This large gumpaste rose tutorial is for a wired rose but don’t worry, there is just one central wire – the petals do not have to be wired individually, which saves a tonne of time. Plus it features a rather unconventional method of creating textured/torn petals which gives a beautiful, straight-from-nature appearance. It calls for […]

This gumpaste lavender tutorial shows you how to make this simple but very pretty adornment for your cakes and bakes. It can add a wonderful botanical feel to a sugar flower arrangement and is also very handy to have when fresh lavender is out of season to add as a finishing touch to your baking […]

Continuing our Quick & Easy Sugar Flower Tutorials Collection, this gumpaste cosmos tutorial incorporates “thread stamen” which is a great technique to learn and will stand to you for lots more sugar flowers, if you want to expand your repertoire beyond the more popular sugar flowers like roses, hydrangea & peonies. Gumpaste cosmos flowers also […]

This quick and easy ranuncula tutorial shows you how to create this beautiful flower using just one round cutter and is surprisingly easy to create despite its intricate appearance. A single circle cutter (1.5 inch/4cm) makes all the petals for this gumpaste ranuncula. I’ve also cut out any veining because I find it a wasted […]

This quick and easy gumpaste magnolia tutorial makes a spectacularly showy flower to finish a cake, especially a wedding cake, due to its larger size and combination of its pristine white petals and its beautiful and detailed yellow/gold centre. There are other varieties of magnolia which are just as popular, especially the pink magnolia which […]