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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...

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...