This gumpaste open peony tutorial shows you how to make an impressive focal flower for a wedding cake or special occasion cake with graduated layers of petals opening out from the center. The open peony consists of a centre made up of three green pods called “pistils” surrounded by yellow stamen, followed by 5 rows of 23 petals (although the second row can be skipped and the number of petals reduced to 19 if you wish). Gumpaste Open Peony Tutorial: Materials • Gumpaste - pale green (using ... Read More...
Immaculate Confections by Natalie Porter
For those of you who love beautiful sugar flowers but hate how long they take to make, then Immaculate Confections: Book 1 - Sugar Flowers was written by Natalie Porter especially for you! What makes Natalie's approach to sugar flowers unique is the need for speed for commercial cake decorators and designers. And that's exactly what you get with this book - impeccably detailed instructions, fabulously illustrated for a super fast rose, peony, hydrangea, filler flowers, foliage, plus buds and ... Read More...
Gumpaste Willow Tutorial
This gumpaste willow tutorial shows you how to create beautiful winter willow branches with their signature silver catkins. These willow branches make a fabulous winter wedding cake decoration or even just a beautiful arrangement for your home in winter! Furry catkins appear well before the leaves and are one of the earliest signs of spring towards the end of winter. Some varieties have brown calyxes under the catkins and some don't. So while we demonstrate how to make these below, you can ... Read More...
Gumpaste Snowberries Tutorial
This gumpaste snowberries tutorial shows you how to make realistic looking white snowberries for your winter sugarcraft arrangements. They make a beautiful seasonal addition to winter wedding cakes where the color scheme is a classic white or ivory and doesn't allow for red berries. Gumpaste Snowberries Tutorial: Materials white gumpaste 28-gauge white wires cut into sixths 18, 20 or 22-gauge wire (whichever you have to hand. Color also doesn't matter - we'll be taping over them with ... Read More...