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Can anyone tell me how to do the bottom tier on this cake?

post #1 of 17
12/16/12 at 12:46pm
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At first I thought this was just filled with white flowers, but now I am thinking maybe it is long strips of fondant with a boarded edge cut on it? Has anyone ever done this before? Or at least have a better guess on how its done? Also, What kind of flower is this, and does anyone know where to buy gumpaste cutters this large? I have  a lot of flower cutters but none this big.

 

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post #2 of 17
12/16/12 at 1:04pm

I think maybe it is a peony flower. Not sure how it was done maybe cut petal shapes and glued them on ??? If you google peony sugar flower cutters you will probably get all kinds of suppliers. Please let me know what you end up doing.

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post #3 of 17
12/16/12 at 1:13pm
You could always bust out the white fondant and big blossom cutter and the border cutter that has the scalloped edge on it and experiment...let us know how it goes, it's beautiful.

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I would rather make 1 cake for $150, than 3 for $50 each.

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post #4 of 17
12/16/12 at 1:48pm
http://designmeacake.com/catalog/i103.html large peony cutters hopefully this link goes through
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post #5 of 17
12/16/12 at 1:52pm

Do an Internet image search for peony flower cutters - Google and Bing bring up good graphics and information..

 

http://cakejournal.com/tutorials/how-to-make-a-gum-paste-peony-part-1/

http://cakejournal.com/tutorials/how-to-make-a-gum-paste-peony-part-2/

 

http://www.cakerator.com/2010/08/gum-paste-peony-tutorial-part-1.html

http://www.cakerator.com/2010/09/gum-paste-peony-tutorial-part-2.html

 

http://www.lebeaucake.com/peony-cutter-tutorial.html

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post #6 of 17
12/16/12 at 2:13pm
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Thanks everyone, it looks like it is def. a peony! I will get some cutters ordered tonight and start playing around! now to just figure out how the White part is. the more I look at it, the more I think it may be long strips of fondant cut with a boarder. I think your right Annabakescakes...time to experiment!

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post #7 of 17
12/16/12 at 2:14pm
Design me a cake has a DVD on how to make penny's too
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post #8 of 17
12/16/12 at 2:15pm
Peonys not penny's
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post #9 of 17
12/16/12 at 3:43pm
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Peonys not penny's

Peonies, not Peonys.

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post #10 of 17
12/16/12 at 3:47pm

hi

for the white part why not try cutting white fondant in different size circles and using the ball tool as if you were to make roses just around the edge to make a thin crinkly effect then stick them overlapping! this would be fast enough to do once you got the hang on it! if you do not have a ball tool you can put them between two pieces of plastic and use your finger to create the shape...prob take a bit longer but same effect!

 wow  that flower is georgous and i just purchased the baby silicone mould like that one so another great idea for me to put it to use :)

 

hope this helps xx


Edited by cathriena - 12/16/12 at 5:29pm
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post #11 of 17
12/16/12 at 8:12pm

Pretty sure that the white is just cut peony petals (most likely just parts/edges of the petal), unveined, randomly glued down, and allowed to "fall where they may". 

 

That's how I'd make that tier.

 

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post #12 of 17
12/16/12 at 9:28pm
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It never once crossed my mind that those could be made from the petals! That makes perfect since! Thanks Rae!

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post #13 of 17
12/17/12 at 10:43am

a slightly differeNT ruffled flower, but i think the technique is useful.

 

http://www.mycakeschool.com/blog/pretty-pink-flower-cake/

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post #14 of 17
12/17/12 at 2:38pm
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That flower is very pretty, and looks  nice an easy to do! Best part, is you can make it any size since you don't use cutters for it. Thanks for sharing!

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post #15 of 17
12/18/12 at 6:55am
Bbeautiful pink flower!! Love it!

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