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Another way to add onto the basic ball is by making a bee.
By adding just a few other fondant elements,
you can really build on a basic skill.
To start our bee, we're going to do the body first.
So I'm going to take some yellow fondant.
And you can do this in a variety of different sizes.
Mine, I'm going to make just slightly
larger than a jelly bean.
I'm going to start with a ball, and then I'm
just going to elongate it a little bit.
And then I'm going to make the black head.
So you'll need a lot less fondant for the head.
To attach his head to his body, I'm
just going to take my decorator brush with a dab of water
to attach him.
And now we're going to give him some stripes.
Move this over.
And we're going to be rolling out some fondant,
so I'm going to take my dusting pouch and dust our surface,
so the fondant doesn't stick.
You just need a small amount of black fondant
to do the stripes.
These are going to be really thin stripes.
I've got my pink guide rings, because we're going
to roll this out pretty thin.
And I'm just going to add a little bit of cornstarch.
Now I'm going to cut my strip with a paring knife.
I'm going to move that so I've got a nice clean line.
And it's going to be a pretty thin strip, almost
about the size of a flat wooden toothpick for this size bee
that I'm making.
We're going to need two stripes, so I'm
going to cut this in half.
And I'm going to take my decorator brush to attach these
with a little bit of water.
I'm just going to wrap this stripe
right around the bee's body.
If you have a stripe that's a little bigger than you
need and you have some excess, you can just cut it off.
Now we're ready for our wings.
I'm going to take some white fondant,
and I'm going to divide this into two balls.
Now, I'm going to take my first ball to make my wing,
and I'm just going to elongate it a little bit.
And then on one end, I'm going to have it come to a point
so it forms like a cone.
And then we'll put it down on the surface,
and I'm just going to use my finger
to flatten it a little bit.
I'm actually going to use a little cornstarch here,
so it doesn't stick to my finger.
You should make the wings ahead of time.
Let those dry, preferably overnight,
and then make the body, so you're putting it together
all at once.
So I have a few wings that have dried overnight.
So I'm ready to attach them to my bee.
And because these are dry, I'm going to use my decorator
brush with a little piping gel.
And there we have our cute bee.
So here I have some cupcakes.
What we've done is piped with a 2A tip to resemble a beehive.
And then we've attached our bees.
And you could even take this a step further
and make a little door with some black fondant,
or you can pipe it on with some black icing.
The bee can actually be a cute accent for any honey flavored
dessert.