I made gumpaste Calla Lillys for my MIL birthday cake tomorrow. They are stuck on the formers and I can't get them off!!! Any suggestions...Please?

On the plastic Wilton formers???

If it were me, I think I'd try to warm the former with a hairdryer and gently pull the flowers off.

Let us know what works!

Rae

They are on the wilton plastic. Good idea with the hair dryer Rae!!!! Thank you! I was thinking over a steaming kettle, but the hair dryer sounds like less trouble. I will let you know how it turns out.

Is this crazy - to throw it in the freezer? That often works with stuck items, but I don't know about this.

don't know about the freezer. It gets melted wax out of containers, so I see your thought process.

I would pop in the freezer and try from there. No heat or steam.

I'll try it now with one of them. That way if I mangle it coming off the form I can make more. Here goes nothing!!

Well. The freezer just made the lilly all gummy. So what I ended up doing was wrapping my hand around the lilly for like 45 sec and then I gently twisted out the former. Only one broken. not bad. Hope it helps someone in the future.

Please remember to dust the formers generously before you place your calla lilies on them to prevent them from getting stuck. Dust them with a 50/50 mix of powdered sugar and cornstarch.