Ingredients 6 ounces Ready-To-Use Gum Paste cornstarch Gum Glue Adhesive 8 cups of your Favorite cake recipe or mix 4 cups Buttercream Frosting 4 cups Buttercream Frosting 4.5 pound tub Ready-To-Use White Decorator Icing - 1 lb. Can Color Right Performance Food Coloring Set Color Right Performance Food Coloring Set Tools Peony Gum Paste Cut-Outs Set heavy-duty aluminum foil Flower Shaping Bowls, 6-Piece Flower Shaping Bowls, 6-Piece floral wire and tape Hot glue 1 1/2 in. craft foam ball Roll and Cut Fondant Mat Roll and Cut Fondant Mat Fondant Roller, 9-Inch Fondant Roller, 9-Inch Gum Paste Storage Board Gum Paste Storage Board Practice Board Set Fondant Shaping Foam Set Fondant Shaping Foam Set Fondant and Gum Paste Tools Set, 10-Piece Fondant and Gum Paste Tools Set, 10-Piece Decorator Brush Set Flower Impression Mat 8 in. Round pan Cake Leveler, Small, 10-Inch Cake Leveler, Small, 10-Inch Decorator Preferred 11 Inch Straight Spatula Cake Pedestal Cake Icing Smoother Cake Icing Smoother Gum Paste Flower Cutter Set 12 in. Disposable Decorating Bags Standard Coupler Round Cake Decorating Tip 5 Round Cake Decorating Tip 5 Round Cake Decorating Tip 1 Round Cake Decorating Tip 1 Floral Cake Spike Set, 6-Count Instructions Click to mark complete - ICING COLOR TINTED: Use Color Right base color and QuickCount color formula to tint icing in the following shade: Gray (formula 532.7): 4 cups icing + 20 BK - Make peony three days in advance. Make one wired peony following instructions in peony cut-outs set. Let dry at least 24 hours. - Make layered cake. Bake and cool two 8 in. cake layers. - Assemble and ice cake. Tint icing gray. Level, fill and stack layers on cake pedestal, for a 2-layer cake, 4 in. high. Use spatula and icing to ice cake smooth. - Decorate cake. Use hydrangea cut-out from gum paste flower set to imprint design around base of cake, with points on side touching. Dust cut-out with cornstarch between imprints as needed. Use tip 5, a disposable decorating bag with coupler and gray icing to pipe four bead petals inside imprint. Use small end of veining tool to mark center of each petal. Pipe tip 5 dot flower center. Use tip 1 to pipe dots around imprinted flower. Insert peony in flower spike. Insert flower spike in cake top.
