Make a rose bug with sugar gum paste. Learn about using gum paste dough to make flowers in this free crafting video.
Expert: Judy Brosco
Bio: Judy Brosco has been doing arts and crafts as a hobby for the past 20 years. Over the years, she has participated in numerous classes and workshops and considers herself a crafting junkie.
Filmmaker: Nick Brosco
Duration : 0:4:57
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yes there is such …
yes there is such thing as gumpaste they taste diff and look and feel diff so u mite wanna get your fax from some were els
y do all the people …
y do all the people making the “how to” videos involving cake decorating or gum paste have to be old ladies. it makes me feel a knitting grandma. and im 14!!!
Everyone just to …
Everyone just to tell you there is no such thing as gum paste. It can be eaten. The gumpaste is actually is fondant.
I prefer using …
I prefer using sugar glass (a type of sugar made to look and feel like glass when it’s dried. Sounds like porcelain if you drop it or they tap against eachother. Gum paste is tempermental, and fondit is not preferred unless you know how to make it taste right.
cool not
cool not
You can try with …
You can try with fondant, but i dont think youll get the same effect. Gumpaste is alot firmer, stretchier than fondant, and drys rock hard, which is perfect for flower type decorations. Ive used both, fondant is ALOT harder to work with, so if your a beginner, your best of using gumpaste or petal / mexican paste for this sort of thing.
She probably put …
She probably put some crisco or something on them to begin working with the gum paste, alot of bakers or candy makers do that to keep their hands from sticking to the project.
her hands look nasty
her hands look nasty
can you make these …
can you make these with fondant? i dont think you could pull as hard as she did to ruffle the edges, but could you do something similar?
Making flowers with …
Making flowers with Gum paste looks more realistic than making them with iceing but it depends on peoples taste and how they want it to turn out (i also think its easyer than icing to
The egg white helps …
The egg white helps the gum paste stick better.
I think icing roses …
I think icing roses look cheap. Any you can paint these flowers to make them look more realistic. If you’re good at making gum paste flowers, they look really beautiful, not like grocery store flowers on a cake.