So helpful to see your thought process for arranging flowers on a cake. I have never arranged flowers on a cake but would like to incorporate this into my skill. Thanks for sharing Alexandria
All of it! Only 3mins in and already see where I’m going wrong. I make the flowers then hope for the best and stress out trying to figure out where to put them. So, sketching it seems is where I’m going wrong, which is at the start. Oh my 😅😅😂😂. Thanks for sharing ❤️
Figuring out the flow of the arrangement. I just can’t think about what flow “shape” is the best. Maybe a video on different flows, especially for tiered cakes.
Everything, I remember myself putting up a wedding cake. The bride have instructed me to use the same flowers that the florist company use for the venue. When the lady in charge of the flowers gave me that little bit of flowers my mind went blank! Thank Lord my brother in law was with me and help me out!!!
This was so helpful. I have trouble placing my filler flowers and trying not to break them and filling in the holes of my straws those are my trouble areas
I never know what to place on first... the largest flowers or the fillers and foliage! So this video is very much appreciated 🙏🏼 thank you Alexandria 😊
Thank you for the very generous and awesome tutorial. I struggle with keeping petals from breaking after the flowers are made. Do you tips on how to make the gumpaste a little less brittle
If you have problems with this try keeping the petals a bit thicker instead of rolling too thin. If your gumpaste doesn’t have enough structure add a bit more CMC
Alexandria, I have never made gumpaste flowers before, but I have a 50th birthday cake order due for the 19th and was hoping to do some. The cake will be a 6” tier on top of an 8” tier, iced with a buttercream. The customer would like me to use fall colors (the favorite color is purple) and have some flowers on the cake. They said the flowers could be real or silk or...... I did have the impression that they weren’t real into buttercream flowers. I didn’t really want to deal with real flowers and thought I’d look for artificial ones. Now I’ve been thinking of trying gumpaste flowers. Could you recommend some relatively simple flowers I could make, using fall colors, including purple. This is new for me and I really am not sure where to start. I’m not even sure how many flowers I would need for that size cake. I am planning on adding a thin, decorative fondant wrap partially around each tier. I’d appreciate any input and thoughts you might have. 😊
Hi Joann, if you'd like to start with some easy ones for practice I'd recommend lilacs and stephanotis. Since you'll need something that covers space you could use carnations (which is one of the easier large flowers) and spray roses. Then fill any space you have with fillers like the stephanoits/lilacs. All of the flowers you can make in any colour you'd like which is a huge plus for gumpaste flowers vs. real! Depends really on the size of arrangement but I'd think 3 larger flowers (like carnations) 5 spray roses and 20 or so fillers would be sufficient to make 2 smaller arrangements.
@@FinespunCakes I’m hoping to make the flowers you suggested, but I have no idea how much gumpaste is needed. Is there an average weight per flower? I have no idea how much of the different colors to mix.
@@joannjacquin4983 It's really just trial and error unfortunately! Start with 100g-150g of gumpaste and just add a little bit of colour on the end of a toothpick to start with and you can see how far that will take you. You can gradually add more.
This is the hardest part for me... ARRANGING 😬 I get that “paralyzed feeling” looking at my perfectly smooth cake. I am an artist and I understand composition, but this is where I struggle 🤦♀️
I always damage my buttercream when I place the flowers. Even with a chilled cake 😩 Part of my solution is to finish the cake entirely before bringing it to the venue. Lesson learned
Everything about arranging the flowers are terrifying for me... I hope your neck it's feeling better today, thanks againg for sharing your beautiful designs 💕😊
Super. Me encanta tu trabajo. Fenomenal. Bellísimo. Felicitaciones. Gracias ☺️
absolutely gorgeous
Thank you! 😊
great video! more video (flower arranging) like this!
So helpful to see your thought process for arranging flowers on a cake. I have never arranged flowers on a cake but would like to incorporate this into my skill. Thanks for sharing Alexandria
Thank you so much for this video. There aren't many tutorials on how to arrange sugar flowers. This is so helpful. Thank you.
Beautiful !
All of it! Only 3mins in and already see where I’m going wrong. I make the flowers then hope for the best and stress out trying to figure out where to put them. So, sketching it seems is where I’m going wrong, which is at the start. Oh my 😅😅😂😂. Thanks for sharing ❤️
Absolutely loved this and learnt so much. Thank you for your generosity 🥰
Gorgeous!
Figuring out the flow of the arrangement. I just can’t think about what flow “shape” is the best. Maybe a video on different flows, especially for tiered cakes.
Everything, I remember myself putting up a wedding cake. The bride have instructed me to use the same flowers that the florist company use for the venue. When the lady in charge of the flowers gave me that little bit of flowers my mind went blank! Thank Lord my brother in law was with me and help me out!!!
How do I pick flowers that go together?
This was so helpful. I have trouble placing my filler flowers and trying not to break them and filling in the holes of my straws those are my trouble areas
Takes some practice for sure. And you can always use a bit of royal icing/buttercream to fill in the holes if you'd like!
I never know what to place on first... the largest flowers or the fillers and foliage! So this video is very much appreciated 🙏🏼 thank you Alexandria 😊
Thank you very much. It does help me a lot.
Nice technique..fillers and foliage are back up but it plays total attention to the beauty of the cake...i love it..
EVERYTHING ABOUT FLOWER ARRANGING
Thank you for the very generous and awesome tutorial. I struggle with keeping petals from breaking after the flowers are made. Do you tips on how to make the gumpaste a little less brittle
If you have problems with this try keeping the petals a bit thicker instead of rolling too thin. If your gumpaste doesn’t have enough structure add a bit more CMC
@@FinespunCakes thanks a lot. I'll try that
Beautiful ❤️🥀
Alexandria, I have never made gumpaste flowers before, but I have a 50th birthday cake order due for the 19th and was hoping to do some. The cake will be a 6” tier on top of an 8” tier, iced with a buttercream. The customer would like me to use fall colors (the favorite color is purple) and have some flowers on the cake. They said the flowers could be real or silk or...... I did have the impression that they weren’t real into buttercream flowers. I didn’t really want to deal with real flowers and thought I’d look for artificial ones. Now I’ve been thinking of trying gumpaste flowers. Could you recommend some relatively simple flowers I could make, using fall colors, including purple. This is new for me and I really am not sure where to start. I’m not even sure how many flowers I would need for that size cake. I am planning on adding a thin, decorative fondant wrap partially around each tier. I’d appreciate any input and thoughts you might have. 😊
Hi Joann, if you'd like to start with some easy ones for practice I'd recommend lilacs and stephanotis. Since you'll need something that covers space you could use carnations (which is one of the easier large flowers) and spray roses. Then fill any space you have with fillers like the stephanoits/lilacs. All of the flowers you can make in any colour you'd like which is a huge plus for gumpaste flowers vs. real! Depends really on the size of arrangement but I'd think 3 larger flowers (like carnations) 5 spray roses and 20 or so fillers would be sufficient to make 2 smaller arrangements.
@@FinespunCakes Thanks for replying so quickly. I’m going to look for tutorials on those flowers and see what I come up with.
@@FinespunCakes I’m hoping to make the flowers you suggested, but I have no idea how much gumpaste is needed. Is there an average weight per flower? I have no idea how much of the different colors to mix.
@@joannjacquin4983 It's really just trial and error unfortunately! Start with 100g-150g of gumpaste and just add a little bit of colour on the end of a toothpick to start with and you can see how far that will take you. You can gradually add more.
@@FinespunCakes ok. Thank you. I need these flowers to be all completed and ready to place on the cake this coming Friday. I hope that I can do it! 😩
When placing them on a real cake, you mentioned black cocktail straws are these the same thing as sip straws. I saw those on amazon and was wondering
I think those are the same thing!
How do you feel about using Safety Seal rather than a straw?
I think that’s fine too! I’m not too picky, the straws are the easiest to find so that’s why I used them in the vid ☺️
If you use a lot of straws, is there any danger of the cake breaking?
I suppose if you use a ton of them it could be an issue? I've never run into this problem and I think it will help if the cake is well chilled too.
This is the hardest part for me... ARRANGING 😬 I get that “paralyzed feeling” looking at my perfectly smooth cake. I am an artist and I understand composition, but this is where I struggle 🤦♀️
The hardest part for me is attaching the flowers together to make a spray and arranging them to accentuate the main flower.
this is really tough!!
Mam please make tutorial on peony flower
Please reply
She has a paid class on the peony flower.
@@daemmerung19 ok
I always damage my buttercream when I place the flowers. Even with a chilled cake 😩 Part of my solution is to finish the cake entirely before bringing it to the venue. Lesson learned
Everything about arranging the flowers are terrifying for me...
I hope your neck it's feeling better today, thanks againg for sharing your beautiful designs 💕😊
Thank you, Andrea! Feeling much better :)
Hope you can practice your arranging and feel a little less terrified by it ;)
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