Beautiful gumpaste pansies dedicated to my grandma

I dedicate this flower paste tutorial to grandmother, who past away Thursday.

My grandma  was small in stature, but giant in heart! Through her love of life and patience I learned so many valuable life lessons.

Her 101 years years were filled with rich and wonderful experience, and I thank her for sharing them with me!

Words cannot express the joy Grandma brought to everyone she came in contact with;  in her honor I share this gumpaste pansy tutorial.

My technique for pansies is individual wired petals, although you can build a pansy in a Celformer, I find wiring each petal creates a realistic look.

So lets have some fun creating beautiful flower paste pansies!

Left to Right: Myself holding Sydney, Grandma Molly, and Grandpa Joe,

Lemon Zest Pansy Cupcake:

Equipment:

• Rose petal cutter, OP
• Briar rose petal cutter,OP (optional)
• Ceramic silk stick, HP
• Dresden tool, FMM
• Grove board, CC
• 28 gauge white wire
• 26 gauge nile green wire
• Fine needle nose pliers
• Wire cutters
• Dusting brushes
• #2 fine paint brush
• All-purpose leaf Cutter, ISAC or Oak leaf cutter, OP
• Pansy leaf veiner, SKGI
• Poppy veiner, JR
• Six petal cutter #5, OP
• Ball tools
• Foam pad
• Floral pad
• Steamer, optional
• Pasta machine, optional
• Nile green floral tape, HH
• Fondant smoothers
• Small sugar paste rolling pin
• Plastic mat or DYI plastic cut bag lightly coated with crisco
• Fine Scissor
• Make-up pads
• Cocktail straw

Materials:

• 1-recipe lemon blossom cakes, below
• Fondant covered cupcakes or mini cakes
• Flower paste
• Food paste
• Electric yellow
• Leaf green
• Petal Dust
• Daffodil
• Plum
• Violet
• Ice blue
• lime or vine green
• Foliage green
• Edible varnish
• Egg white
• Everclear
• Crisco
• Cornstarch

Supplies need can found at 5th Avenue Cake Designs

5th Avenue Cake Designs Lemon Blossom Cake recipe

Please visit 5ht Avenue Cake Designs for the video tutorial!

Voila!