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    Home » Fondant Decorating

    How to Make Fondant Unicorn Eyes for Cakes

    Published: Aug 19, 2020 · Modified: Aug 4, 2022 by Priya Maha

    This tutorial is on how to make fondant unicorn eyes. I am writing this page to share with you, the steps I took to make this gorgeous and dreamy pair of unicorn eyes for my recent unicorn birthday cake. 

    A two tier white unicorn cake with 2 large fondant eyes on the top tier

    The cake itself was a 2 tier cake, and I had the unicorn's mane going though the top of the cake and coming down to the second tier in a curve that ends on the side of the cake. And since the front of the cake was rather empty, I decided to make a pair of large, round, twinkling eyes for the unicorn. 


    How to Make Fondant Unicorn Eyes

    These were the main supplies I used to make the eyes:

    • Eyes template - I drew mine freehand guided by images I searched on the internet. 
    • Fondant - I used Satin Ice fondant in white and black. For the purple part of the eyes, I used Americolor Electric Purple food color.
    • Extruder tool - I used the extruder tool for the black outlines of the eyes and the eye lashes.
    • Oval cutters - I used the oval cutters for the white twinkle dots in the eyes. 

    And this was how I made the fondant unicorn eyes:

    • First of all, I got the unicorn eyes template ready. As I mentioned above, I drew mine freehand. This was the template. If you notice, the eye has both top and bottom lashes, but my final fondant eyes only has the top lashes. I decided not to proceed with the lower lashes as I felt that the top lashes were sufficient to make the unicorn eyes cute and dreamy.
    Eyes paper template

    • I then traced each component of the eye onto parchment paper and cut them out. 
    Paper templates cut into different sized ovals

    • Once I had the templates ready, I started cutting them out in fondant. I started with the white fondant. I rolled it thin and cut out two pieces of white ovals. 
    Paper template on rolled fondant
    2 oval shaped white fondant cut outs
    • And then, I cut out the purple ovals.
    Oval paper template on purple rolled fondant
    2 purple oval fondant cut outs
    • And finally, the black ovals:
    Oval paper template on brown fondant
    2 oval brown fondant cut outs
    • Once I had the oval shapes in white, purple and black ready, I went on assembling them. Before attaching them with shortening, I arranged them first so that I get the order and position correct. 
    2 oval brown fondant cut outs on slightly larger purple oval fondant cutouts
    A set of 2 oval fondant cutouts in white, purple and dark brown stacked together
    • Once I was happy with the position and shape, I attached them together with shortening.
    A set of 2 oval fondant cutouts in white, purple and dark brown stacked together

    Attaching the fondant unicorn eyes to the cake

    • The next step was to place the eyes on the cake. The challenge here was to make sure both the eyes were aligned horizontally. To ensure this, I attached the eyes based on rough estimation first and then adjusted the position by measuring the gap between the top of the cake and each eye.
    • And since the eyes were attached using shortening, adjusting their position on the cake was not a problem.
    Using a ruler to measure the spacing from the top of the cake to the fondant eyes on the top tier cake
    Using a ruler to measure the spacing from the top of the cake to the fondant eyes on the top tier cake
    • This was how the eyes looked like after measuring and alignment.
    A two tier white cake with 2 large fondant eyes on the top tier

    • The next step was to complete the outline for the eyes. I used an extruder tool with a small round disc to produce thin black strips of fondant.
    A long thin strip of brown fondant

    • To attach the black strip, I applied shortening all around the unicorn eyes and carefully attached the black strip all around each eye.
    Applying shortening to fondant unicorn eyes
    A two tier white cake with 2 large fondant eyes on the top tier
    • I used a spatula to ensure the fondant strip is closely attached to the unicorn eyes.
    A two tier white cake with 2 large fondant eyes on the top tier
    Using a palate knife to adjust the outline of the fondant eyes on the front of a two tier cake
    • Once the outline was done, I went on to complete the eye lashes. I used the eyes template earlier as a guide and marked tiny dots on the cake where each lash would begin and end. 
    Marking the cake for fondant eyelashes

    • Before attaching the lashes, I added another layer of the black fondant strip to the top portion of the eyes. 
    A two tier white cake with 2 large fondant eyes on the top tier

    Adding the eye lashes

    • And then, I attached the lashes.
    A two tier white cake with 2 large fondant eyes on the top tier

    • The final step for making the fondant unicorn eyes to to add the white eyeball and twinkle to each eye. For this purpose, I used oval plunger cutters in two sizes. I cut the shapes out of thinly rolled white fondant.
    Rolled white fondant with oval cut outs. Oval plunger cutters are in the background

    • The larger ovals went on first, followed by the smaller ones:
    A two tier white cake with 2 large fondant eyes on the top tier
    A two tier white cake with 2 large fondant eyes on the top tier
    • And this was how the completed eyes of the unicorn looked like:
    A two tier white cake with 2 large fondant eyes on the top tier

    Hope you enjoyed this tutorial as much as I enjoyed putting it together.

    And if you would like to read on how I decorated the rest of the unicorn cake, click on the image below for step by step tutorial and pictures:

    Poster for unicorn birthday cake

    Happy Decorating 🙂 

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