Handcrafted Sugar Flowers
Jacqueline Butler
Class Preview
0:55
- In-depth Instruction; over 234 mins
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- Bonus downloadable PDF resources
- Access to class Q&A
Introduction
6:17
Meet Jacqueline Butler from Petalsweet, a custom cake design shop in La Jolla, California. Then discover an overview of how you will make beautiful, lifelike sugar flowers in this class.
Tools
12:53
In this lesson, Jacqueline goes over the tools, supplies, work surfaces and materials you need to create handcrafted sugar flowers.
Making Gum Paste
18:41
Stunning flowers start with the foundation they're made from: perfectly made gum paste. Discover how to make, mix, knead and store gum paste, with professional tips that will help you achieve the texture and look that you want.
Coloring Gum Paste
13:42
Jacqueline shares her secrets for creating lifelike colors with tylose gum paste, including professional tips on how to add the correct amount and preserve the colors that you've created.
Hydrangea Buds & Centers
16:49
Now that you've mastered the foundations, the fun begins! In this lesson, you'll begin creating your sugar flower bouquet with the delicate buds and centers for your hydrangea blossoms.
Hydrangea Petals
31:39
Using cutters and veiners, you'll create gorgeous hydrangea petals in a rainbow of colors as you experiment with rolling, cutting and ruffling techniques.
Leaves
9:33
Cut, vein, shape, color and finish the lifelike leaves that will make your hydrangea display complete.
Five-Petal Filler Flowers
28:42
Create delicate gum paste flowers with royal icing centers to round out your sugar flower cake display.
Filler Leaves & Buds
10:09
Prep the wire, create miniature leaves, and finish your spray of flowers with delicate buds and tiny green leaves.
Dusting & Glazing
43:45
Jacqueline demonstrates how adding dust adds rich color and delicate accents that make your sugar flower cake decor look realistic. Then add a coat of glaze to create a lifelike sheen.
Arranging
41:15
Jacqueline finishes her sugar flower cake decor class by showing you how to make beautiful arrangements to add floral elegance to any cake, cupcake or dessert!
Learn how to make filler flowers that will set your cakes apart, and create exceptionally lifelike hydrangeas that are sure to be the talk of every party. With Jacqueline’s easy instruction and highly effective techniques, you will craft magical sugar flowers for desserts, holidays, or any special occasion. Bring a few basic ingredients together to make gum paste, and discover the supplies and tools that pastry professionals use. You’ll learn to mold, dust, wire, paint, and finish hydrangea flowers, petite flowers, buds, and leaves. Once you master these techniques, you can customize and create flowers of all kinds – your imagination is the limit! NOTE: This class contains archived instructor responses but no active instructor participation. It features student-led (rather than instructor-led) discussion only. If you have questions, one of the many experienced sugar artists in Handcrafted Sugar Flowers will surely have the answer!
Jacqueline Butler
As president and creative director of Petalsweet, a custom wedding cake business in San Diego, California, Jacqueline Butler is in high demand as a teacher of fine sugar artistry and modern cake design. Her clean, fresh and elegant signature style using beautiful pastel colors has been featured in many print and online magazines, blogs and websites within the wedding, cake decorating and sugar craft industries. Jacqueline was initially self-taught before seeking out extensive training under Ron Ben Israel, Scott Woolley and Nicholas Lodge. After years of practice and developing her own style, she began making wedding cakes in Southern California, and was soon contacted by other cake designers and hobbyists wanting to learn her methods. Jacqueline currently travels all over the world teaching the art of making modern, sophisticated sugar flowers in group classes, private lessons and on Craftsy.
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