Floral Cake Design: Craft Edible Art
Leaves and Branches
A course by Cynthia Irani , Cake Artist
About the video: Leaves and Branches
Overview
“Here you’re going to learn the technique of cutting, wiring and shaping your leaves. You’ll also learn the method of winding floristry tape around a stem to create a complete branch. ”
In this video lesson Cynthia Irani addresses the topic: Leaves and Branches, which is part of the Domestika online course: Floral Cake Design: Craft Edible Art. Use cakes as a canvas to capture the beauty of the natural world by creating delicious botanical compositions with sugar.
Partial transcription of the video
“Leaves and Branches In this lesson, I'll show you my process for making leaves and branches. So I'm using the green gum paste here and I'm massaging it a little bit. I'll roll it out with my rolling pin. You can make these as thick or as thin as you prefer, You can also shape your leaves as you see fit. I'll just use my X-Acto knife and freehand this. So you simply just make the shape that you like. You can have them small or large. It's up to you. I won't be adding a lot of greenery for my final project but this should be enough to give it a bit of life and to give it a bit of interest and...”
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Course summary for: Floral Cake Design: Craft Edible Art
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Category
Craft, Culinary, Design -
Areas
Cake Decorating, Cake Design, Edible Art, Fondant
Cynthia Irani
A course by Cynthia Irani
Cynthia Irani is a contemporary cake designer and artist based in Montreal, Canada. Growing up in a creative household meant she was exposed to a variety of crafts from a young age. She painted murals at school and went on to study graphic design at university, minoring in fine art. Cynthia then worked in the tech industry and product design for 15 years for clients including Yellow Pages Canada, OneOcean Group, and Shopify.
After baking a cake in celebration of the birth of her first child, and sharing it on Instagram, her career in cake decoration began. Since then, Cynthia has become known for her free-flowing petals and the muted, neutral designs which she creates and shares with over 100K followers on Instagram. Her work has also been featured in publications including Cake Masters Magazine and 100 Layer Cakes.
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