Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network May 2014 | Page 70

PETALS
Step 1:
Roll out your flower paste over the large vein
on the celboard. The paste does not have
to be super thin, about 1mm is fine. When
using the celboard, sometimes it is hard to see
whether the vein is under the paste, especially
at night. My tip to find the vein is to roll the
paste over the edge, and using a paring knife
cut the end of the paste off like the picture
below. This will show you where the vein sits.
Using the Lily cutter, cut out one of the petals,
ensuring the vein is centered in the petal.

Step 3:
Pinch the bottom of the petal onto the wire.
You need to do this twice, once perpendicular
to the petal, and once in the same line as the
petal so that the end result in flat against the
petal as shown below.

CENTRE
Step 2:
Dip the end of the 26 gauge wire into the tylose glue about
1cm, and wipe the excess glue off the wire using the back
of your hand. You want to ensure the wire has just been
moistened, you do not want it to be wet with glue.
Insert the wire into the ridge on the back of the petal about
4cm. When inserting the wire, ensure you put it straight in,
don’t “twiddle” or twist it, as this may create more space around
the wire and you could end up with loose petals once dry.
Once the wire is inserted, it should look like the picture below.

Step 4:
Place the wired petal on
the matching size veiner,
as shown below. The
cutters and veiners will
have one skinny petal and
one wider petal, ensure
that the size petal yo