Hi guys
A fellow CCer wanted to know how I did my frangipani flowers so I made a very quick tutorial for her... if anyone else is interested it is at this link www.fira.com.au/Frangipani.htm

It's not a spectactular tutorial, but it gives you the basic idea.

Hopefully it's helpful to some of you.

-- Fi

Great tutorial. Thank you Feefs

thanks for sharing...those flowers are beautiful!

Thank you so much for sharing. Great tutorial!!

Beautiful flowers

Question: What is the pink chalk you put on the flowers at the end?

thank-you

the pink chalk is just that... chalk - non-toxic every day artist chalk... not that the toxicity is an issue as I have never had anyone eat my flowers!

If it was doing special flowers (not just a tut) I would use lustre dusts or such... much nicer finish.

-- Fi

are you talking about the chalk that kids use?? do you grind it up into powder??

umm... guess it's the one kids use... it's just artist chalk, non-toxic... and to powder it up I grate it with a tea strainer (metal one)... i'm pretty sure all chalk is the same -- someone correct me if i'm wrong.

-- Fi

Thank-you feefs for answering my question. I thought that is what it was but since I am still new to a lot of cake decorating concepts, labels, etc. I didn't want to assume.

thanks for the tutorial

cool! Thanks!

Thanks so much. I added this one to my favourites. Frangipani are going to be part of my business logo so this will help me immensely!

Thank you so much for this tutortial. I've wanted to know how to make these for so long. They are such a stunning flower. Thanks for taking the time to do this for all of us. Can't wait to try them. Have a great weekend.

thanks! i was really wanting to know how to make these!!

re: chalk .... lots of people use chalk (kid type or the "artist" chalk) i can't seem to get myself to use it on food ... but even luster dust has a lable that says it is for non-food items --- and I dust it on EVERYTHING!

Thank you so much for taking the time and putting this together for us. I love this flowers.

Thanks for sharing, I will have to try these.

This is AWESOME! Thanks so much for sharing.

Thanks for the tutorial. There is so much that I don't know about cake decorating that it can seem overwhelming when I look at other people's pictures. Tutorials like this make it so much easier for those of us who are just beginning. I will definately give this a try. Thanks again.

This is AWESOME! Thanks so much for sharing.

Thank you for sharing this tutorial.
These are one of my very favorite kinds of flowers. :>

~Gigi

This was a great tutorial - thanks! Now I need to find that cutter; maybe I will take a round metal one and just shape it myself. Approximately how long is this cutter?

deb

Hey Deb
The cutters come in different lengths. If you have a rose petal cutter you can use that (the non-jagged edge).. it is a little fatter than a true frangipani, but it can work. The size of the petal is purely your choice... I had to make some larger ones for my cake I made and had a friend make me a cutter especially as I couldn't find one big enough... so long as it doesn't look bizare anything from 1cm to 5cm (sorry, not very good at inches) would work just fine -- the 1cm would be a little fiddly but still possible.

-- Fi

Fi,

Thank you so much for doing this! Explaining how to make a flower is one thing, but a picture tutorial is fabulous!!

Oooh - another thing to put on my 'to-do' list! thanks I want to give his a try - the flowers are beautiful!