You will love our gumpaste parrot tulip tutorial this week! It's so quick and easy to create and creates a wonderfully showy wedding cake flower or for celebration cake, the two-tone variety look spectacular. It's definitely one of the most underrated wedding cake flowers, especially for spring brides. The center can be made in pale green or yellow and the brown stamen can be bought from sugarcraft stores to save time but if you can't find any in your local store, we show you how to make your ... Read More...
Gumpaste Floral Wreath Cake Tutorial
Our gumpaste floral wreath cake tutorial this week captures the lush floral and foliage trend perfectly featuring hints of gold, lots of greenery, blush florals and of course a touch of marble too. Plus, it's a super simple to re-create as well. We used a 6" gold ring for the wreath with is the perfect size for this four-tier wedding cake (which has 6", 8", 10" and 12" tiers). These gold rings can be bought on Amazon but you can of course make your own if you prefer a more rustic looking ... Read More...
Jacqueline Butler’s Heirloom Rose Tutorial
Our exquisite heirloom rose tutorial this week is by sugar flower superstar, Jacqueline Butler. Jacqueline's work is admired the world over by her legions of fans who will be delighted to know that she's now published a second book, Modern Sugar Flowers: Volume II. The book features instructions and beautiful photographs on how to create 17 different sugar flowers: bougainvillea, miniature daisy, dogwood, tulips (a simple tulip and a parrot tulip), gardenia, Japanese anemone, peony, Icelandic ... Read More...
Gumpaste Antlers Tutorial
This gumpaste antlers tutorial can also be made in white modelling chocolate which is actually pretty close to the color they are in nature. Plus it has the added advantage of making it easier to blend the joint between the two sections in which the antlers are made. In any case, the joint can be disguised with optional extra texturing you can add to the antlers at the end. Gumpaste Antlers Tutorial: Materials white or beige gumpaste or modelling chocolate thick gauge wire (we've use 12 ... Read More...