Flowerpaste II

The flowerpaste was a great success! It rolls paper-thin with no problems at all and is great for making delicate flowers such as this carnation.

Thanks to Cake by Cath for this great tutorial on making carnations! 

Flowerpaste

I recently made my first ever sugarpaste flowers and was quite surprised when I went to buy the flowerpaste to discover how expensive it is. This led me to search out recipes for DIY flowerpaste. I came across this recipe on Helen Dissell & Gill Pope's site which I have tried out tonight. In place of copha I used pure coconut oil, and in place of Tylose powder I used gum tragacanth. I've left it to rest and will see tomorrow if I can get some decent flowers out of it.