alyssum gumpaste flowers

white gumpaste flowers How to make small, white, gumpaste flowers. Easy to follow step by step directions. Your gonna need fondant tools, a clean flat surface, gumpaste, royal icing, a paint brush, and shortening. Amazon Amazon Wilton 1907-1107 Set of 10 Gum-Paste Modeling Tools with Storage Case Amazon Price: $18.54 (as of 05/09/2011) Fat Daddio's 8-Piece Fondant and Gumpaste Modeling Tool Set, 16 Designs Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 05/09/2011) Did you know? Random Facts Did you know? Random Facts [from New Latin, from Greek alusson, from alussos (adj) curing rabies, referring to the ancient belief in the plant's healing properties] www.etsy.com/kanekl Handmade gumpaste flowers, edible cake toppers, gourmet gummy bears, caramels, and marzipan. www.madeitmyself.com/KANEsUgAr Handmade gumpaste flowers, edible cake toppers, gourmet gummy bears, caramels, and marzipan. making gumpaste alyssum Your going to need white, and yellow colored gumpaste, a clean flat surface, fondant/gumpaste tools, shortening, a paint brush, and royal icing. Take small piece of whit hands gumpaste in hands and start kneading(make sure your hands are coated with shortening, to prevent sticking). Once gumpaste is pliable, roll it out onto a pre-greased, flat surface, making sure to roll it out as thin as possible. Use your smallest five petal center, and cut out up to five flowers. Place one flower cut-out on foam mat, and cover the rest. Use your tool thats round on one end, and pointy on the other end. Use pointy side, poke center to cause slight indentation in center. Then again use pointy side, and roll it at a 45 degree angle, on inside of each petal. Once you have done this to all five petals, place in empty egg carton. Allow flower to dry, repeat to desired quantity of flowers. If flowers get a little dry before rolling out, rub both sides with a little shortening, to rehydrate. Take out a small piece of yellow gumpaste. Roll out tiny pieces in between thumbs-up, and index finger into a ball. Place in empty egg carton to dry. Repeat to desired amount. Always make sure you have a few extra flowers, and flower centers, just in case. When both flowers, and flower centers are dry. Get out a small paint brush, and thinned out royal icing. Put a tiny dot in center of flower, and place yellow flower center into it. Put flowers back into empty egg cartons to dry. Now your done, you can use your flowers to decorate cakes, and cupcakes.