How to make a blossom flower

Hello Lovelies,

I thought it was about time I got around to posting another tutorial for you all.  One of my favourite flowers I just love to make are my large blossom flowers which I use for my cupcakes. I just think they are the sweetest and most pretty flower and are so easy to make. 

So lets get started ...

How to make a fondant blossom flower {By Bella Cupcakes}

1. Rolling pin
2. Balling tool
3. Small paintbrush
4. Petal dust
5. Fondant with added CMC
6. FMM flower veiner
7. 5 petal cutter
8. Drying palette
9. Foam pad
10. Flower center mold

Roll your fondant out and use the 5 petal cutter to cut out your blossom.  Run your fingers along the edges of the cutter to ensure a smooth fondant edge to the blossom.

Place your fondant blossom onto your flower veiner, making sure it is centered.  Place the top bit of the flower veiner and apply even pressure.  Once done carefully remove blossom from veiner.  

Place blossom onto your foam pad and using your balling tool, gently thin out the edges of the petal.

Transfer your blossom to a drying palette.   Dust the center and inner petal with petal dust.  Colours I have used are a dusting pink mixed with a violet.  

Roll a pea size piece of yellow fondant and using your flower center mold make a center for your blossom.  A handy tip if you can't get your fondant mold out is to use either a toothpick or pin and gently remove the flower center.  Dab a tiny bit of water or sugar glue into the center of your blossom and then place your flower center to your blossom.  Leave to dry overnight.

And there you have it! A sweet and pretty blossom waiting to pretty up your cupcake.  

All you need now is some buttercream and naked cupcakes!

I hope you have find this tutorial useful and have lots of fun creating these blossoms for your cupcakes.

Notes:

I have been asked where I purchased the FMM veiner and center mold from so please click on the links below to see where you can get yours.

FMM flower veiner

Flower center maker mold

Happy Baking!

How to make a ruffle flower

Hi Lovlies,

I've gotten quite a few emails asking me how I make my ruffle flower, so today I thought I'd share. Below I've made up a tutorial for all you lovelies to try.

The ruffle flower is super easy to make and looks really pretty on a lovely swirl of buttercream.  

Ok so lets get started .....

How to make a fondant ruffle flower {By Bella Cupcakes}

                1. Round fondant cutters : 3cm : 3.5cm : 4.5cm : 5cm

                2. Fondant with added CMC {I colored it with Sugarflair dusky pink}

                3. Cocktail stick or toothpick

                4. Ball tool in medium & small

                5. Drying palette

                6. Foam pad

                7. Shaping foam

Roll out your fondant and using circle cutters cut out 4 fondant circles.

Place fondant circles onto your foam pad and thin out the edges slightly with your ball tool

With your cocktail stick run it alone the edge of the circles to create the ruffles.

Place each ruffle fondant circle on top of each other and place onto your shaping foam.

I use a tiny little bit of water to glue each layer together.

Using your small ball tool, gently push into the center of your ruffle flower.

Transfer your ruffle flower onto your drying palette.  At this stage I take

my cocktail stick just play with the edges a bit to create the right look.  Now

leave to dry overnight and they will be ready to use on your cupcake.

Pipe some buttercream onto your cupcake and place your ruffle flower off center.

And there you have a gorgeous fondant ruffle flower cupcake.

I hope you have found my tutorial easy to follow and useful.  As I said they are really easy to make and really does pretty up a cupcake.  Hope you have fun making these!!

Happy Baking!!

Rose Swirl

Yipee! I have a day off today! Everyone is at work and my little munchkin is at pre-school. It's amazing how quiet the house is. So what do I do on my day off? Hmmm set up a rose swirl tutorial of course!

I get so many requests on how I pipe my rose swirl that I thought I would make up a quick photographic step by step tutorial { Tho, it wasn't quick to photograph and has taken 1/2 the day!! I have to say it was quite hard to pipe with one hand so I could take photos with the other, but hey it was fun! }

Firstly lets talk about the tips that I used:

For both my normal swirl and rose swirls I will either use a Wiltons star tip 1M {larger} & a Wiltons star tip 2D {smaller}. I use the 2D for my rose swirl as it gives a more delicate look, however if you only have a 1M that will work just as well.

So lets get started!

{How to pipe a rose swirl}

{Equipment}
1M or 2D star tip : piping bag : buttercream : cupcakes : decorations

{Method}
1. Start from the middle and pipe a small amount of buttercream into the centre.

2. Slowly work your way around going anti-clockwise until you reach the outer edge of your cupcake. Remember to apply even pressure to your pipping bag, this insures an even swirl all the way around.

3. Finish of with a decoration where the swirl ends.

And there you have a rose swirl cupcake!

Hope this tutorial has been useful and you can get an idea of how to pipe a rose swirl. You just have to keep at it and you will eventually get the rose swirl you desire.

{Remember}
Practice makes prefect!

Happy piping everyone!