Fruit Arrangements

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adawndria Posted 8 Jul 2007 , 4:32am
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Hello Everyone--

I know this isn't "cake" related, but have any of you made fruit bouquets with the fruit cut into flowers, etc.? If so, how did you shape/cut the fruit?

TIA!

God Bless!

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Cake_Princess Posted 8 Jul 2007 , 5:37am
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Originally Posted by adawndria

Hello Everyone--

I know this isn't "cake" related, but have any of you made fruit bouquets with the fruit cut into flowers, etc.? If so, how did you shape/cut the fruit?

TIA!

God Bless!




Cookie cutters, melon ballers, crimp shaped cutting tools and a paring knife.

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Honeydukes Posted 8 Jul 2007 , 6:32am
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It's funny you posted this. Just Friday I stopped by a new store here called Edible Arangements:
http://www.ediblearrangements.com/

They were happy to give me a brochure which gave sizes and prices. I don't sell anything like most of you on here do (I'm just a hobbyist.) But I thought it'd be something nice (and different) to take to a potluck or party. I checked out some books from the library on garnishing. These were very helpful in figuring out how they create certain textures and what types of fruit to use. They'll also have pictures of the tools you'll need.

As Cake Princess said mostly cookie cutters and melon ballers. I bought a giant serrator from Maid of Scandanavia.
http://www.sweetc.com/Cat/Set0/004.pdf

HTH

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adawndria Posted 9 Jul 2007 , 1:58am
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We have those stores here too! I drive by one of their billboards every day, and it just makes my tongue wag! LOL I didn't think about checking out books...great idea! I had a serrated thing from Pampered Chef that makes "waves" like on a pickle slice, so I'm sure I can use that for a lot. I'll just have to experiment. Thanks!

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MillyCakes Posted 9 Jul 2007 , 2:13am
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Honeydukes - I have never seen that store before! I love it!! Thanks for the great link!!!!

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dl5crew Posted 9 Jul 2007 , 2:26am
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I'm begining to think that my brain shuts down from time to time. I was reading the post thinking This name sounds very familiar. I looked on their site. DUH!!!!! There is a store about 7 minutes from where I live.

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i_heart_pastry Posted 9 Jul 2007 , 2:27am
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Mini cookie cutters or aspic cutters work really well for this. To get the ridges, use a ridged pastry cutter to slice the fruit, then use the cutters for the shapes.

You can also buy a kit to do these. I just saw them in our kitchen supply last week. Didn't look to see all that was in there, but there were some cutters and skewers among the other tools.

HTH!
Becky

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Honeydukes Posted 9 Jul 2007 , 5:49am
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You're welcome for the link! I would never have known about the store had I not been looking for a British grocery shop that was two doors down! It was completely by luck. I did see these arrangements made a while back on Sugar Rush. They look like an awful lot of fun to make -- a lot of work, but fun!

I do want to try one and I hope if anyone else does they'll be sure to post pictures!

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Rikke_Denmark Posted 9 Jul 2007 , 1:36pm
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wauw what a great way to serve fruit at a parti...

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bncncnmn Posted 10 Jul 2007 , 1:00am
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Okay tried to make a fruit arrangement today what a joke. how do you keep the fruit on the skewers? I tried strawberries, chocolate bananas, and grapes. The only fruit that worked was the grapes. Any idea how to make it work?

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adawndria Posted 10 Jul 2007 , 2:48am
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I think you can cut small pieces of the melon rinds (like a 1/4" square) and push it onto the skewer to stabilize the first piece of fruit and then build from there.

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