Gumpaste Flowers On Buttercream

Decorating By dolcebaci Updated 25 Jun 2007 , 3:34pm by peg818

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dolcebaci Posted 23 Jun 2007 , 3:28pm
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I was hoping someone could help me out, I need to make a wedding cake and the bride wants a BUTTERCEAM ONLY wedding cake NO FONDANTand wants gumpaste flowers.

My fear is the the flowers will melt...can anyone tell me how to handle this?

Thanks

Dolce

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doescakestoo Posted 23 Jun 2007 , 3:39pm
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Yes you can do that. I do that a lot here. My family and customers want BC but the look of fondant. I do gumpaste flowers on all of the cakes that I make. I love the look that it gives the cakes. Go ahead.

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ShirleyW Posted 23 Jun 2007 , 5:09pm
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Not a problem at all. The flowers can go directly on the cake surface, then refrigerated overnight and be fine as long as your refrigerator doesn't have a lot of humidity. If it does, put the flowers on the same day you serve the cake.

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shanasweets Posted 25 Jun 2007 , 8:33am
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I am confused, why would gumpaste flowers melt. Mine have dried rock hard. It's not like color flow, why would the BC do anything to the gumpaste.

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SScakes Posted 25 Jun 2007 , 9:09am
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I was told that the buttercream will make the flowers go limp because of the moisture from the buttercream.

I suggest go head and do a trial and see what happens.

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peg818 Posted 25 Jun 2007 , 3:34pm
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I think its more of a refridgeration thing then BC thing, esspecially if you are using a crusting bc there won't be anyproblem, they only time i have had gumpaste flowers melt on me, is when they went into a commerical walk in cooler, then they did melt on me (they had set overnight and thankfully it was a free cake), but in my home fridge they have always been fine.

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