Alright, I know I’ve been terrible about my blog posts and youtube videos in the past few months! I apologize and my intention is to be back to posting regularly!
For my first post since my “hiatus” I made a (much requested) tutorial for Gumpaste Hibiscus Flowers. After my post with the Hibiscus Baby Shower Cake I made at the beginning of the summer, I had quite a few people ask if I had or if I could make a tutorial… so viola!
I had to split this into 2 parts because it was too long to upload, but I didn’t want to rush or skip past anything. Despite the length of the tutorial these flowers are pretty easy to make and don’t require a whole lot of special tools. I do use a Hibiscus cutter, but you can probably use a tear drop, or rose petal cutter and just role out the tapered end to elongate it (as mentioned in the video). All in all, I think this is a good flower for a beginner who wants to make something impressive!
- pre-colored gumpaste (hibiscus come in a wide variety of vibrant colors!)
- rolling pin
- hibiscus petal cutter (by Creative Cutters)
- gumglue (I used gumpaste dissolved in water)
- a 4″-5″ 26 gauge wire
- a thin or dense foam pad
- ball tool
- plastic to cover cut outs…
- and a jar and piece of foil to create a flower former
*If you are interested in purchasing flower formers like the ones I mentioned in my video, they are called CelFormers and are made by Cel Cakes. You can find them at a specialty cake supplies store or you can find them on Amazon here.
mawmawx3
May 23, 2012 @ 10:01 am
What petal cut outs did you use for your flower? Thank you.
Happy Cakes by Renee
May 23, 2012 @ 1:01 pm
Hi! I bought the Hibiscus Cutter set by Creative Cutters at my local cake supply shop. They have it listed on Global Sugar Art, but I just checked and it is out of stock, if you want to wait, they usually restock items regularly. You can also buy direct from Creative Cutter's website: http://www.creativecutters.com/index.php?option=com_simpleshop&Itemid=42&task=viewprod&id=588 I think this is the one I have, although I don't know if I would call it "mini" but it is on the small side. You can probably use tear drop cutters for this as well…
Anonymous
August 31, 2012 @ 7:09 am
where did you purchase the leaf veiner?
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