How to make a five petal fantasy flower
In this tutorial I want to show you how to make a five petal fantasy flower. The flower is inspired by a pink flower broche that I have. You are welcome to change the color for the flower, so that it match your color scheme.
Remember that the flower stamens are inedible, so you need to remove the flower before cutting the cake.
This is what I use:
Drinking glass
Foil
Foam pad
Ball tool
Rolling pin
Cornstarch
Five petal cutters in following sizes: 35mm, 80mm, 110mm
(Easy rose cutters 80mm + 110mm from JEM) (35mm/1 1/4″ any five petal cutter can be used)
Gum paste
Pink food gel color (optional)
Pearl & pink luster dust (optional)
15-20 white flower stamens (small round headed)
White non-parelis
Tylo glue
Small firm brush for the tylo glue
Small soft brush for the luster dust
Pair of tweezers
pair of scissors
Small pieces of foam
Paper towel
Flower former:
Start by covering the glass with double layers of foil, like shown on the photo. Dust it with a little cornstarch, so that the flower wont stick to the foil.
Step 1:
Color some of the gum paste pink with the food gel color and roll out the gum paste thinly. Cut out the first layer of the flower, using the large five petal cutter (110mm). Place the flower on the foam pad and thin the edges of the flower with the ball tool. Dust the tin foil with a littel cornstarch before placing the large flower on the tin foil “cup”. Shape the petals with your fingers and place small pieces of foam to keep them in place.
Step 2:
Take some white gum paste, again roll it out thinly and this time use the medium five petal cutter (80mm). Cut out the second layer for the flower, and place it on the foam pad. Thin the edges of the flower with the ball tool. Place the cut out flower on a piece of paper towel and brush the white flower, with white luster dust.
Step 3:
Brush a thin layer of tylo glue in the middle of the pink flower.
Step 4:
Place the white flower on top of the pink flower. Again shape the petals with your fingers and place small pieces of foam, to keep the petals in place while drying.
Step 5:
Roll out some pink gum paste thinly, and cut out the last petal for the fantasy flower with the small petal cutter (35mm). Thin the edges with the ball tool and glue it in the middle of the white flower with tylo glue. You can use the end of a paint brush to lift up the small petals. I dont use any foam pieces to keep the small petals in place here.
Step 6:
Take some white gum paste, make a small ball, that match the center of the flower and flatten it slightly. Brush the top of the ball with tylo glue and dip it into the white non-parelis. Secure the ball with tylo glue in the middle of the pink flower. Let the flower dry for 1 hour before you continue.
Step 7:
Take some small round headed white flower stamens and cut them a little shorter. Push in the flower stamens all the way around the edge of center with a pair of tweezers. Finish the flower by adding a little pink luster dust in the the center. Let the flower dry until firm, about 1-3 days. Remember to remove the small pieces of foam, when the flower is dry.
Tip!
You can also make smaller or larger flowers by using various sizes of five petal cutters, than the ones used for this tutorial.
Happy Caking!
Louise
1. Louise
January 1st, 2010 6:59 pm
I wish you all the best for 2010
Louise
2. Becky
January 1st, 2010 7:17 pm
Happy New Year to you, Louise! As always, your work is flawless.
If I wanted to make a bunch of flowers and save them, what is the best way of preserving them? In the freezer? A pantry at room temperature? How long will they stay ‘edible’?
Thank you for all of your tutorials, advice and support through the year. We are all better decorators because of you
3. Joumana
January 1st, 2010 10:00 pm
Thank you so much for a great tutorial!
4. Marymary
January 2nd, 2010 12:40 am
Perfect! thank you for beautiful tutorial!!!
Kisses
5. Priscilla
January 2nd, 2010 2:45 am
gorgeous as usual!! Thanks for sharing! Happy New Year!!
6. Andrea
January 2nd, 2010 3:12 am
Oooh thank you so much for another fabulous tutorial! I really do love your tutorials -please do more whenever you get a chance!
7. Julie
January 2nd, 2010 5:12 am
I LOVE this tutorial, as well as all your other ones too. I must order the cutters and give this a try. Thank You soooo much!!!
8. Andreaetta
January 2nd, 2010 5:15 am
Hi Louise!
You gave great step by step information and photos to make a five petal fantasy flower.
I’m going to make this on Saturday and I’ll let you know how it turns out.
Have a great 2010!
Andreaetta
9. Alessandra
January 2nd, 2010 5:25 am
Just beautiful…but I wander how long it would take me to make it….
Happy New Year and thank you for the beautiful posts.
Alessandra
10. Gis
January 2nd, 2010 2:13 pm
Looks awesome Lou :O Its amazing how creative you can be with sugar
11. Tiffany Nash
January 2nd, 2010 2:29 pm
Perfect as always! Happy New Year!
12. Jennifer
January 2nd, 2010 3:21 pm
Thanks so much – love all your tutorials
13. Sharlene
January 2nd, 2010 3:24 pm
Louise – thank you for sharing your expertise. I love this flower – looks simple to make but quite exquisite in appearance. Thanks a ton and Happy New Year!
14. Hitch
January 2nd, 2010 4:04 pm
Thank you for sharing this, Happy New Year to you and your family.
15. Martha
January 2nd, 2010 4:20 pm
Thanks so much for this tutorial, Louise. As usual, it is GREAT! Happy new year!
16. IVANA
January 2nd, 2010 4:47 pm
happy caking 2010!! for all!!!and beautiful post as always
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17. Corinna
January 2nd, 2010 4:58 pm
Absolutely gorgeous!!! Can’t wait to give them a go. Happy New Year Louise!!!
18. Heather Peskin
January 2nd, 2010 5:13 pm
Oh, this is just what I am looking for. I want 2010 to be a year of improving my baking and decorating techniques – I am quite excited about doing this flower.
19. Ali Cakes
January 2nd, 2010 5:22 pm
When I saw this tutorial, I was awed. Thankyou so much for your time and devotion to such a wonderful craft. I love this flower.
20. Amy
January 2nd, 2010 5:34 pm
Thank you for the wonderful tutorial.
Wish you and family a happy new year!
21. Susan Kulungian
January 2nd, 2010 5:36 pm
Great tutorial Louise! Thank you so much. I need to order the petal cutter. Will do that soon.
Happy New Year!
22. paula
January 2nd, 2010 6:50 pm
louise,
happy new year……
love the flower….
gr paula
23. flourishing cakes
January 2nd, 2010 7:24 pm
this is a beautful flower. thank you for creating a simple technic for a sometimes complicated flower.
24. Lisa
January 2nd, 2010 7:33 pm
The flower is beautiful! Thank you!!
25. Margarita
January 2nd, 2010 8:38 pm
Beautiful, you made it to look so simple in your tutorial, it is great. Thanks for sharing and for you and everybody have a great 2010.
26. Michele
January 2nd, 2010 10:52 pm
Thanks Louise…great instructions. Keep them coming!
27. Lyzzie
January 2nd, 2010 11:24 pm
Happy New Year Louise . Thank you so mucho for the tutorial you crating is simple and beatiful.
28. Mari CCS
January 3rd, 2010 4:17 am
Happy New year Louise! What a stupendous New Year’s gift! I simply loved it! I hope I could have the time to make something so pretty! Thanks! <3
29. Rachel
January 3rd, 2010 4:44 am
WHOA! That is gorgeous! Thanks so much for this, I’ll be linking.
30. Jeri Lynn
January 3rd, 2010 5:21 am
Love it! Thank you for sharing!!!!
31. Liz
January 3rd, 2010 7:20 am
Can you email me to let me know the type of gumpaste and fondant you use?
Each example you have is so beautiful and soft looking.
Thank you so much for taking the time to teach us.
32. heba
January 3rd, 2010 7:41 am
thanx alot for sharing this tutorial especially the idea of covering the glass with foil to make former… this is a great one…
Really u have a great site that i learnt me much
33. aribian girl
January 3rd, 2010 11:30 am
i love all your tutorials
thanx
34. laling
January 3rd, 2010 2:49 pm
i love your flower, can’t wait to try making it. thanks for sharing.
35. Hanan
January 3rd, 2010 3:15 pm
Hi Louise,
As perfect as usual, am speechless
Happy New Year all
36. Louise
January 3rd, 2010 11:52 pm
So glad that you all like the flower tutorial
Becky: The best way to store flowers ahead of time is simply in either a cardboard box or an airthight box but the flowers needs to be all dry if you place it in the airthight box because they can get soft and lose their shape. When packed then just place them out of direct sunlight in a pantry.
If the flowers are to be placed on buttercream or other types of “wet” frosting, they can go a little soft again. My flowers also get soft when placed on fondant cakes because I store those in the refrigerator. Not many here eat the decorations, I think its only the kids if they can get away with it.
I always have stock of flowers and they are quite dry and hard.
Andreaetta: Good luck with them
Liz: I put my asnwer here for others to read too. I use a danish brand of rolled fondant. But I have for a long time used Bakels/Pettince but it gave me so much trouble over the last year that I now use the danish brand. For gumpaste I simply just mix the rolled fondant with tylo powder. Sometimes only with tylo and other times with a little egg white, crisco and tylo. It depend on what I am making. Mix 500gr fondant with 1-2 tsp of tylo. Depending on what you are making you may need to add a little more tylo.
37. brandy
January 4th, 2010 4:30 am
Thank You for the tutorial! The flower is beautiful!
38. Nancy Smith
January 4th, 2010 4:35 am
Thank you and Happy New Year!
39. Chetana
January 4th, 2010 6:35 am
Beautifull….loved ur step by step instructions.
Cheers.
40. Rita
January 4th, 2010 9:47 am
Great, fabulous, Thanks for sharing with us, Happy New Year to You and Your family.
41. Alma Pieters
January 4th, 2010 10:03 am
This is so pretty, thank you for the lovley tutorial
42. just4cakes
January 4th, 2010 12:39 pm
Beautiful, Thank you for sharing, expecting more this year.
Happy New year all.
43. Rita
January 4th, 2010 11:13 pm
Louise,
Love your tutorial, what kind
of cutters did you use? PME or FMM?
44. Gabrielle
January 5th, 2010 9:08 am
Thanks Louise your work as ever is wonderful, something for us less gifted cakers to aspire to. Actually, I think that this one is within my comfort zone. Just one thing though I’ve been grappling with how to make edible stamens. While we know to remove them before eating the cake, that flower might seem mighty attractive to a child, who might try and grab it when no ones looking.
Though I haven’t tried it yet, but I think the following may work. Orchard makes a product called unbreakable gel which is edible. You can use a sugarcraft gun to extrude it into legnths. Lindy Smith used it for the whiskers for her tiger cake. I’ve been dying to try it, but I haven’t found anybody carrying it here in Australia.
45. Ally's Tea Party
January 5th, 2010 11:27 am
Louise, that is so so pretty! Wish I was a sugarpaste whiz like you are. Happy New Year and thanks very much for your wonderfully presented tutorials =)
46. Louise
January 5th, 2010 11:13 pm
Rita: Its the ones from JEM actually (easy rose). The ones from FMM have that little tip in the petals. PME could work I think.
Gabrielle: Thats right that Orchard have the unbreakable gel. I have not tried it but seen it used. This could of course be used instead of inedible stamens. I found this http://www.gumnutcakes.com.au/Adele’s%20Unbreakable%20Gel.htm
Hope you can use it?
47. Pam
January 6th, 2010 6:18 pm
Beautiful tutorial!! Can you tell me what size cutter you used? They look to be fairly large flowers? I’d love to make them for a cake in February. Thanks.
48. Pam
January 6th, 2010 6:19 pm
Disregard my question… I bypassed reading the supply list and just went to the pictures! Sorry.
49. Mari
January 7th, 2010 4:15 am
Beautiful flowers! You are blessed. I am Happy to visit your blog.
50. Amy
January 11th, 2010 9:54 pm
Love this fantasy flower. Just wondering what size stamens did you use. I’m going to make an anemone and don’t know which size to buy. Thanks!
51. Sandra
January 13th, 2010 12:57 am
This is a very delicate art work and the inspiration for some wedding cupcakes decorations i will be trying. Thank you for sharing with us!
52. Saralyn
January 13th, 2010 5:15 pm
Absolutely Stunning!
Sometimes the most simplest of designs are the most attractive and eye catching.. Thanks for the great tutorial too, I’m printing this one out!
53. Pily
January 15th, 2010 8:51 pm
Perfect… So cute
thank you for beautiful tutorial!!!
54. Louise
January 17th, 2010 10:50 pm
Amy: I dont remember the size of the stamens im using, sorry. Have you seen the Anemone tutorial from Confetti Cakes? http://confetticakes.blogspot.com/2009/04/anemone-flower.html
55. COLARGOL
January 21st, 2010 10:34 pm
a big applause for your wonderful blog and very educational
56. Kassandra
February 3rd, 2010 6:17 am
Hey, I think that this is incredible. I tried it on my mother’s cake and it works Haleluhia!
57. Kassandra
February 3rd, 2010 6:18 am
Also it is very pretty and easy to make. Can you make it with fondant?
58. Louise
February 7th, 2010 11:58 pm
Kassandra: You can make it with fondant only you need to let it dry longer.
59. Tammy
March 7th, 2010 2:40 am
Thanks!! My next project!