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A quick way to add delicate details to your treats
is by making simple life-like blossoms using mini cutouts.
The mini cutouts actually come in several different shapes,
and for this demonstration, I'm going
to be using the flower set.
The flower that comes with actually two different sides
of blossoms and a leaf.
For this technique, you can actually use fondant alone
or if you're looking to get a more noticeable cupped
effect with your flowers, you can add a little Gum-Text.
Gum text is going to help give it some strength,
and so when the flower dries your flower won't droop.
Check out our fondant texture and consistency video
to learn more about adding Gum-Text.
So I have my fondant already kneaded.
We're going to start by dusting our surface
with some cornstarch just so the fondant doesn't stick.
And I'm going to be using my 9-inch roller,
and because we want to roll this out pretty thin
I'm using the pink guide rings.
That's going to help me to achieve
a thickness of 1/16 of an inch.
Because my roller is sticking to the fountain a little bit,
I'm going to add a little more cornstarch
to the top of my fondant, and that
should prevent this sticking.
That's better.
OK, now we are ready for our cut-out.
I'm going to start with the large blossom.
I'm just going to press that down into the fondant
and then pull out.
In this case, the fondant is really cooperating.
Sometimes, though, you're going to find
that you're blossom stays within the cutter.
When that happens there's a handy little ejector on top
that you just push down, and that will eject the flower out.
So I'm just going to make a few more here.
And we'll try-- here's one that actually stuck.
So to eject it out, I'm just going to push that down.
Let's try one of the smaller blossom's now.
And again, we can just eject that out.
OK, next we're going to grab our shaping foam and our ball tool.
And using the small end of the ball tool,
I'm going to just hold it straight up and down
and press down.
You don't have to use a lot of pressure,
and you'll notice when I do that it just lifts up the flowers.
Grab another flower and same thing.
Just hold the ball tool straight up and down and press down.
Now you're going to want to let these dry for a little bit
before you try to apply them to the treat.
But with the Gum-Tex, they're actually
going to dry fairly quickly.
Now with the smaller blossom that I cut out,
you can still use the ball tool.
You're just not going to see quite as much buildup
with the shape of the pedals just because the blossom is
so small.
Now I'm going to go back to one of the larger
blossom's and show you the difference using
the large end of the ball tool.
Again, you're not going to get quite as much lift
using the larger side.
OK, so I have all of my flowers made,
and I'm going to show you how I can add a little detail.
And then I'll show you how you can
attach your flowers to a tree.
So now I'm going to show you how to make a center using
a little tiny piece of fondant.
I'm just going to put the fondant right
in the palm of my hand, and with my index finger
I'm just going to roll it into a ball.
You want to do this very gently so you don't press down too |
and flatten out your ball.
Now I have a few others that are already made.
I have a decorator brush here and some piping gel.
I'm using piping gel, because the flowers have already dried,
and I'm just going to drop my little center down
in there to attach it and it will
stick right to the piping gel.
If you have some royal icing, you can also make a center
if you have like a small tip.
You can pipe out a little dot with a tip 2.
And that's another option if you don't
want to roll the tiny balls out of fondant.
So we've got all of the centers on our flowers,
and now I'm going to show you how we can attach these
to our brownies.
Because we're working with a dry surface,
I'm going to be using piping gel to attach the flowers.
I'm just going to add a little bit of piping gel underneath
and set that right on.
So what I like about these blossoms
is you can turn an average looking brownie
into a really fancy treat.
We can add one more accent here.
I have some green fondant.
So I'm going to use this to roll out and add some leaves
using our leaf mini cutter.
I'm just going to dust my surface here
with some cornstarch, and since my roller
is sticking to the fondant we're just
going to give it a little dusting.
And I've got my leaf cutter, and we'll just
cut out a couple of leaves.
And I'll add a little piping gel to the back.
It only took us a few extra minutes
to add these fine details to the brownies.
Here's another project idea.
This is a great way to dress up a buttercream cake.
Look at how you can add such simple detail
and it makes the cake look so elegant.
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