Tutorials

A Sugar Sequin Tutorial- How To Make Sugar Sequins

October 29, 2019 Leave a Comment

Sugar sequins look so pretty on wedding cakes, they add such a lovely delicate sparkle. I love to use sequins on wedding cakes to embellish sugar lace and to add some extra sparkle to designs. Today I’m going to show you how to make sugar sequins using cake lace. In this sugar sequin tutorial I used the sequins cake lace mat and white original cake lace by Claire Bowman.

I have added a list of everything you will need to complete this sugar sequin tutorial on my amazon storefront here, so everything is in one place for you.

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Petal Ruffles Cake Tutorial

October 22, 2019 Leave a Comment

Today I am sharing a petal ruffles cake tutorial with step by step instructions. I have also included my cherry blossom sugar flower tutorial as a free download so that you can create our entire cherry blossom and petal ruffle wedding cake design.

Petal ruffles are one of the most popular design elements amongst my brides. If you take a look at my Instagram you can see just how many brides choose to incorporate them into their wedding cake design. I can definitely see why, they are pretty and delicate and add such lovely texture to a cake. They also pair beautifully with sugar flowers.

But I will warn you, petal ruffles are very time consuming to make! So I have included a few tips which will help you to speed up the process. Keep reading to find out more.

Petal Ruffles Cake Tutorial

Tips

-My favourite tool to speed up any cake design is my electronic sheeter . It is the best investment I have made for my wedding cake business yet and you can find the same one I use here. I highly recommend it!

-Usually a little brush of edible glue is enough to to stick the soft ruffles to the cake, but if your ruffles have set a bit more and they will not stay attached to the cake you can use royal icing.

-Cut out lots of hydrangea shapes at once and store in a plastic zip lock bag until you are ready to thin and scrunch them.

-To create on ombre effect with your petal ruffles start by creating petals in your colour of choice e.g pink and then add a little white flower paste after every two layers of petals. This will gradually lighten the colour and create an ombre colour gradient.

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Sugar Pinecone Tutorial

October 8, 2019 Leave a Comment

Sugar Pinecone Tutorial

Today I am sharing a tutorial showing how to make sugar pinecones. They look really effective on autumn and winter themed cakes. Download our full tutorial if you would like to see how we coloured our leaves with petal dusts to create a lovely autumnal effect and how to create our large sunflower sugar flowers.

I have added a list of everything you will need to complete this sugar pinecone tutorial on my amazon storefront here, so everything is in one place for you.

First roll a small piece of brown flower paste into a cone shape and then flatten the top.

Next roll out some brown flower paste and cut out a scalloped circle shape using a pastry cutter

Cut out a smaller circle shape from the centre of the scalloped circle.

Cut through the scalloped circle using a wheel tool.

Use scissors to cut a deeper indent into each of the scalloped edges of the circle.

Roll the circle in a spiral formation, applying some edible glue to the base to secure. This will form the top part of the pinecone.

Apply edible glue to the top of the flattened cone shape and then attach the top part of the pinecone.

Repeat steps 2- 5 to create 3 additional scalloped circles. Attach to the cone underneath the top section.

Continue to attach all the way down to the bottom until you have completed your pinecone.

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Simple Wax Sugar Flower Tutorial

September 30, 2019 Leave a Comment

Today I am sharing a quick and easy sugar flower tutorial with 10 step by step instructions showing how to make pretty wax flowers. Not only are these sugar flowers beautiful in their own right but also they make the perfect filler flowers on wedding cakes. What’s more you can make them in any colour!

Simple Wax Flower Sugar Flower Tutorial

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Let me know in the comments below any tutorials you would love to see on the Sugar Ruffles blog. I’d love to hear from you.

P.S I love seeing the cakes that you’re making, so if you use one of my tutorials please tag @sugarruffles in your Instagram photos and stories so I can take a look!