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      <title>Making Sugar Flowers: Daffodils</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Hello,</p>


	<p>I finally finished my daffodil tutorial (my first tutorial, so please let me know where you think I might improve):<br /><a href="http://clearlycake.com/blog/making-sugar-flowers-daffodils/">http://clearlycake.com/blog/making-sugar-flowers-daffodils/</a></p>


	<p>Thanks :)</p>


	<p>Centres for the Daffodils:</p>


	<p>Cut a 20 gauge green florist wire in half.<br />Colour some Flowerpaste (I use Squires Kitchen own-brand) with Sugarflair Melon food paste (or a yellow food paste of your choice).</p>


	<p>Take a bit of the coloured Flowerpaste and roll it on to the wire into a thin sausage shape, no bigger than half an inch (1 cm) in length:</p>


	<p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdimg/mjmckn8.jpg" alt="" /></p>


	<p>Take another piece of coloured Flowerpaste and roll a thin sausage, and cut into 6:</p>


	<p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdimg/mjmcsbh.jpg" alt="" /></p>


	<p>Brush egg  white on the Flowerpaste on the wire.  Use this (now) sticky Flowerpaste to pick up the 6 sausages.  Align them, and pinch them gently into place:</p>


	<p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdimg/mjmcsrk.jpg" alt="" /></p>


	<p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdimg/mjmct10.jpg" alt="" /></p>


	<p>Daffodil Trumpets:</p>


	<p>Take some of the Flowerpaste:<br />Roll a ball to the size of a chickpea and cone it.  <br />Make a hole in the centre with a dowel / veining tool:</p>


	<p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdimg/mjmctr9.jpg" alt="" /></p>


	<p>Roll the veining tool around the inside of it to open it up:</p>


	<p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdimg/mjmcu9t.jpg" alt="" /></p>


	<p>Grease the veiner and vein the inside of the trumpet on a hard board.  You  want a frilly effect on the edges of the trumpet.  So just texture the body of the trumpet with the veiner:</p>


	<p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdimg/mjmcuy6.jpg" alt="" /></p>


	<p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdimg/mjmcv9s.jpg" alt="" /></p>


	<p>Feed the daffodil wired centres through:</p>


	<p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdimg/mjmcvmw.jpg" alt="" /></p>


	<p>Apply more veining pressure to the top edge of the trumpet to get the frilly effect.<br />Feed the trumpet through your fingers to get more of an upright trumpet effect.</p>


	<p>Daffodil Petals:</p>


	<p>(A small Bridal Lily cutter is needed.  Alternatively, you can use a Daffodil petal cutter.)</p>


	<p>Daffodils:<br />Bridal Lily cutters &#8211; they come in a pack of 3 from FMM – use the smallest one, depending on the size of your trumpets.<br />This method is using the Mexican Hat method, although you can also make daffodil petals with daffodil cutters.<br />Take a cherry-sized piece of Flowerpaste.  Roll it into a ball, and then cone it:</p>


	<p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdimg/mjmcw6x.jpg" alt="" /></p>


	<p>Flatten the cone onto a hard board (it might be an idea to apply a thin layer of Trex/shortening to the board at this point) and roll out the Flowerpaste thinly from the centre to the edges with a mini rolling-pin / cocktail-stick / dowel:</p>


	<p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdimg/mjmcwnu.jpg" alt="" /></p>


	<p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdimg/mjmcwyn.jpg" alt="" /></p>


	<p>Before using the cutter, check that the centre is sufficiently narrow enough for the centre of the cutter to feed through.<br />Press the cutter down and pull off the excess Flowerpaste:</p>


	<p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdimg/mjmcxgp.jpg" alt="" /></p>


	<p>You might need a palette knife to help ease the daffodil petals off the board.  Then poke a hole in the centre with a dowel / veining tool.<br />Vein each petal – roll backwards and forwards with the veining tool.  However, don’t frill it, just texture it.<br />Using the Dresden tool (with the smooth side down), rub down the top edge on the inside of each petal:</p>


	<p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdimg/mjmcy53.jpg" alt="" /></p>


	<p>Brush egg wash down the hole, and feed the wired trumpet through the centre:</p>


	<p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdimg/mjmcyk1.jpg" alt="" /></p>


	<p>Pinch any excess Flowerpaste off the wire, and taper the edge down.<br />Then pinch each petal on the centre edge to give it shape:</p>


	<p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdimg/mjmcyzz.jpg" alt="" /></p>


	<p>Brush some Spring Green dust food colour on the very bottom of each daffodil, and maybe a touch of orange (Mango) food dust on the edge of the daffodil trumpet:</p>


	<p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdimg/mjmczcc.jpg" alt="" /></p>


	<p>The wire/stalk also needs to be taped with green florist tape.</p>


	<p>Finally, the ‘spathe’ needs to be added (the papery bit where the stalk meets the base of the daffodil): Using white tape, with the Dresden tool, scrape the end down a bit on a foam board, to make it scraggly:</p>


	<p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdimg/mjmczqv.jpg" alt="" /></p>


	<p>Attach the tape just onto the bottom end of the Daffodil, with a bit of the tape hanging off:</p>


	<p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdimg/mjmd035.jpg" alt="" /></p>


	<p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdimg/mjmd0bc.jpg" alt="" /></p>


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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:35:03 GMT</pubDate>
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