This video tutorial demonstrates how to create gumpaste hydrangea flowers, which can be added to birthday or wedding cakes for a stunning decoration. These sugar flowers can be used alone or in combination with other sugars. The tutorial demonstrates how to roll out gum paste as thin as possible and use a Hydrangea cutter to cut out the flowers. Chef Alan Tetreault, of Global Sugar Art, provides step-by-step instructions on creating wired and un-wired hydrangea blossoms.
To begin, color the fondant or gum paste in your desired color by dipping a toothpick in the paste color and stroke it across the surface. Next, prepare 1 can of gum paste and tint it red, roll it out 1/16 inch, and attach 5 hearts together in overlapping fashion, brushing overlapping areas with gum.
Wilton’s recipes and decorating ideas are available, and the full-color step-by-step instruction book to making gum paste flowers the easy Wilton way will help achieve results that rival nature. This tutorial is perfect for those looking to add flowers to cakes and cupcakes for a beautiful and festive look.
📹 Gumpaste Hydrangea Flower Tutorial
Welcome to this video tutorial on how I create my gumpaste hydrangea flowers. If you’re adding flowers to a birthday or wedding …
📹 How to Make a Gum Paste Orchid
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OMG I love your way of doing orchids. I have just been asked to do a wedding cake with orchids, & was wondering the best way to make them on wire. Yours is such an easy way. I tried wiring individually each petal but like you said because they are delicate they kept breaking on me. I will try your method so much easier I think. Thanks for sharing Perth WA
hey wilton just wanted to say these are great I’ve just started to learn how to work with fondant and gumpaste. so once I get more used to it I will try this. because I’ve just been making 2-D objects in silicone molds. now that I saw this I may try. thanks for all the great articles with “tips” and tricks.
Though the flower constructed in this article did not resemble the examples shown in the beginning, I was able to follow these steps to create an attractive orchid! Important note: This article omits the detail that one of the sepal lobes does not match the other two, being longer and at a different angle (like the ‘stem’ of a letter Y). The two petal cut-outs should be attached on either side of the longer lobe of the sepal piece. Otherwise the finished orchid will appear lopsided.
I keep trying to work with gumpaste but so far I have not got good results everything keeps snapping where could I be going Wrong? I’ve tried adding tylose powder and making my pieces thicker and even left them for a week to dry before I touched them again as soon as I get it looking nice and held together bam a petal snaps off. and don’t get me started with fondant it’s even more of a pain to use.
Not sure exactly what type of “orchid” this is supposed to be, but if you were aiming for a Phaelenopsis…you missed! First, Phal’s don’t have “ruffled” petals, Steeples belong on churches, not Orchids, and lastly, your “center” was placed sideways. Might want to practice a bit before your next “Tutorial”! As both an orchid grower and amateur Gum Paste flower maker, this was painful to watch.