Our gumpaste cherry blossom tutorial this week is the beautiful double flowering cherry. Cherry blossoms also come in single blossom varieties (which you'll also learn to create) but the double blossom has an extra layer of fluffy pink prettiness which we couldn't resist. Cherry blossoms come in a variety of colors - candy pink, shell pink, cream and white. We've chosen the shell pink variety for this tutorial. The cherry tree is unusual in that the flowers appear before the ... 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 Open Peony Tutorial
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...
Gumpaste Snowdrop Tutorial
Our gumpaste snowdrop tutorial shows you how to make this exquisite little portent of early Spring. They are simple to create yet make the most delicate and pretty addition to a late Winter or early Spring wedding cake. There are over 100 different varieties of snowdrop but this gumpaste snowdrop tutorial demonstrates one of the classic varieties. Gumpaste Snowdrop Tutorial - Materials: 24-gauge green wires cuts into quarters white gumpaste green gumpaste edible glue and ... Read More...