Sugar Flowers for Cake Designs
Open Peony
A course by Nasima Alam , Cake Artist
About the video: Open Peony
Overview
“For our peony, we will colour the gum paste with food gel and then roll, cut out, wire, thin, vein and ruffle each petal. ”
In this video lesson Nasima Alam addresses the topic: Open Peony, which is part of the Domestika online course: Sugar Flowers for Cake Designs. Learn how to decorate cakes with beautifully realistic flowers made from gum paste..
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we're going to create the open peony And I'm going to show you different examples. I've got one here that I created. In the center, we've got the stamen. We have got three smaller petals. And on the outside, i've got five outer layer petals. I'm going to show you different types of peonies. Here's another example. As you can see from this particular peony, There are a lot more petals and also the petals are a lot smaller than the example that I showed you. As you can see from this particular peony, There are a lot more petals. and the edges of the petals a lot more ruffled. ...”
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Course summary for: Sugar Flowers for Cake Designs
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Craft, Culinary -
Areas
Cake Decorating, Cake Design, DIY, Edible Art, Sugar Flowers

Nasima Alam
A course by Nasima Alam
Nasima Alam is a UK-based cake artist who specializes in bespoke wedding cake designs. In 2016, she founded Sweet Drops of Heaven, which is dedicated to cake designs and cake decorating classes. Sweet Drops of Heaven also sells original confectionary products and designer stencils.
Nasima has collaborated with clients such as Daniel Wellington, and has been featured in cake magazines such as Satin Ice, Cake Masters, Cake Decoration and SugarCraft. Her work can be seen on her website or through Instagram.
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