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cameo flowers

Cameos are becoming really fashionable again and it’s easy to replicate these

gorgeous little art pieces in sugar using a sugarcraft mould.

you will need

cupcakes baked in black paper cases

flower paste: cream, black, grey

grey royal icing

silver edible lustre dust

clear alcohol

vanilla buttercream

cameo flower mould (FI)

white fat (shortening)

wax paper

small circle cutter

edible glue

small piping (pastry) bag and tube (tip) no. 1

large piping (pastry) bag and large star tube (tip)

1 Lightly grease the cameo flower mould with white fat (shortening) and

press a small amount of cream flower paste into the flower part of the mould

only. You may need to roll up several small pieces of flower paste to do this.

2 Fill the rest of the mould with black flower paste. Use a sharp knife to cut

away any excess paste so that the inner indented area is flat. Turn the mould

out on to some wax paper.

3 Thinly roll out some grey flower paste and cut out ten small circles. Place

the circles around the oval cameo, tucking half of the circle underneath. Stick

the circles in place, one at a time, using some edible glue.

4 Using the grey royal icing and tube (tip) no. 1, pipe one dot in between each circle and three dots against the cameo on each circle. Pipe an additional two outer dots on each circle. Leave to dry completely for a few hours or overnight.

5 Carefully paint the dots with silver lustre dust, using only a small amount of

clear alcohol – if you make the royal icing too wet, it will start to dissolve.

6 Snip the end off the large piping (pastry) bag and place the star tube (tip)

inside. Fill with the buttercream and, holding each cupcake in one hand in turn,

pipe a swirl.

7 Place the cameos on the buttercream swirls. Make small black bows and place beneath the cameos on the cupcakes.

back to basics flower paste … moulds … royal icing … buttercream … bows …