Carnation Sugar Flower Tutorial

Carnations may have fallen out of favour in recent years but I think they can be used to great effect as a filler flower on cakes.

I experimented this week and created a carnation sugar flower tutorial which is super speedy and simple too! Check out the Pinterest board that inspired it here. What do you think? Can I change your mind on the bad rep of the carnation?

Tools

Here is a list of the tools that I used in the carnation sugar flower tutorial:

FMM 5 petal cutter 35mm – https://amzn.to/4heIEuy
FMM 5 petal cutter 50mm – https://amzn.to/4jAT1KU
Dresden Tool – https://tidd.ly/4gkjc5C
Veining Tool – https://amzn.to/4ghAalm
Mini rolling pin – https://tidd.ly/3WFNf0R
Flower pad – https://amzn.to/40RiY1t
Pliers – https://amzn.to/42AjEcS
20 gauge wire – https://amzn.to/4hA2U9R
Petunia cutter – https://tidd.ly/3PRAbBI
Squires Kitchen Frilling Stick – https://tidd.ly/42tK4go

Materials

Batch of homemade flower paste / gum paste. Get the recipe here
Egg white
Cornflour
Green floral tape – https://tidd.ly/4jyoHRb
Gel colour – https://amzn.to/3EeH7pU
Dust colours – pale pink, green, yellow

You can find the reel tutorial that I created below:

 

 

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I hope you found this quick carnation sugar flower tutorial helpful! If you have any questions about any of the steps, feel free to ask me in the comments.

Clare x

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Clare x