I have two questions:
1. How do you make gumpaste? I have seen the tutorials on here for making gumpaste items and I need to learn how to do it. I have a wedding cake for the first weekend of August and she wants Cala Lillies on the cake. The design is very simple but I have never made gumpast or Cala Lillies.
2. If I make the cakes and have them decorated by Wednesday do you think they will still be okay for a Sunday wedding? They are going to be iced with all Crisco BC. What are your suggestions for assuring they will be okay? The problem is I am going out of town Thursday Morning for my daughters wedding the same weekend so I need to try to get this figured out.
Thanks so much,
Bradymom
I have found one of the easiest to make and work with is Nicholas Lodge's Tylose gumpaste recipe.
http://www.nicholaslodge.com/gumpaste.htm
Not sure what you are saying here. You will have the cakes iced and decorated on Wednesday for a Sunday wedding? I am not sure how well they are going to hold up for that length of time. If you are using a Bavarian or soft filling the cake may get soggy before then. The gumpaste Calla Lilies can be made months in advance and placed on the cake the night before without softening. I personally would not do this cake if I couldn't make certain it would be the very best I could deliver. I would call these people and explain the situation with your daughters wedding and if you know of someone in your area who could do exactly what they wanted on this cake I would refer them.
Not sure on your gumpaste q, but personally, I wouldn't think this cake would be at its optimum freshness made that far in advance. JMO
I agree with Shirley. The Nick Lodge GP is easy to make and lasts forever. I just finished using a batch that I made in January. If you use that recipe, I would advise buying the sifted 10X sugar if you can. That's the only thing that is time consuming, and I actually bought it cheaper that I pay in the grocery store.
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