I am sure you will ask yourself the same thing I did today: Are those real?
No they are not, but for us future pastry chefs, they are. They are called gumpaste flowers. Gumpaste can be made from scratch or store bought where you just add water. It contains ingredients such as powdered sugar, gelatin, water, sometimes glucose or egg white, sometimes shortening, and some form of strengthening gum called Tragacanth Gum (or Gum-Tex) which makes the gum paste pliable and easy to work with.




This was the first time I worked with it and I was more then happy with the final result, but most importantly, I enjoyed working with it. I really loved it!
There are four more days left of this block (I know, it goes by so fast!) and there are 2 big projects on the way, which I'll reveal to you next week.

In conclusion, as Stacey would say: ''Don't act like you're not impressed'' ;)