Breakfast at Tiffany...

I absolutely love this movie: "Breakfast at Tiffany". But best of all, I love the first couple of minutes of the film. Anyhow, I think Audrey would have liked this cake, too!

Flowers and butterflies... on a cake!

These are a few of my favourite things... The butterflies are made out of gum paste and then painted with petal dust.

So delicate...!

I have been trying to organize all those pictures of the most recent cakes I have done... I will get there... eventually! It's not easy when it's summer out there with so many things going on...!  But I wanted to share this one with you... It's so delicate... I love it!

Coming up in the fall...

For all of you who have been asking for more Gum Paste courses... Wilton will be adding a new Course 4, with more Gum Paste flowers... I will keep you informed!  In the meantime, enjoy this Lily from Minter Gardens... Isn't it pretty?  Then, can you imagine to be able to make one like this... and then... eat it?

Gum Paste Flowers...

Many students are moving away, and request a Gum Paste recipe because they are not sure they will be able to find ready-to-use Gum Paste wherever they go...
So, here is a recipe that might help:

Gum Paste

3 cups sifted icing sugar

1 tb Gum-Tex or Gum Tragacanth

1 tb Glucose

4 tbs warm water

1 extra cup of icing sugar (save for later use)

1. In a large bowl, mix Gum-Tex into 3 cups of icing sugar. Make a hole in the center and set aside.

2. Mix water and glucose in a glass measuring cup and blend. Heat in microwave for about 30 seconds until mixture is clear.

3. Pour into mixture of icing sugar and Gum-Tex, and mix until well blended (mixture will be very soft).

4. Place mixture in plastic bag or wrap in plastic film and seal tightly.

5. Let mixture rest at room temperature for 8 hours or overnight.

6. When ready to use, knead incorporating the extra cup of icing sugar. As you work it in, gum paste should whiten and soften.

Good luck with it... and enjoy your flowers!