Edible butterflies
I just wanted to share the excitement I felt when I finally had a go at making gelatine butterflies. I wanted to practice them before the wedding cake I have to do in March and was concerned that they wouldn't hold up in humidity or that they would look cheap and nasty and plastic. I was very pleased with the results, and so was the bride to be when I emailed her a pic too.
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Permalink Reply by art deco cakes by galidink on
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so very beautiful , love this
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Permalink Reply by ipshita chakladar on
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Amazing! I love butterflies but like others have said, i usually make fondant and gumpaste ones or use the rice paper ones. Howdid you make these?
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BEAUTIFUL WORK
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Permalink Reply by June Kowalczyk on
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You know Gail, you can use knox gelatin to make these. I have made hearts & squiggles. It just takes a bit of time as you have to paint on each thin layer of gelatin. There is a website, and I believe she is a member hear, and she shows step by step how to do.
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Permalink Reply by Bettina Dwyer on
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Ipshita I bought some butterfly veining sheets from cake connection in the States.
Then using gelatine that has been heated so it becomes a liquid you use a soft brush and paint it onto the sheets; leave it to dry and then take it off the sheet, cut around the edge with scissors to neaten the wings, add a fondant body , some disco dust and voila! a transparent edible butterfly!
If you would like to see a video of this activity go to http://www.cakeconnection.com/gelatin_art.php.The video shows how to make flowers, but the technique is the same.
ipshita chakladar said:Amazing! I love butterflies but like others have said, i usually make fondant and gumpaste ones or use the rice paper ones. Howdid you make these?
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Permalink Reply by Christina Little on
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These are so beautiful! Is this teqnique very time consuming?
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Really the most time consuming part is waiting for the darn things to dry so you can get into it! Although I made fondant bodies you can also just pipe them using royal icing. I end up in a production line. I cut out all the wings fold them in the middle (as you make sure you paint some gelatine across the gap between the wings to connect them). Paint a little piping gel on the edges and dip into glitter then place onto formers (I use a corner cut from a show box that I have covered with some baking paper) then I make the bodies or pipe them, and they're done. Then all you need to do is wait for the to dry so the wings will stay in place. It sounds very complicated but it's not and the results speak for themselves.
Even if you decide it's not for you I would highly recommend having a go because the feeling you get looking at what you have created is amazing!
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Fantastic! Thanks for the reply, can't wait to try!
Bettina Dwyer said:Really the most time consuming part is waiting for the darn things to dry so you can get into it! Although I made fondant bodies you can also just pipe them using royal icing. I end up in a production line. I cut out all the wings fold them in the middle (as you make sure you paint some gelatine across the gap between the wings to connect them). Paint a little piping gel on the edges and dip into glitter then place onto formers (I use a corner cut from a show box that I have covered with some baking paper) then I make the bodies or pipe them, and they're done. Then all you need to do is wait for the to dry so the wings will stay in place. It sounds very complicated but it's not and the results speak for themselves.
Even if you decide it's not for you I would highly recommend having a go because the feeling you get looking at what you have created is amazing!
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