Dahlia Cake

Your dahlias are absolutely gorgeous. Did you use a tutorial?

Hi Goreti! Thank you! I referenced a tutorial on jessicakes - but tutorials on gumpaste dahlias are hard to find. ( I am thinking about doing one when I have time) . The method in the link below requires cutting out templates for different size petals and that would be too much work. I used a styrofoam ball for the center, daisy cutters to wrap around the ball with. I then use 3 different sizes of rose petal cutters, thin the edges, shaped the petals by gluing the bottom corner to the center then f...

I guess my comments got cut off... the last step I gluled the petals one by one starting with smalles size, ending with the largest size petals. Here is the link (...)

HI Goreti, I actually found a tutorial online, very similar to what I did.. I used styrofoam ball instead. Look up - Lulu's Sweet Secrets: How To Make Sugar Dahlias Enjoy.