How to Make Gum Paste Flowers : Wedding Cakes how to make
How to Make Gum Paste Flowers : Wedding Cakes
ok I am Andrea Nicolas from Andrea Nicolas cakes here in PortlandOregon and I am here to teach you how to make a sugar calla lily so we're going to start withdoing the center this is a process takes a couple couple differentsteps are gonna have to dry items in between we and then move on to the next stage sowe're gonna start with some yellow campaigns for the Center have the callalily you'll have the fastest just a regularguy on his thats colored with Gel Paste be very careful to use Gel Paste not the regular kind of food coloring thatyou get at the supermarket shelf East is much thicker and does not have much liquid in it soit won't break down the gum paste so I you can come up with any kindyellow color you want this is a.m. and mister some colors but mostly aglothat I like to use so I'm going to cut off from here maybe mmm say about the sizethe large gun law very large como and I'm going to roll it except for the ways that doesn't dry outI'm gonna take it and roll it into a nice perfect ball the trick to getting a ball that doesn'thave wrinkles or imperfections is putting in between your palms givingreally nice pressure in the beginning rolling around in your palms in themslowly listening that pressure now I've got a nice clean pop so from here I wanna make this intoa nice conical shape that's gonna eventually end uplike this but i wanna it make sure to retain that ball this space on Center because that's where the outerportion of the flowers going to get here so I got this nice ball a mistake inthis lower portion of my hands right here in kind of work it's I'm working at intoa common shapes alright so there you go I rolled it inthose in those that part of my hand I got thisnice conical shape I still retain the suitable the spot soat this point I'm hold on to this I'm gonna grab mywooden dhow that any use for the base of the flowernot dip it into my sugar gloom you don't have a lot access on their sogo ahead and whites out of I'm just getting startedrate into the base now I'm using the flat portion of thedow because I want this point a fortune to the easiest a great into my cake rightsI stick it in there obviously don't stick it up so far thatit's gonna change the shape that the column just so that it's in there good and secure so that is the center portion a calla lily now you just takeit and stick it in your phone and allow that to dry completely so whatwe're gonna do with the center that's now dry when I got my thing brush and the gloom and I'm going to put us in layer of glue all over this entire center this nextyear right here is corneal with a little bit ofcornstarch in it for the majority of it is cornmeal and you'll find that from oddlyenough it looks a lot like pollen so it's a really nice a edible concoction you can put together to makepollen for flowers so I'm gonna take this glue from the center and I'm gonna rollit inside here go ahead tap off any excess now you got reallynice center for Caylee it looks really like areal callous enter that she keeps it clean and we'll take that must take that backin our film and we're also gonna wait until thatdries completely I'm going to make a white calla lilyobviously Calif come in all different colors so feel free to explore that minute take medium-size not the spaced make sure it's worked a nice and smoothnow I've got my rolling pin guess in that out it so I've got this one said at numberthree on my pasta machine so we've got a nice piece a paste hereand any use my Calicut are the same you can get online for any cake decorating store a lot thathas any far making supplies I justified a tiny bit a shorteningaround the cutting edge the tense give you a clear cut put thatright there my pace press down get rid of any access paste alright so now I've got this nice faith hear from Mike at got a ball tool and what I'm gonna do is thin out thisflower all around but I'm not going to thin out the base Iwant that to remain thick so very carefully apply the ball to lanibasically wanted to be happening that happen the flower okay now many use this very small needle to thelarger portion on the side I'm gonna run that you'll tool down hereand the in kinda rule it out and then pick up the paste as I comeback in and I'm gonna give a little movement tothe other rounded portion to discussed it might be able to hear rollit up that's right now you can see it's justgot kind of some cramping movement there's no exact science to this because just like in nature everyflowers different so once you've given that nice curl my flip that over using a paintbrush inyour glue you can apply just a small amount about quarter inch up year a little bitup the side and now I'm gonna take my center and I'm gonna lay it down so that the base the yellow portion is just above where the pelicans now I'm gonna very carefully rack the flower right from the base all around wanna try and keep it as clean as youcan on the bottom covering up any that yellow center portion just buy it very very gently working your fingersaround the base and now you've got this really beautiful kala go ahead and form it with your fingers to whatever shape you feel looks mostnatural them and then you'll take it and you candrive on your phone either straight up to or you can hang iton a rack ok