Peony Rose Deep Dive Masterclass

Working with gum paste, spend three days diving deep into the intricacies and nuances of sugar peonies and roses—two of the most popular wedding flowers. Explore a variety of methods to create sugar flowers with a natural, realistic appearance full of movement, as well as coordinating foliage and botanicals. Learn the step-by-step techniques as well as the theory behind making design decisions.

Elevate your sugar flower skills and gain the confidence to attract your ideal client surrounded by supportive fellow cake artists. Walk away from this class with not only the skills to recreate exquisite sugar flowers, but the knowledge on how to adapt the techniques to suit your own need across other sugar blooms.

Who is This Class For?

This class is for experienced wedding cake artists and hobby cakers passionate about mastering sugar flowers for both realistic and artistic effect. Previous experience working with gum paste is advised but enthusiastic beginners are also welcome.

What You Will Learn

  • Compiling inspiration and resources guides

  • Deconstructing flowers to learn composition and structure

  • Tinting gum-paste and adding color for a realism

  • Creating multi-wired flowers with lots of movement

  • Creating stable anchor buds for single-wired flowers

  • Petal Drying Techniques for natural movement

  • Gum-paste Roses

    – Full English Rose – Tea Rose – Rose Buds

  • Gum-paste Peonies

    – Large, Fluffy, Open Peony – Wild Peony – Peony Buds

  • Gum-paste foliage and botanicals to add visual interest

  • Arrange finished flowers onto a single, over-laden and lush tier

TWO CLASS DATES AVAILABLE

2024 Dates TBD

Class is from 9am to 4pm each day at De la Crème Creative Studio located in St. Louis MO 63103 USA

What to Bring

All supplies and materials will be provided for in-class use. Lunch will be served.


Cancellation Policy:

• Classes take place at our St. Louis studio unless otherwise noted and all sales are final. While we are unable to issue refunds, we will do our best to place you in a future workshop if you need to cancel. Please reach out by email to discuss.

• We reserve the right to cancel the workshop at any time due to weather emergencies, illness, venue availability, or other circumstances beyond our control. If we cancel the workshop, we will issue you a full tuition refund.