5-petal rose tutorial

Sorry for posting this only now. Been very busy lately. I haven't even properly celebrated my birthday last week.

Today's project is how to make this kind of roses.

We need the following.

Color the gumpaste with your desired tint. I chose lavander here since it's what I needed for my cake.  As you could see, I am using 2 5-petal cutters slightly different in size. Aside from these, you also need a #22 flower wire which you could find in your local baking or craft stores.

Bend the tip of the wire as shown above and dip in your edible glue. Get a piece of gumpaste, form it into a tear, and stick the tip of the wire.

Leave the buds to dry overnight. Believe me, drying it overtime would make the process much easier.

Role out your gumpaste and use the smaller 5-petal cutter (which you could buy from online store Baking Buddies from this post).

Thin out the edges with a ball tool, on top of the flower foam.

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When done, turn it upside down. Push the middle of each petal with the ball tool.

 

Pinch/role the edges out as shown in photo.

Put glue on the edges of the petals. 

Get your bud and stick it on the middle part of the petals.

 

  

Bring one petal up. Skip one petal and bring the next petal up.

The remaining 3 petals become your second layer of petals.

Get another set of petals and do the same process. This becomes your 3rd layer.

For the next layer, I used a lighter colored gumpaste to create an effect.

Get your bigger cutter. Cut two more sets. Do the same process with both.

Et voila! You have your rose. Just let it dry. You may add some luster dust after.

Happy sugarcrafting!

Easy gumpaste rose tutorial

This is by far the easiest way to make a gumpaste / fondant rose. I believe it is called Chef Duff's rose.

Mix your gumpaste with fondant. 50/50 would give a good result. You may also use fondant mixed with tylose. Tint it with your favorite color. 

Roll out your gumpaste and use round cutters to cut out your petals. Cut out 5 petals (but you can also use 3).

Line them up as shown above.

  

From the bottom part, roll the petals up.

Et voila!

Cut in half.

Spread the petals out. You may pinch to thin out the edges of the petals.

And there you have it! 

Forgive my color stained fingers, they're the least photogenic. Haha!

Here are some cakes and cupcakes where I used this flower.

Butterfly fun!

This is gonna be a super busy weekend as I have an order for a Barbie cake with 100 pieces cupcakes for Sunday.

I bought this Wilton butterfly cutter last night and put it in use as soon as I got home. And look, they're so pretty, especially in pastel colors! These go on top of the fondant covered cupcakes. I can't wait for Sunday. ^_^

A bouquet of roses!

Wonderful, wonderful day!

I made a cake designed like a bouquet of roses for an officemate. To surprise his girlfriend, he said. Well, here it is:

It's a 6"x4" round chocolate-filled chocolate cake decorated with fondant and gumpaste flowers.

More cakes to come! Happy weekend!

Weekend sugarcrafting

Hello! Can't believe it's midweek again. Days are passing by too fast. I read somewhere that age has to do with people's sense of time--the older you get, the faster you perceive time. Whoah! Now that gives you an idea of how young I am. ^_^

As a working mom, I only have Saturdays to spare for my confectionery shopping. So last Saturday, I was planning to bring my sister to Divisoria to check on their baking products but ditched the plan the last minute and opted for Chocolate Lovers at Quezon Avenue instead.

(I love the castle-like structures of Chocolates Lovers stores. It gives you that fairy tale feeling^_^)

In the afternoon, I passed by Gourdo's in Trinoma after our family's mall stroll and got myself a heart cutter for my calla lilies.

Come Sunday, I used up the remaining gumpaste from my sister's birthday cake and made these flowers. I enjoyed painting the roses with red powder color. They're so RED!^_^

(I used the upper part of my steamer to dry the flowers)

(I steamed them the next day so the powder would stick)

Can't wait for the next weekend!

roses and a bow

Great day everyone!

I was supposed to make this entry last night but I was dead tired to do it.

Anyway, I told you I would make a black and pink ensemble for my sister's birthday but I had a disaster with this black edible spray from Wilton (Will make a separate entry for it) so I had to make a last minute decision to save the cake. ^_^

So, here's the end result:

It's chocolate cake with chocolate filling wrapped in fondant and decorated with gumpaste roses. The roses are brushed with shimmer dust from Wilton. Look closely.

And the cake tastes great. Thanks to fellow blogger Kate.^_^