In November Browny’s Cakes will start with different sugar flower workshops. If you are creative and want to learn how to make these beautiful flowers send an e-mail to info@brownyscakes.com 

During these workshops you will learn different techniques, so you can decorate your own cakes at home with these flowers.

Contents workshops 
– You’re going to work with gumpaste, veiners, flower wire, dusts and stitching.
– All the materials needed for making the flowers are included in the workshops.
– Morning workshop: Lunch (sandwiches) and drinks (soda, coffee, tea) are included in the workshop price.
– Afternoon workshop: Snack and drinks (soda, coffee, tea) are included in the workshop price.
– At the end of the workshop  you will received a certificate as proof, that you have completed the Workshop sugar flower successfully at Browny’s Cakes.
– After the workshop, there is the possibility to buy the products that you use during the workshop. Your purchases can only be paid in cash and are sent by post.

For more information check Browny’s Cakes webshop or click here for further information. You can also send an e-mail to info@brownyscakes.com

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Two weeks ago, I made ​​a nice monkey cake with on the top some beautiful flowers. I made these flowers with gumpaste. If you don’t have gumpaste and you want to make it yourself, click here for the “How to make gumpaste” tutorial.  You can also make these flowers with fondant, but you have to work faster because fondant is not as elastic as gumpaste.

I have also another flower tutorial on my blog. If you want to read that blog click here.

I received a lot of emails asking me if I can show how I made the flowers on the monkey cake. In this blog I’m  going to show you how I made these flowers. They are very easy to make. You just need a little bit of patience because it is a process to make them.

What do you need:
1 Gumpaste
2 Petal cutter
3 Edible glue
4 Ball tool
5 Rolling pin
6 Veiner
7 Foam pad mat
8 Some cups to let the petals dry on.

Steps:

1. Roll your fondant very thin and cut out the petals with your petal cutter. I do them one by one, but If you want you can make more at once and store them in a plastic bag. This prevents the other petals to dry out.

2 Put your first petal in the veiner and press very gently otherwise you can break the petal. The veiner helps to give your flower a more realistic form.

3 Put your petal on your foam pad mat and make a wavy motion on the edge of the petal with your ball tool. Making this motion with your ball tool you give your petal a more curly and realistic shape. You will need 4 petals to make this flower.

4 Put your petals one by one in your cups. If you don’t have these cups you can also make your own with foil. The cups helps to the petals to dry in a nice shape. let the flowers dry out completely for 1 day.

5. When flowers are completely dried you can put some color on them with color dust or you can use edible glitter for some shine.

Have fun making these flowers. If you have questions leave a message behind and I’ll try to answer you ASAP.

Thanks for reading my blog and your support. Please share so more people can check out my blog and learn some more new things.

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This is a very special cake. I received a message 2 weeks ago from a lady who work at a place for mentally disabled people. She asked me if I can make a special cake for a lady who is turning 91 years old. Her name is Corrie and she is a mentally disabled woman. She told me that Corrie love Apes and colors. So I could make the cake as colorful as I can.

I was very happy to make this cake, because Corrie is special and she is turning a respectful age. Hopefully I can turned at least 45 year old.

I start first by sketching the cake. I usually  sketch my cakes ideas and check which colors will fit with my cake idea.

Monkey cake sketch

All the flowers on the cake are handmade with gumpaste. So I had to make the flowers in advance, so they can dry. Gumpaste flowers are very delicate so they need to dry properly so you can use them on your cake. Below you can see the flowers, that I made for this cake. In another blog I will put the how to make these flowers. They are very easy to make. You only need to have some patient.

Gumpaste flowers

 I made Chocolate Oreo cookie butter cream. This frosting is so delicious you can eat it out of the bowl. Yammie frosting!!

Below you can see the end result of this cute and colorful happy monkey cake.

Recap of the last two months
Hi everyone. It has been a while that I write a new blog. I have been very busy with baking cake and the webshop of Browny’s Cakes. I didn’t blog as much as I wanted these 2 months, but I kept the blog updated with new pictures. Take a look in the gallery for all the new cakes. You can also follow all the new Browny’s cakes projects on Browny’s Cakes Youtube channel

Dinosauros youtube video
Here a short youtube video of a Dinosauros cake that I made. The Dinosauros is made with rice crispies and the cake is painted with edible color paste. Everything to make this cake is obtainable on the webshop so check the webshop out.

Chuggington cake
One of my favorite cake out of the bunch is the chuggington Cake. This was the second time that I had to make a cake with the theme Chuggington. The first time I didn’t knew what Chuggington was. Every time again I learn about a new cartoon and that’s is very fun. I’m more of the Tom & Jerry time (hahahahaha) and they are already old school.

Making a cake is a process. You start with the client wishes. For example what for flavor cake, for how many person and what is the theme for the cake. With all the information provided by the client, I can start sketching the cake.

Below you can see the first sketch that I made for the chuggington cake. I wanted to make a 2 tiers cake with Brewster the train on top. Sometimes I can sketch a cake and during the whole process of making the cake, I make some changes. Or the client can also have a last minute change of mind. This client asked me 5 days before the birthday to make the cake bigger, because she invited more people. So instead of the 2 tiers on the sketch below I made a 3 tiers cake.

After sketching the cake, I start with all the little things that I need to make for the cake. For this cake I had to make traffic signs, balloons, flowes, ladybugs, the train etc… I had to make these things in advance, so they can dry properly.

Gumpaste balloons

Traffic boards

I love painting on cakes, it’s very relaxing. For this Chuggington cake I paint 2 of the cake tiers to give the cake a more realistic look. To paint on a cake I use edible color paste with a little bit of alcohol. Don’t be scare the alcohol will evaporate and you won’t taste it anymore.

Drawing some branches on the bottom tiers.

The seecond tier

After making all the small things and painting the tiers it’s time to start stacking the cakes. It’s not so easy because you have to make sure, that all the cakes are level.

Taddaaaaaaa the cake is ready. It was a colorful and playful cake to make and the client was very happy with the cake. Happy birthday to Joshua.

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