Raztegatelnost

Raztegatelnost

I have been so busy this month and I have a ton of stuff to post here,
but time...time is my problem :-)
I am almost finished with the new website/blog design and soon you will
see how things are going to change, but I don't want to spoil the surprise,
so I am not going to say more.

So, what else is new you would ask?
Well, I made a 1st communion cake as a gift this week. It was for Julia,
the daughter of a very good friend of mine . You probably remember that I
made one 1st communion cake last year as well. It was for Julia's older sister-
Carina.
I had a hard time deciding what should I do for Julia's cake.
At first I had an idea about lace gloves, but then I started thinking about
handkerchief..and I asked my friend if she has one as a keepsake from her mom
( Julia's grandmother). It turns out she had one!It was just perfect!!!
Then I started thinking about the flowers, my friend's name is Rose, so I
figured roses would be appropriate, and the girl's favorite color is
light-purple-violetish, so it was decided.

But, there was one small problem-I have never made gum paste or gum paste
flowers in my life, so I had to prepare at least a week in advance to make
sure everything will go smooth.
And I started with the gum paste recipe of Scott Clark Woolley.
Then I remembered I had seen a very beautiful cake that Louise from Cakejournal.com
made and she shared some tips on how to make gum paste roses.
She had posted a link to the tutorial on how to make gum paste roses
of a very talented cake designer Fran McGregor. The link is in the 23rd
post after the picture and you'll have to download it.