Need help with LEAVES pls!!!

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Permalink Reply by suziq auzzi on March 31, 2013 at 6:03am

Suggestions:

1. ruffle the edges like you would for a carnation - just a little more ..

2. do a leaf as for a lily of the valley - removing pieces to get the dandelion shape

3. use thinned/melted fondant to get the "smeary" look on the cake surface-use a Wilton tip #233/royal icing to pipe grass in front as a border ...

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Permalink Reply by June Kowalczyk on March 31, 2013 at 8:37am

Wow

What a challenge Mizztry!!!   Must be a vegan/organic or vegetarian customer. My daughter lives on this stuff. Especially kale!!!  I put kale in my smoothies...... per my daughter's orders.

Ok.  suziq auzzi's suggestion for the the kale is a great idea. The wheat grass..... I would roll out either just fondant or fondant/gumpaste combo very thin.  Do 2 shades of green, one light, one dark. Take a sharp knife or exacto knife & cut strips of grass. Let it dry a little & join them together, a couple of dark with light & so on.  You can bend them to look more authentic.

The dandelion leaf, I would put a pic in front of me, lay paper over top and trace for a template. Then transfer that onto cardboard.  Then use that cardboard template to cut out your leaves on gumpaste.  You will have to use a very sharp knife with a sharp tip, again, like a exacto, to get nice clean edges.

Hope this helps.   :o)

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Permalink Reply by faith brandstetter on March 31, 2013 at 11:27am

for the wheatgrass can you paint it on using a small paint brush and green food coloring gel?  mix with some white and a little vodka.  hope this helps.

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Permalink Reply by jeri c on April 1, 2013 at 2:26am

I agree with Faith if you are wanting the same look as on the cake picture.  It looks like it is painted on the sides using a water color effect.  Using the vodka with the americolor gels would work great. 

The dandelion leaves... you could pick a leaf... make a template out of the plastic template stuff that you can get in the quilting section and cut them out with an exacto knife. 

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Permalink Reply by Mizztry on April 1, 2013 at 9:34am

Ladies,

Thank you so muich for your help and ideas...good luck with me!! I have also suggested doing a salad bowl cake as an alternative...:D

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