For proper spacing of Petunia petals, try this trick. Pipe tip 103 dots of icing on top of lily nail, dividing in 5ths. Visualize the points of a star. Pipe each petal centered over its dot.
If yellow stamens are desired, tint stamens (except pearl) by brushing with Pearl Dust. Bag position: For petals (R), 45° at 3:00; for center, 90°. For petals (L), 45° at 9:00; for center, 90°. Hold tip: For petals, wide end touching surface with narrow end slightly lifted; for center star, slightly above flower. Line 1 5/8 inch lily nail with foil. Dot mark the edge of the nail into five sections with icing. To ensure the proper spacing of petals, try this trick: Pipe dots of icing with tip 103 on top of lily nail, dividing it in fifths-visualize the points of a star. Pipe each petal centered over its dot.
Step 2
Use tip 103. Insert tip into the cup of nail, position wide end of tip down. Squeeze inside the nail and move up to outer edge. Turn nail and jiggle tip to forma ruffle, releasing pressure as you bring tip back down inside nail to starting point. Stop squeezing, lift away.
Step 3
Repeat to make four more petals.
Step 4
Smooth bases of petals together at center of flower with a dampened decorator brush. Using light pressure, pipe tip 16 star in center.
Step 5
Insert five stamens in center, sprinkle with Cake Sparkles?.
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expressionscake from
I've used these on a wedding cake and while somewhat tricky to place on the cake, they are a large enough flower that you don't need too many. Make sure your icing is the right consistency before starting; if it's not, they don't come out right. I usually let mine sit for 2-3 days, depending on the humidity level, before taking them out of the foil. This allows them to be fully set.
Date published: 2010-12-06
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abarrow from
I find this flower to be one of the most difficult, for me anyway! The pressure is very hard to guage, and the stiffness needs to be just rigth too.
Date published: 2010-12-03
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virgie from
This is another one of the Wilton flowers that looks harder to make than it is.Its a beautiful flower that looks good on wedding cakes and on any other cake that you put it on.
