Making Flowers Without The Cutters- Need Templates
Decorating By Edee Updated 27 May 2012 , 12:01am by HamSquad

Are there any templates out there for flower making? I need to make some cala lilies, maybe orchids, stargazers, plumeria, sugar daisies, ect, but I don't have the cutters. Is there another way to do it without the cutters?
I thought If I had a pattern of the flower shape I could just hand cut each of them. Does anyone know if there are any?
When I do searches on this site, it gives me all sorts of things instead of what I am searching for, I must be doing it wrong.


I think you can make Gumpaste roses with circles, you just have to manipulate the shape a bit.

There's an awesome book for this it's called the Cake Decorators Motif Bible by Sheila Lampkin I got mine at my local Barnes and Knoble bookstore but Amazon has it too:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1554072816/?tag=cakecentral-20

A heart cutter works really well to make a cala lilly.
thats right - check out Edna's Calla Lillies on You tube (Tutorial)

I also use round cutters for roses and the heart for calla lillies. But I also make my own templates out of mylar (material used for stencils). You can print the shape you want on paper, (making sure the dimensions are correct), place the mylar on top and trace the outline with a permanent marker. Then just cut them out. Place the template on fondant or gumpaste and trace around the outline, using a thin, straight edge paring knife or craft knife. Stencil material can be found at WalMart.
When using a permanent marker, make sure you don't put the "marker side" of your template on the fondant. It may be permanent, but it DOES bleed onto the paste. HTH


I know I'm the one asking for help, but I came across a great video to make clay hydrangeas.
http://www.marthastewart.com/article/clay-flowers
Thought I would share in case anyone else needed the information.
thanks for the great tips and videos, keep posting! I am learning ALOT!

I know I'm the one asking for help, but I came across a great video to make clay hydrangeas.
http://www.marthastewart.com/article/clay-flowers
Thought I would share in case anyone else needed the information.
thanks for the great tips and videos, keep posting! I am learning ALOT!
Thanks Edee, I like that one

I know I'm the one asking for help, but I came across a great video to make clay hydrangeas.
http://www.marthastewart.com/article/clay-flowers
Thought I would share in case anyone else needed the information.
thanks for the great tips and videos, keep posting! I am learning ALOT!
I made these last night, sooooo easy!! Just a little tip (you all probably already know this- but I didn't until last night) add a little crisco to the gumpaste. It works so much better!!!



Wow! Thanks, Chilz, for all the great patterns! That was very sweet of you to share - and especially so many! I, for one, really appreciate it. I don't want to seem ungrateful, by any means... but is there any way to know what the "scale" is on these patterns? Or perhaps you wouldn't mind sharing where you found them (?) TIA -
Cheley


Sorry I have not printed them or cut them yet but you should be able to scale them to any size you need by shrinking or enlarging them with whatever graphics program you use... I got them from a cake supply website that used them to show what shape each cutter made. I can't remember the name but will search for it later and post it. I want to say it was located in the UK somewhere but can't be positive...







chilz822 thanks for the templates. I just made some Moth orchids for my Daughter's Prom recently. I just hand cut out some gumpaste using a template sort of like what chilz822 has. I went on youtube and a website to see how they were made. I'm still learning how to make these.
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/2324037/my-1st-moth-orchids
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