Sugar Flower Tutorial: Café Au Lait Dahlia | Honey Crumb Cake Studio


Dahlias are showstoppers! They make such gorgeous and memorable cake adornments. We’re here with a detailed tutorial in THREE parts, to help you master this challenging flower!

In part 1, you'll learn how to build the flower center and the first 7 rows of petals. In part 2 (coming soon!), you'll learn how to create the wired outer petals and assemble the flower -- and we'll show you how to make dahlia leaves. In part 3 (also coming soon!), you'll learn to add color to your flower and leaves using petal dusts and edible paint, how to add a calyx to the dahlia and assemble the whole flower spray.


Tools & materials needed for Part 1:

Gumpaste (recipe link below)
Cornstarch to prevent sticking
Shortening (optional; to condition your gumpaste while kneading it)
Water, egg whites, or edible glue, plus a small paintbrush
Gel colors (I used Americolor Ivory and Dusty Rose to create the dusty pink/peach color used in the tutorial)
3/4” styrofoam rose cone
18 g floral wire (any color)
6-petal daisy cutter (mine is approx. 2" wide)
Fine embroidery scissors
12-petal daisy or sunflower cutter (mine is from Wilton and is 3" wide)
Flat tweezers (optional)
Gumpaste rolling pin, foam pad, and large/medium ball tool
Dresden tool and dogbone tool (aka "bone modeling tool")
CelBoard (optional)


Petal guide:

Cut 4x petal sets with 2" wide 6-petal daisy cutter, for the first four layers
Cut 2x petal sets with 3” wide daisy / sunflower petal cutter, for the next two layers
Cut 3x more petal sets with the 2” wide 6-petal daisy cutter for the 7th layer of petals (these are individually shaped and rolled)

[At this stage, leave your flower to dry overnight and we'll continue adding petals very soon in our upcoming Part 2.]


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