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Hydrangea & Rose Wedding Cake

Hydrangeas & Roses

Learn It

This project was made as part of a Craftsy course:
Handcrafted Sugar Flowers »

Instructions

Patience & practice!! And, some extra suggestions from Jacqueline along the way ;-)

Difficulty:

Category: Cake Decorating

Type of item: Food

For: Unisex

Style: Traditional, Romantic, Classic

Materials

See materials list in Jacqueline Butler's Sugar Flower class.

What was your inspiration?

Jacqueline Butler, of course!

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

Purchase a good set of long tweezers. I got the set recommended by Jennifer Dontz on her website - I believe they were about $11.00(ish). Well worth it on a project like this!

27 comments

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kandeelcakes

Feb 18, 2013

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is that a styrofoam ball cut in half for the topper??

SugarArtBySusan

Feb 19, 2013

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Yes, it is . . .

umyousef

Aug 23, 2012

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Wow! This cake would make Jacqueline Butler proud! Beautiful work! What an inspiration!

SugarArtBySusan

Aug 24, 2012

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Thank you sooo much!!

Susiesharmony

Aug 20, 2012

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Lovely work.

SugarArtBySusan

Aug 20, 2012

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Thank you!!

karynees

Jul 18, 2012

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Absolutely beautiful work!! I've taken classes with Jacqueline and just love her techniques, but you've really applied them masterfully. Love the color scheme of the bright green ribbon against the more pastel flowers. The roses are really great. Did you do all individual petals, or a five-petal cutter, or a combination of both?

SugarArtBySusan

Jul 18, 2012

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Thank you so much! I really appreciate when folks like yourself take the time to take a look and comment on my work! I can't take any credit for the color scheme, etc. . . . Jacqueline's work was inspiration. On the roses, after preparing the center with 1 single petal, I believe I used a 5-petal cutter for the first 2 or 3 rows, then went to single petal cutters. I kinda played it by ear, and depending on how it was shaping up, I made my decision as to what to use next. After I post this comment, I'll take a look at my bookmarks and try and find the rose tutorial I found very helpful.

SugarArtBySusan

Jul 18, 2012

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Found the tutorial, in case anyone is interested . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZjpkFTc2O4&feature=relmfu

SugarArtBySusan

Jul 18, 2012

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Here's PART 1 of the Rose Tutorial - - - The link I sent just before this was PART 2 . . . PART 1 is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYkPhb-_gDg&feature=relmfu

JacquelineB
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Jul 18, 2012

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Still love it..gorgeous work and great photos! x

SugarArtBySusan

Jul 18, 2012

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Thanks so much, Jacqueline !!! If you get a chance, take a look at my 2nd attempt at an offset arrangement for the wedding I mentioned booking a looooong time ago!

Cakenana

Jul 02, 2012

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Beautiful!

mrscreative

Jun 30, 2012

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This is gorgeous!! :)

SugarArtBySusan

Jun 30, 2012

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Thank you very much!

Kathy Tolbert

Jun 29, 2012

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I am just learning about the flowers. Yours are beautiful. I haven't tried making a topper like yours yet such an inspiration.

SugarArtBySusan

Jun 29, 2012

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Thank you so much! Jacqueline Butler's course really helped me!

Sbimson

Jun 26, 2012

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Lovely I'm just learning to put the flowers all together into a topper but struggle with the sugar paste ball and sticking wires into it. It sags and it cracks ..what do you use?

SugarArtBySusan

Jun 29, 2012

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I'm sorry for taking so long to respond! When make a topper this size, I used a pourous styrofoam ball (cut in half) - not the white styrofoam that's smooth - the type with lots of holes in it. I make all my smaller flowers/buds/leaves on 26 or 28 gauge wire, then group them together with floral wire when I get ready to use them. Then at the end of each "bunch", I use either a toothpick, 18gauge wire, skewer cut to size - - and floral tape to the end of the bunch - this end I will stick into the styrofoam. For me, using the smaller gauge wire to build the smaller flowers on, results in less bulk when bunching the flowers together for placement into the styrofoam ball - also give the flowers a little more "play" to move around. Does this help? I'd be happy to try and clarify a bit more if you want.

SugarArtBySusan

Jun 29, 2012

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Oh . . . one more thing! I can't state enough how helpful a good set of tweezers is when attempting this kind of arranging. As I stated above, I purchased the set recommended by Jennifer Dontz on her website.

nbr1956776888

Jun 19, 2012

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Where Ican found thats cake molds?

SugarArtBySusan

Jun 19, 2012

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I believe you can find "cake dummies" (styrofoam cake layers) on the internet on the "Global Sugar Art" web site. If you are referring to the roses, leaves and other filler flowers, they are all made by hand - Jacqueline Butler's sugar flowers class taught me how to make these.

C-MAC

Jun 16, 2012

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Wow - your sugar roses are absolutey gorgeous !

SugarArtBySusan

Jun 16, 2012

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Thank you!

Oatmeal48

Jun 16, 2012

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This is very nice, I just learned the "Billowing' technique, I'm much better at that than making sugar flowers but...I'll keep trying :-).

SugarArtBySusan

Jun 16, 2012

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Thank you! Now I'm going to have to look up "Billowing" technique :-) So much to learn!

towenby@comcast.net

Jun 15, 2012

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Just gorgeous.

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