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Does anyone have a good method for making wired hydrangea quickly? They don't need to be hyper-realistic. I've seen interesting hydrangea on Ron Ben Israel cakes and wonder if anyone has an idea how they are formed.

Currently, I make a hollow cone and cut it into four followed by smoothing the petals with my thumb and forefinger.

I know "fast" and "gumpaste flower" aren't synonymous, yet...

Any ideas?

Oh honey, run out and buy this! It's worth it's weight in gold..

http://www.globalsugarart.com/product.php?id=19020



I use these and I can make about 75 flowers in 30 minutes and I'm slow! It's super-easy to do. Just cut and press them for a second in the silicon mold. (Doing them on wires would take a bit longer, admittedly...but faster than whatever you are doing now, that's for sure.) Here are some pics of the finished flowers on stuff....

Thanks for the info Antonia74. It seems to be out of stock but i'm on the hunt to find it. I really like the way they look and it seems really easy to use.

you can also get a set at:
http://www.jenniferdontz.com under cutter/veiner sets. jen ships really fast!

oh yeah, we have that hydrangea cutter and mold - it is great! So far since June, we've made about 1,200 flowers with it! We had a 700 mini cupcake event and each cupcake had its own gumpaste tropical colored flower on it (the hydrangea looks similar to a lei flower when it's dried flat and made into bright tropical colors), we had a shower cake that had about 400 individual purple hydrangeas on it - half on stems, half not, and we've done another event with about 600 mini cupcakes and every other one had a pink or green gumpaste hydrangea on it.

I highly recommend this cutter/mold.

To put them on stems is a bit of a PITA, but after you get in a groove, it's do'able.

oh yeah, we have that hydrangea cutter and mold - it is great! So far since June, we've made about 1,200 flowers with it! We had a 700 mini cupcake event and each cupcake had its own gumpaste tropical colored flower on it (the hydrangea looks similar to a lei flower when it's dried flat and made into bright tropical colors), we had a shower cake that had about 400 individual purple hydrangeas on it - half on stems, half not, and we've done another event with about 600 mini cupcakes and every other one had a pink or green gumpaste hydrangea on it.

I highly recommend this cutter/mold.

To put them on stems is a bit of a PITA, but after you get in a groove, it's do'able.