Im having a hard time making apple blossom flowers that look good. This is for a wedding cake that has that style with the branch going up the front of it with flowers on it. I think its usually done with cherry blossoms. I dont think it matters which flower anyway, because they are going to be blue so its not going to be realistic anyway.

Well, I first tried doing it with a 5 petal flower cutter. Its too small. Its only about an inch across. Then I tried a technique where you kind of start with a ball, mark it into 5 sections with a gumpaste tool, then cut slits to make the petals. You have to then kind of shape it into a flower....which, actually the ones I tried were pretty nice, but the middle of all of them looked cracked. None of them looked smooth and pretty in the middle.

Does anyone know of another technique to make really pretty apple blossoms, or do you know of a way i can use the technique I just mentioned but get the center to stay smooth when Im pulling apart and shaping the petals?

This is the tutorial I used, btw. Maybe this will help explain what I was talking about.

http://sugarteachers.blogspot.com/2009/06/cherry-blossom-tutorial.html

What about purchasing a larger 5 petal cutter?

Hi JCE62108, make them out of royal icing. You could make them fast and any size you want. I made some yesterday with tip #101 for small and tip #103 for larger ones. I hope this helps you.

lol. This is for tomorrow, guys.. but the royal is a nice idea. Just wont have time for it to dry. No time to go out and find a larger cutter. Im working on this thing right now.

When I made cherry blossom flowers, I used stamin in the centers. That covered up any cracking you may have. If you don't have stamin, how about using royal icing to pipe centers? Or how about rolling little balls of fondat to make the centers and put them in with gum glue? Pipe buttercream centers?

When I made cherry blossom flowers, I used stamin in the centers. That covered up any cracking you may have. If you don't have stamin, how about using royal icing to pipe centers? Or how about rolling little balls of fondat to make the centers and put them in with gum glue? Pipe buttercream centers?

All done! It turned out ok. the stamins did help cover the cracking a bit. Still not really up to the standards i was hoping for, but it looks pretty good.

Now to drive 1.5 hours to the beach with this thing tomorrow. Joy. You know, Im not doing such huge favors for people anymore. Only charged $350 for this cake, including delivery. the cake should have been $618 plus delivery...and it took me 16 hours from baking to cleanup. Uuugghhh.

Anyways, thanks for the help, guys.