Ok I'm making this cake in June and I was wondering how you think they did the flowers. Do you think they were on wires or individually attached to the cake. How would you do it... and thought or tips?

FROM THIS PICTURE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE ATTACHED INDIVIDUALLY. I DON'T THINK THEY ARE STUCK ON WITH WIRE. I AM NOT SURE HOW YOU WOULD ATTACH THEM. SORRY.

It says they are sugarpaste hydrangeas, I wonder if there is a punch or cutter that is this shape. I haven't done many fondant, sugarpaste, etc flowers so I can't help you but maybe some of the decorating suppliers have something you can use. I know there are a lot of cutters our there.
kate

I don't know too much about gumpaste yet, but it looks to me like they're put on there individually.

Thanks... that's what I thought too. Hopefully somone who knows a lot about flowers will look at this and see if we're right!

I would say they used a small 5 petal round cutter and pinched the ends into point. not sure why as hydrangas have a round petal

hard to tell if they are wired it looks like some of them may be as they stick out from the cake but some could just be attached with royal icing

peacockplace, which mag did you get that from? I have so many and have been trying to find it, but can't. I work with gumpaste flowers on a regular basis and if I can see the photo up close, I can tell you how they did it.

Heavenlycakes, Thanks. It in the April 2005 Modern Bride. I have seen your flowers and they are so beautiful! You are very talented! Did you use cutters for the roses on the dummy cake for the florist opening?? Again your work is breathtaking!

Thank you very, very much!! Yes, I use cutters and veiners for all my flowers. OMG, just went looking for that mag, and I think I JUST threw it out a few days ago... I'll get another copy and take a look for you. I should be able to get it by tomorrow or the day after. I'll post here or PM you when I get it.

My transfers seem to want to break into pieces when i flip the frozen transfer onto the cake. i have only been using all shortening and no butter in my icing and not covering or protecting the transfer in the freezer. do you think that the butter plays the role in hardening the transfer more appropriately? also do you think that the condensation from the freezer is making the transfer softer than normal? thanks so much for your help! i have to do one for sunday and would appreciate your feedback. [img][/img]

Hi, if you don't mind a suggestion, you might get more responses to your questions if you put this under HOW DO I? as a new subject titled "help with BC" or something like that.

I've only done one BCT and it didn't turn out too well), so I'm not too well qualified to answer, but am wondering if you are applying your BCT to the cake and then removing the backing. The more you handle them the more the risk of breaking and/or melting. Janice

well the picture itself says they are sugarpaste hydragenas...maybe they connected it with the vanilla buttercream??? what book is it? couldn't you find out by contacting them???? You tell me what issue, what mag and I will see if I can find a website for the book to see if they can tell us all.

Thanks flav... I finished the cake and it turned out pretty good. It's in my pictures. AGSkelton, here is a link that might het might help you. I've never done it before. Good luck.
http://www.cakecentral.com/article12-How-To-Create-a-Frozen-Buttercream-Transfer.html

OK now how was it done???? It is a great looking cake....absolutely beautiful!

Thanks. I used a wilton cutter, I think it was the calyx cutter. Then I pinched the ends a little to make them pointy. Then I used the end of one of the flower making sticks and poked the center to make the flower cup a little. I made TONS of these the week before the wedding. Then I made fondant ropes for the stems and glued the flowers on with BC. I think next time I would use royal because it took the BC a while to set up.