Sweet Bloom Tutorial by Joonie Tan
Pettinice Ambassador Joonie Tan shows you how to make this fantasy sugar flowers for your next cake project.
Skill level:
Medium
You will need:
- Make your own Pettinice Flower Gumpaste
- Rolling Pin
- Foam pad
- flower petal former
- edible glue
- petal veiner
- petal cutter
- Dresden tool
- wire number 24
- floral tape
- floral stamens
Create a simple bouquet of these fantasy flowers for your next cake!
Have everything you need at hand before you begin
1. Roll out Pettinice gum paste ( Fondant + CMC powder ), centre ridge , and thin out the sides
2. Use a small peony cutter, cut out the petal
3. Insert gauge number 24
5. Using dresden tool, frill the edge of the petals
6. Rest in on flower former pad
7. Create 10-13 petals ( depending on how big bloom you wish the flower to be )
8. After your petals have completely dried, brush petal dust to create desired shading
I like to brush color on both the bottom and tips of each petal.
9. Prepare green floral tape and flower stamens
10. Fold the stamens in half to create a bunch, using wire number 24, tie together as a bunch
11. Start assembling, the first petal to be on the same height with the floral tape
12. For this flower, continue adding additional two petals as shown. Your first layer will have 3 petals .
13. Second layer, add five more petals to create the final look. You can keep adding petals to create a desired bloom.
Joonie Tan is the proficient cake artist and brain behind 180 Degree Celsius, a renowned cake studio in Bangalore. Her exceptional works have been published in various national and international publications all over the world. Apart from specialising in customized cake orders for wedding and celebration cakes, she is also a member of faculty at Lavonne Academy of Baking Science and Pastry Arts, India’s first specialized international baking academy. As Executive Pastry Artist at Lavonne, Joonie teaches advanced baking and cake decorating skills and techniques. On an average, she trains more than 500 budding cake artists every year, at Lavonne.
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