Dynamic Sugar Daisies....
Daisies make really nice sugar flower and are great for wedding cakes, birthday cakes and any special occasion cakes.
Here is a nice article on the Daisy flower:
Generally the meaning of Daisy is Innocence, Loyal Love, Purity and Beauty.
Some tips for using/making Sugar Daisies:
-they don't travel well. Due to all the small petals, if you're travelling at all with a Daisy arrangement make sure they're well protected. If you're applying sugar daisies to a cake you don't have to worry about that.
-use a really good daisy cutter, there are many out there that don't work well. Again because of the many petals you want a plunger cutter or a good cutter that allows your gum paste (or fondant) to come out smooth. A cutter shouldn't have any uneven edges or feel rough if you run your finger over the edges.
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| Plunger Daisy set |
-there are many sizes of daisies and many sizes of daisy cutters. Gerbera Daisies for example are large Daisies and there is an XXXL plunger cutter that you can buy. On the other hand the small cute little Marguerite Daisy is a much smaller Daisy.
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| Sugar Gerbera Daisy arrangement |
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| Sugar Marguerite Daisy |
-Plunger cutters are great because you can cut out your cutouts, vein and then push out by the plunger. All the petals come out nice and neat.
Daisy Plunger cutter filled. Once you get to this point run your fingers over the edges to get nice smooth sides.
-You can also control how many petals you put on your daisies. For example, a small daisy can have 2 cutouts, the Gerbera daisy could have 2 XXXL cutouts and with a small cutter have another layer of petals around the middle.
Middles:
-there are many styles of making Daisy middles. You can use a ball of gum paste, flatten a bit and use small scissors around the edges and make it look like small petals around the edge.
-you can use a daisy middle mold.
-you can even make your texture by pressing your middle into mesh wire.
-or poke holes
TIP: if you're making a Daisy on a wire.
When making your daisy center.
You can use a center mold or easily make your own middle. Simply soften your gum paste, roll it in a ball and flatten it a bit to get a flat bottom and top. With a tool 'poke' holes in it--not all the way through, you just want to give it some texture.
-take 3 wires (I use a heavy gauge wire for Daisies since they can get heavy if you add a lot of petals. An 18 gauge works)
Floral tape your wires together and keep one end with all ends of the wire even. Start your tape about 1/4" down from the even top.
Bend each wire down to form a Y shape (if you're looking down from the top)
-Dip Y end of wire into edible glue, and clean off excess. With your gum paste middle facing down, insert the wire careful don't go all the way through. Once in--twist a bit to move each of the Y wires and smooth.
The daisy center will have some strength. This works a lot better then just having one wire or ball stuck in middle.
Allow to dry.
Colours:
Because there are so many colours and variations of Daisies feel free to be creative. Two tones are also beautiful.
Email me if you'd like the full instructions on making Sugar Daisies.
Happy Decorating!!
Christina Lapointe
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