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Blossom Painted Cupcake Tutorial
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7 & 8 Pipe another layer of petals with a slightly higher angle than the first (30-40 degrees)
and make sure that they are close to the first layer of petals to avoid gaps. Ideally, you pipe the
petals in between the first layer. Finally, using brown tinted buttercream, pipe little dots in the middle.
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You will need:
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Cupcakes iced with buttercream
White fondant (sugar paste)
58mm scalloped circle cutter
48mm round cutter
Blossom cutter and mould
Rolling pin
Dresden tool
Ice Blue, Pink, Melon, Gooseberry and Christmas Green Sugarflair gel colours
Superwhite powder colour
Yellow tiny non-pareils
Edible glue
Royal icing
Paint brush
Palette or flat plate
Water
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Many Thanks to Valeri Valeriano and Christina Ong of Queen of Hearts Couture Cakes
www.queenofheartscouturecakes.com
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TIP:
To pipe Sunflowers on an angle, using your tinted or plain buttercream, pipe a blob in the
middle before you pipe your guide circle and row of leaves. Pipe leaves in between the gaps to
cover up the blobs.
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1 - 3 Colour a small ball of white fondant using ice blue gel colour.
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10 Add two small bud shapes
below the petals.
11 Mix a small amount of
gooseberry green and pink
together to make brown.
12 Paint in the branch behind the
blossom.
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4 Roll out the blue fondant to
2mm thick and cut out 3 scalloped
circles using the 58mm cutter and
3 plain circles using the 48mm
cutter.
5 Roll out the white fondant to
2mm thick and cut out 3 scalloped
circles using the 58mm cutter and
3 plain circles using the 48mm
cutter.
6 Attach the plain blue discs to the
white scalloped circles.
13 Using gooseberry green, add
leaves behind the blossom and
thin stems and calyxes to the buds.
14 Remember to add the leaves
and branch showing through the
centre of the petals.
15 Add a little Christmas green
to the gooseberry green on your
palette.
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7 Attach the white discs to the
blue scalloped circles.
8 Put a small amount of pink gel
colour onto a flat plate or paint
palette. Water it down to create a
very light pink.
9 Using the light pink colour, paint
5 separate petals to one side of
one of the white discs. Make sure
that they are not all exactly the
same, they need to look natural.
16 Use the darker green to paint
half of each leaf.
17 Using the Christmas green,
undiluted, add thin veins and add
a darker tone to one side of the
buds to give definition.
18 Use a small amount of super
white powder to the pink colour
to make the colour more opaque.
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19 Paint a layer of opaque pink
onto the petals leaving several
areas light.
20 Add more super white to some
pink and add highlighted details to
the petals.
21 Mix more pink into the paler
pink and add final definition to the
petals. Add the darker pink to the
buds.
28 Using the raised part of the
blossom mould, gently press the
centre into the fondant flower to
give detail. Leave your flower to
dry in a corrugated foam tray.
29 To make the buds, take a small
ball of fondant and use your
fingers to roll it into a cone shape.
Add a cross at the bottom using
a thin knife. Make two buds per
cupcake.
30 Take a small ball of fondant,
flatten it and smooth it into a
point.
Use the end of a Dresden tool to
add a few notches in one side.
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22 Mix a small amount of melon
yellow to some super white
powder.
23 Dot on some small spots
of yellow to the centre of the
blossom. Make sure your pink layer
is dry before adding the yellow.
24 Use a darker brown to add
definition to the branch.
31 Add the centre seam and a few
simple veins. Pinch the end of the
leaf folding it slightly and discard
any excess.
32 Make 2 leaves per cupcake.
33 To make the branches, roll out
a thin, irregular strip making sure
it’s not too neat.
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25 Add thin stamen lines linking
the dots to the centre of the
blossom. Darken up the top line of
the branch.
26 Roll out some white fondant
and cut out some blossom shapes
using the blossom cutter.
27 Use the Dresden tool (or
ball tool) to soften the edges of
the petals. Using your painted
blossom as a guide, try to alter the
shape of the petals so they look
more natural.
34 Paint the branches brown and
leave to dry.
35 To paint the blossom start by
painting a dark pink, rough outline
on all petals.
36 Use a lighter pink to fill in the
rest of the petals.
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37 Use lightest pink to add
highlights. Use your brush to
blend the colours lightly and give
a natural effect. Paint the centre
light pink.
38 Add final details using dark
pink.
39 Add tiny yellow non-pareils to
the centre of the blossom using a
small amount of edible glue.
46 Place the painted toppers onto
your iced cupcakes. Ta Da!
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40 & 41 To paint the leaves, apply a base coat of gooseberry green. Mix in
a little Christmas green and paint half the leaf. Use neat Christmas green
to add detail such as outlines and veins. Paint all leaves in the same way.
42 Paint the berries with two
shades of pink and finish with dark
green calyxes.
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43 Attach the branch to the blue
disc using a small amount of royal
icing.
44 Then the blossom…
45…Then the leaves…
Many Thanks to Imogen Davison, Sugar Buttons Cakes
Many Thanks to Imogen Davison of
Sugar Buttons Cakes
http://www.sugarbuttonscakes.com