An Expression of Art

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Royal Icing: Violet Leaves

Violet leafs add a pleasant full look to cakes. Since violet flowers are too small, I like placing them under the flower to bring out its details. Refer to Flower Index for other flower links.

Violet Leaf


Instructions:


  1. Looking down on your flower nail, imagine dividing the nail in half; Then in two quarters.
  2. Squeeze royal icing on one quarter of the nail slightly. Go up by using a jiggling or zig zag motion (another way to describe it is to do multiple ‘n’ letters
  3. When you reach the top slide tip out a little bit and ‘fan’ the royal icing as you turn the nail.
  4. Continue down the path (second quarter) in a jiggling motion moving back to starting point.
  5. Dry in medium flower former to give a slight cupped shape to leaf.


Link to how to make Violet Flowers (flower shown above)

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