Since I saw Cake making on Anne's blog I have bee curious about doing it. Now keep in mind... in fake food props the icing is generally caulk or something like that colored with paints, but in these vids the demonstrator is using real cake making stuff.
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I imagine the marzipan might be easily substituted for polymer clay.