Full Description
Learn the secrets of sugar floristry with Petalsweet Cakes founder Jacqueline Butler. In her exquisite and long-awaited debut book, you'll learn in step-by-step detail how to create modern and sophisticated, stylized sugar flowers, and how to use them to create beautiful arrangements on wedding and celebration cakes.
Inside you'll find instructions and step-by-step photographs for 20 stunning sugar flowers in various stages of bloom, as well as flower buds and leaves, using a clean and contemporary color palette. Through six diverse projects you'll then learn how to use these foundation flowers in combination with filler flowers to create elegant cake designs, including working directly on single-tier cakes and multi-tiered cakes, as well as making styrofoam cake toppers.
As well as being the most contemporary take on the subject ever produced, this book will also remain an essential reference for years to come!
Contents
Introduction
Essential Tool KitSpecialized Tools and Supplies
Gumpaste and Coloring
The Formula
Getting Started
Hydrangea
Additional Leaves
Filler Flowers, Buds and Leaves
The Flowers
Anemone
Camellia
Cherry and Apple Blossoms
Cosmos
Dahlia
Freesia
Lavender
Lilac
Magnolia
Peonies
Phalaenopsis Orchid
Ranunculus
English Rose
Garden Rose
Climbing Rose
Sweet Pea
The Cake Projects
Single Tier Arrangements
Multi Tier Arrangements
Pre-Made Arrangements
Finishing Touches
