Exotic Peony Cake

Instructions

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1. -

   GUM PASTE COLORS TINTED:

   1. Tint ultra-concentrated gum paste. Use Color Right base colors and QuickCount color formulas to tint gum paste in the following shades:

   ? Pastel Pink (formula 1895): 1 oz. gum paste + 1 P ? Autumn Green (formula 377): 1 oz. gum paste + 25 Y + 3 B + 2 BR + 1 BK

   2. Mix ultra-concentrated color gum paste with white gum paste.

   ? For pink, knead a 1/2 in. ball of ultra-concentrated pink into 6 oz. white gum paste
   ? For green, knead a 1/2 in. ball of ultra-concentrated green into 1 oz. white gum paste

   FONDANT COLORS TINTED:

   Use Color Right base colors and QuickCount color formulas to tint fondant in the following shades:

   ? Neutral Sand (formula 7506): 24 oz. fondant + 1 BR + 1Y
   ? Winter Ice Blue (formula 2905): 24 oz. fondant + 1 BK + 1 B

   Also tint an additional 12 oz. of sand fondant as follows:

   1. Tint ultra-concentrated fondant.

   ? Neutral Sand (formula 7506): 1 oz. fondant + 1 BR + 1 Y

   2. Mix ultra-concentrated color fondant with white fondant.

   ? Knead a 3/4 in. ball of ultra-concentrated sand into a 12 oz. white gum paste.

   Combine all sand fondant to make 36 oz. used to cover cake.

   ICING COLOR TINTED:

   Use Color Right base color and QuickCount color formula to tint icing in the following shades:

   1. Tint ultra-concentrated icing. Use Color Right base colors and QuickCount color formulas to tint icing in the following shades:

   ? Winter Ice Blue (formula 2905): 1/4 cup icing + 1 BK + 1 B

   2. Mix ultra-concentrated color icing with white icing.

   ? For 6 in. cake: Add 1 to 2 teaspoons ultra-concentrated blue to ½ cup white icing.
   ? For 10 in. cake: Add 1 to 2 teaspoons ultra-concentrated blue to 1 cup white icing.
   ? Reserve remaining 4-3/4 cups icing white

2. -

   Make peony three days in advance. Tint gum paste pink and green. Make one wired peony in pink following instructions in cut-outs set, excluding the last row of large petals. Let dry following instructions.

   Make two wired gum paste leaves in green, following instructions in cut-outs set. Let dry following instructions.

3. - Make layered cake. Bake and cool two 6 in. cake layers and one 10 in. cake layer.
4. -

   Cover cakes with fondant. Level, fill and stack cakes on same-size cake circles for a 2-layer 6 in. cake, 6 in. high and a 1-layer 10 in. cake, 2 in. high.

   Tint fondant sand and blue. Use spatula and white icing to lightly ice cakes smooth. Cover 6 in. cake with sand fondant and 10 in. cake with ice blue fondant.

5. - Assemble cake. Prepare cakes for stacked construction with center core rods and support rods and caps. Stack cakes on cake plate.

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