorials and sugarcraft products. Frances has made sugarcraft props for the films Notting Hill, Chocolat, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and three of the Harry Potter films.