I have a friend who really wants GUMPASTE (not real) succulents on her wedding cake -- does anyone know of a tutorial or have any tips for making/coloring these? Thanks in advance!!
The September 2010 issue of the Cakecentral magazine has a nice succulent tutorial. I downloaded it too for a wedding cake I have coming up.
This may be your best bet. I recently did a pretty exhaustive search for tutorials online for GP succulents and couldn't find a darn thing. However, they look comparatively easy to make since most of them are pretty chunky.
The artistry, as usual, seems to lie in the coloring with petal dusts. Do a Gallery search here on CC and you'll pull up some nice examples.
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OMG!! THANK YOU X100000!!! I needed this in the worst way! I posted this ( http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=738377&highlight=) a couple months ago and didn't get too far, that tute is awesome with extra awesomesauce! I might actually be able to pull this off...... 
I needed this in the worst way! I posted this ( http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=738377&highlight=) a couple months ago and didn't get too far, that tute is awesome with extra awesomesauce! I might actually be able to pull this off......
Jeep Girl, you should also invest in the online Cake Central.com magazine for September 2010. I think it's about $6 to download the entire issue. I have that issue (online download), so this is the information:
On page 27 you see the 3 tier cake with a spray of GP succulents and a few flowers, then on pages 28 and 29 there are 32 separate pictorial, step-by-step instructions on how to make the succulents. Kaysie Lacky of The People's Cake, did the demonstrations and tutorial for the GP echeveria.
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Another forum member in an earlier post you'd made about this cake had mentioned the September 2010 issue for the tutorial. That's why I bought it!
Ms. Lackey supplies a complete list of tools and materials needed, including colors and dust colors. She shows how and when to wrap each "petal", etc.
Totally! Now I'm just waiting for my PDF download :-/ I got the confirmation email that said my PDF instructions would follow in a few moments buuuuuuut, so far nuthin' and yeah, I keep checking the spam folder, ugh I hate waiting for stuff!
Could someone please help me find the link to download the September 2010 issue? I have only been able to find a page about the preview of that issue, but nowhere can I find download information!
Could someone please help me find the link to download the September 2010 issue? I have only been able to find a page about the preview of that issue, but nowhere can I find download information!
You have to purchase the digital back issue from CakeCentral for $5.99
Here's the page of the digital back issues:
http://shop.cakecentral.com/collections/cake-central-magazine
You want Vol. 1, Issue 6 (you can see a photo of the cover with the article about "succulent succulents, a tutorial".
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