So I have an idea for a cake, it’s Alex’s mum’s birthday in a week and I was thinking of creating quite a simple cake with flowers as the main focus. Ever since I made the orchid flower pot cake (this is in my gallery) I have been wanting to try my hand at flower modelling again. I have seen so many amazing roses online so this is what I decided upon. Now I just had to wait for supplies… I had ordered the Windsor set of rose cutters, edible glue, foam and of course gum paste. With all this ready and my excitement to get started bubbling away I aimed all my focus at You Tube. I found some amazing tutorials for gum paste roses and between them I managed to create my first rose.
The main image above is the first rose that I made. I was pleasantly surprised on how well it went. Granted my fingers were all stuck together with glue but I think it might actually resemble a rose? I had decided that the cake would need 3 roses in total, but I felt the 1st rose had been too tight. I wanted to create the large open roses that I had seen. The images on the right are my second and third attempt at a rose, now for the cake…
Hakiemah
September 23, 2012I normally make edible glue by adding a quarter teaspoon of CMc or Tylose to 15 tsp of water in a plastic container.just shake the two together(it will look very undissolved,bt it should look that way.Then put it in the fridge overnight and the next morning you will have clear,edible glue;)
Hope I was of help and u try it:)
Rochelle Marshall
August 17, 2018OH WOW!! I didn’t know this. Yes i’m extremely late to the party. I live in Jamaica so most of these things are imported and they are very rare and extremely hard to come by. A cake store near me sells tylose for an arm and 2 legs but I well definitely get it and try your method. THANK YOU
Lynsey
August 19, 2018Hi Rochelle, I am so glad you like the gumpaste roses. I hope you have fun making them x
christine
October 29, 2014hi what kind of gym paste do ur use?from what company?
Lynsey
October 31, 2014Hi Christine, The gumpaste that I use is actually the floral paste / gumpaste from Squires.