Gum Paste Flowers

         

            I made Chrysanthemums and my own take on a wildflower.  My first time practicing and making flowers for cakes and sweets. Had great time doing it. : ) 

• First you need gumpaste. I purchased Wiltons Gumpaste mix from my local craft store, or you can order it from amazon and ebay.

• After you have the gumpaste you need a flower cutter and a veining tool, balling tool. For the daisy you need three sizes of daisy cutters and for my wildflower you need a pansie cutter. You will also need any type of leaf cutter.

Chrysanthemums

• you will need to make 2 of each size flower cut out.
• using your veinging tool you will curl each petal and over lap your flowers from largest to smallest.
• you bill a piece of yellow gumpaste into a ball and use a toothpick for texture.
• with you leaf cut out. cut out 2 leafs per Chrysanthemum.  Use your veing tool to curl petals.
• Glue pieces together with drop of water. Allow to dry and harden.

Wild Flower

• Cut out your flowers with a pansie cutting tool.
• Use your ball tool to curl up the petals on a piece of foam.
• Put flower in a flower cup and allow to dry and harden.
• when wild flower is semi hard and no longer pliable make center ball for pollen.
• make leaves same chrysantemums leaves.

Tada! Here is the finished Product!

Cupcakes!

Who love cupcakes? Hahaha! Who doesnt?

These are my homemade delicous cupcakes!

Ive always love to bake and cook. Its only now that I have begun to experiment with the artistic and creative side of visuals not just taste.  So for my first experiment. I started with regular old cupcakes.

• I got wiltons food coloring from the local craft store or you can get from amazon.
• I made a home made frosting. The homemade frosting is a buttercream frosting.
•  I divied up the frosting in seperate bowls. Then added some food coloring and mixed. You will add your coloring to your desire of how much you would like and what color you are looking for.  I add my coloring with the tip of a butter knife.  Then I mix with a fork. This will ensure that you can add more coloring to your frosting without an added mess. Tip: Clean as you go. (frosting will be hard to clean if allowed to harden)
• Next I rustled up the piping bags and the piping tips I wanted to use.  Then I filled the piping bags with frosting.  Tip: Remember to twist and then tie piping bags. Frosting will spill out.
• Make your cupcakes. I make mine first before making the frosting. So that way they are baking while you are makin your frosting. Tip: Let your cupcakes cool before decorating.
•  Decorate and have fun!

Buttercream frosting recipe:

4 cups confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)

1/4 cup of milk

2 tsp. vanilla

1 cup/stick of salted butter

(chef's choice to add further flavor 2tsp. or to taste)

 This recipe will make enough frosting for 24 cupcakes.

Sweet Treats Princess Introduction

   I have a passion for food. Its one of my favorite things in life. The creativity and freedom you can have with food is exhilarating. My favorite thing to make are desserts! Whos isnt right? Well this blog is a diary of the sweet treats that I make and love. My experiments and failures. Most of all my successes! So excited! Cant wait to teach and share.

Thank you and enjoy!!!