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Food & Cooking: flowers and swirls
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flowers and swirls

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This project was made as part of a Craftsy course:
Modern Piping »

Instructions

My royal icing wasn't perfect, so with a better consistency icing I think it would have been easier. For the bottom tier I wanted a single design repeated three times so I measured the tier and drew the design on a sheet of paper to fit eaxctly a third of the cake. Then traced it over the fondant with a pin.
The piping on the top I did free hand.
It's my first attempt at piping, so it ...

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Category: Food & Cooking

Type of item: Food

For: Women

Style: Retro / Vintage, Classic, Romantic


Materials

Gumpaste for the flowers, home-made marshmellow fondant, royal icing for piping

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Jeanniemac on craftsy.com
Aug 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I love your flowers Nadyatk...I am starting a sugarcraft course at my local college next month and if my flowers turn out to be anything near yours I shall be happy. It's my daughter's 40th birthday at xmas and I hope to bake and ice her cake.
nadyatk on craftsy.com
Aug 27, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Awww thank you!! Well I am far from perfect, I guess I just have my own "style". I have been doing sugarcraft for under 6 months (self-tought), so I'm sure you'll do even better by Christmas! Check out "Bite me bakery (bellow comment) - her flowers are amazing!!
Bite Me Bakery on craftsy.com
Jul 06, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Gorgeous roses!
jack son on craftsy.com
Jul 01, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
very good. I love it.
nadyatk on craftsy.com
Jul 03, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you! :)
towenby@comcast.net on craftsy.com
Jun 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Very Pretty.
nadyatk on craftsy.com
Jun 28, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks :)
Subah on craftsy.com
Jun 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
that looks lovely, are the flowers edible?
nadyatk on craftsy.com
Jun 28, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
yes (except for the wire in them) - they are just gumpaste and food grade colour dust. all hand made
TiffanyCharity on craftsy.com
Jun 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
still beautiful looking. keep up with the work.
nadyatk on craftsy.com
Jun 28, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks :)
Joshua John Russell on craftsy.com
Joshua John Russell
Craftsy Instructor
Jun 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Wow!!! It looks great!!!
nadyatk on craftsy.com
Jun 27, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks :), hopefully will get better with more practise