Hello All! Well here goes,,,,,,my first post........
I have been reading up on candy and the art of blowing it into bubbles for decoration. Very impressive. I am looking for tips on candy flowers with stems and the like. I saw it on the Food Network. One of the chefs had a cake decorating contest with a pro wedding cake designer. Her cake was decorated with everything edible. The flowers were placed in sprigs coming off the cake and were made of candy,,,,,not chocolate. Any tips on this would be most helpful. Also ,,,,has anyone seen the show "Ace of Cakes" on the Food Network? I happened on it by chance one night just flicking the channells. This guy and his crew are totally amazing. Check out their website. I've been decorating cakes for 25 years and haven't seen anything like this. It's true art at its best!!! Thanks to all for their great posts as I learn something new each time I check in here.
handymama Frequent Member
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:57 pm
Hi Handi--welcome aboard. There's a great group of people here, and yes we all love Duff. He's ADHD at its best!! As for the flowers, they were likely gumpaste--and you can learn a lot about that here--or possibly sugared edible flowers--easier, but not as intricate.
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Welcome aboard! Yes, Duff is a hero to many of us! I even had to create him out of gumpaste!! (check out in my photos). What I love about him and his crew is that their all down to earth and dont act like their the "only" people that do this. Love the man!
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Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:44 am
moydear77 wrote:
PS
Wearing gloves does two things
Heat is one of them and the other is that the moisture from your hands can cause to sugar to crystallize.
It also keeps your artwork from having fingerprints all over it.
OzCookie Frequent Member
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Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:46 am
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Jesjacster2 Frequent Member
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Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:23 pm
Gotta try this
tonedna Forum SuperStar!
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i ALWAYS WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO DO THIS!!!!
eatdessert1st Regular Member
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A teacher taught us to use cotton gloves with latex gloves over that when working w/ pulling or blowing sugar. It helped tremendously. Great tutorial! I'd love to start practicing again.
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