Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network November 2017 | Page 32

Dusting the buds. Step 1: Take a small amount of light green petal dust and brighten with some yellow. Proceed to stroke the indentations of each bud with colour. Step 2: You could colour some buds with full colour, leaving no traces of white. Step 3: Here is what your finished buds should look like. Step 1: Roll a small amount of green sugar paste over a groove in the groove board. Step 2: Step 3: Vein and cut a leaf using Dampen the end of a 26g the veiner and leaf cutter. green wire and insert into the groove on the back of the leaf. Step 4: Gently thin the edges of the leaf the same way as we did the petals. Step 5: Allow to dry on bumpy foam. Step 6: Once dry, dust your leaves with any shade of green petal dust that you like. Step 7: And finish with a coat of confectioners glaze, to give the leaf a beautiful glossy appearance that lasts. Making the leaves. f www www.facebook.com/netticake www.lookatthatcake.com