28 | July | 2025 | Bewitching Kitchen

A few ideas for decorating your sourdough bread, no matter the recipe. My default favorite is this one.

RAZOR BLADE + SCISSORS + CHOPSTICKS

I love how you can mix different methods to score the surface. The steps for this one are shown below. I use a string to mark the four quadrants, the straight lines and leaf pattern are made with a razor blade. Scissors come to made the cuts on the crossed lines, and finally chopsticks make small holes to finish the decoration.

It is simple and effective….

Another version relying on razor blade + scissors…

The scoring is quite straightforward, following the steps in the diagram below…

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STAR SHAPE + LEAVES

For this one only a razor blade was used, after marking the different sections with a string.
Steps are shown below.

STENCIL + AIR-BRUSHING

I had a little problem with the air-brushing. The stencil was small and some of the edges of the bread were hit with a little spray of red. Something to keep in mind if you use this method, make sure to protect the surface before applying color. You can see the problem more clearly before baking.

LACE DESIGN

After proofing the bread overnight in the fridge, I inverted it and placed a lace fabric on top, showered with tapioca flour, made a central slit and baked it.

SIMPLE SLITS