I am so excited to share with you all this short video on how to make sugar blossoms! Sugar blossoms are one of the easiest and quickest sugar flowers to make. If you have been interested in making your own sugar flowers this is a great flower to begin with. Even if you are an advanced sugar artist this is a wonderful flower to add to your repertoire. They are excellent filler flowers and equally standing alone.
Here are the basic tools and steps to creating gorgeous sugar blossoms at home:
You will need:
-sugar paste or gum paste (mine is homemade, I use Maggie Austin’s recipe from her book. You can also buy some off of Amazon or an online bakery supply store).
-CelPad (This is CelPad 1, it has 3 holes in it. Those holes are important for these sugar blossoms).
-CelPin (medium)
-Veining tool
-Hydrangea blossom cutters
-24 gauge green floral wire (cut into thirds)
-shortening
-AmeriColor food coloring gels
-wire cutters
-needle nose pliers
-styrofoam block
-floral tape
-cornstarch
-liquid egg whites
-assorted brushes
-petal dust
How to make Sugar Blossoms:
Begin by conditioning your sugar paste with a little bit of shortening. Add in your gel food colors of choice.
Take a small piece of sugar paste and roll into a ball (about the size of a hazelnut). Place on the dark orange side of your CelPad in the medium sized hole. Gently push down and begin to flatten. Take your CelPin and begin to roll out your sugar paste. You want it to be pretty thin, you should see the outline of the hole and the orange color of the CelPad starting to show through.
Remove from CelPad and cut out your shape with a hydrangea blossom cutter, keeping the “hat” part in the middle.
Flip your CelPad over to the foam side and place your blossom into the large hole. Begin to gently stretch and form your petals with the CelPin. Being careful to apply even pressure past the edge of the sugar paste.
Take your veining stick and gently roll along each petal to leave a veining imprint.
Take your green 24 gauge floral wire and gently make a hook at the top with your needle nose pliers. Dip into your liquid egg whites and tap off any excess liquid. Gently pick up your blossom and thread the floral wire through the center making sure the top of the hook is just peeking through the top.
Gently grab opposite sides of your blossom and pinch them together, squeezing slightly towards the center.
Place your sugar blossom in to the styrofoam block to allow to dry. Play around with how each blossom dries so that each one is unique and has shape and movement to each petal. Perhaps some are closed and some are more open. Maybe on petal is curved out while the others are tucked in.
Repeat all the steps for remaining sugar blossoms. Allow to dry overnight.
After your blossoms have dried, take your petal dust and begin to mix them together to create the colors that you desire. Gently brush onto each petal to add dimension and color. Don’t think about this too much, just try to find areas that you want to highlight and bring more attention to them by adding color, light and dark!
Once you have colored all of your flowers you can begin to arrange them into little bouquets. I like to start to small and then gradually add to them. Secure with your floral tape.
Good luck! I’d love to see what you create! Tag me on Instagram @ballerina_baker.
xo,
BB