I have been dabbling with sugar flowers for just over a year now…….ive found using tylose powder with my fondant is working best and its a lot cheaper than buying ready made flower paste.
I bought a large tub of tylose online, it was £7 pound something and I still have half left after a year!
The main thing ive found with sugar flowers is to make sure your buds and pieces are dry properly before you go on to the next step….Ive had a lot of flowers fall off the wires cos ive been impatient. Add about 1 tsp per 500g of fondant, knead well and leave to rest overnight. Youll find with flower making there are a lot of steps over days and days of drying time.
With regards to colouring, I use sugarflair gel paste colours….if it makes the paste too soft just add a little more gum powder. And then youll need all sorts of dusting colours. Dusting the petals makes them look more realistic.
If your gumpaste becomes too dry, you can add a little white shortening. Trex in uk, from supermarkets and crisco in usa and elsewhere.
Ive learnt everything I know from here and you tube tutes are really helpful…….there are tons. Just type in gumpaste……then the flower name…..and theres usually quite a few tutes.
Hope this helps….any thing else dont hesitate to ask ;-)))))
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