Good Morning Everyone!
So over the past three week as you know, I have been taking Course 3: Gum Paste & Fondant. Last night I took a few pictures of the different items that I created while in class. As you will see in one of my past blogs during the first week of class we created the bases for all of the flowers. Each we week we had the opportunity to add additional pieces to the base to created for the flower. We were tasked with creating a carnation, a calla lily, a daisy, a mum, and a rose. Below are my pictures of each flower at it's final stage, all which were made with gum paste.
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| Gum Paste Carnation |
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| Gum Paste Calla Lilly |
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| Gum Paste Daisy |
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| Gum Paste Mum |
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| Gum Paste Rose |
Out of the pictures above, my two favorites are the mum and the daisy. Both of which are flowers that are really easy to make!
We also learned out to make leaves, which can just be placed around a cake with flowers. Or you can make a leaf cake. Pretty much whatever your heart desires. :-) Below is a picture of the leaves I created in class from gum paste.
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| Gum Paste Leaves |
As I mentioned in my previous post, we learned out to make a bow. In order to create a bow, you will need to use gum paste and fondant. The bow was created with twelve 5 inch strips of 50/50 gum paste and fondant combination. The bow takes about five days to fully dry. This will be the bow that I build my final cake around this upcoming weekend.
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| 50/50 Gum Paste + Fondant Bow |
Today, I plan to finish up my list of items that I will need for my final cake. The excitement is building, as I cannot wait to begin to build up my masterpiece.
Until next time... Have a great day! :-)
~ L.B~
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SO impressed. I can't even bake break-and-bake cookies without ruining them, and when I've tried to frost cakes in the past... let's just say it hasn't been pretty. And that's using frosting from a can.
ReplyDeleteNeedless to say, I'll totally be living vicariously through your fabulous decorating skills :)
Thank you! I used to be the same way, I could barely ice let alone bake a cake properly. I definitely had to have patience with myself. I am still struggling on icing a cake, but as they say practice makes perfect! I still need to try my luck at using store bought frosting, lately I have been making my own frosting.
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