I have the Wilton Gumpaste Flower How to book and all of the flowers are made using wire.
I would like to make them without the wire. Does anyone know how to do that?

Sherry

i have never used wire before.. just not convinced that it will be sturdy enough.. i actually make mine on toothpicks and i leave them on the toothpick as they sit on the cake much better...

I have only ever made gumpaste roses and I have done them both with and without a wire. When I made them without the wire I just set the partially formed rose in a bowl filled with tissues while I made the next petal and it worked great. I bet you could do this with most, if not all of the flowers.

I've also used toothpicks for flowers, but for groups of leaves I'm pretty sure that doens't work. I am going to start an arrangement today and I think wires are my only choice for leaves and for alstromeria. I really hate doing that because it really doesn't seem credible to then call the decorations edible.... I'd love to hear better ideas.

Shalom,
itsacake!

I was wondering, can you use spaghetti noodles instead?

Thanks for all the info.

Spaghetti noodles sound like a good idea. I may try that.

Sherry

I've tried spaghetti for a couple of things and found it breaks really easily (but I'm a klutz). If you find it works for you, plese post the kind/brand you use. The other problem I forsee is that the stems would be realy straight and difficult to use in an arrangement--but hopefully I'm wrong. Please post whatever you decide to do and how it works for you.