Sugar Craft Equipment

The old saying “ a workman is only as good as his tools” is so very true when it comes to sugar craft, and when it comes to making sugar craft flowers, you really do need a good set of quality cutters. These come in many shapes allowing you to easily produce any number of different sugar craft flowers and other shapes. At Kit Box we have a large range on offer, please have a look, you’re sure to find something that takes your fancy.

The Sugar (Cake) Craft Flower

Just as with the real thing, the sugar craft flower is made up of Petals, Leaves and Stamens.  Luckily as mentioned above the array of sugar craft equipment available to the sugar craft designer today is vast and includes cutters for a large range of sugar craft flowers, such as, Begonias, Bluebells, Carnations, Daisy’s, Fuchsia, Gladiolus etc etc, as well as a range of sugar craft equipment to produce leaves. Stamens can also be bought if required.

Leaves the Required Extra to the Flower!

Leaves can be made from marzipan, royal icing, buttercream, flower paste and of course sugar paste. Of all, it is leaves made up of flower paste that look the most lifelike. Royal iced leaves can in fact also be piped directly on to the cake in colours to suit your design

Making Sugar Craft Leaves

To make a leaf look more natural, a modelling tool with a ball top will help to soften the edges. Purpose made veiners can be purchased to add realism and colour to enhance.

Sugar Craft Design

The sugar craft designer is today blessed with a large number of web-sites from which to gain ideas. Together with a vast range of quality sugar craft equipment suppliers (like Kit Box) enables the limits of sugar craft design to be pushed back even further. If you have an idea, check out the equipment available today and you are sure to find something that will help. Dusting colours to enhance the colour of flowers and leaves are available in hundreds of colours

Sugar Craft Suppliers in the UK

The sugar craft market is well served by a number of dedicated sugars craft equipment suppliers, many of which (like Kit Box) offer the ability to purchase on line. With the fact that most items are easily posted means that the supply of sugarcraft equipment in the UK via the Internet is getting better every day.

 Using Sugar Craft Templates

Always remember to measure for a template after the cake has been iced. When planning leave enough room for the piped border (if appropriate). When making a multi tiered cake (such as a wedding cake) make sure you plan the template with the pillar supports in place, otherwise you may find that the design you have chosen will simply not fit and overall effect will be disappointing.

Sugar craft Supply

To make your life easier you can purchase “templates” for the top of cakes, or for the side (useful when wanting to create “scallop” sides).  Cake top “Scribing” is also made easier with templates as is the process of Ribbon insertion. Accuracy is of prime importance for the final finished result.

Sugar Craft Ribbon Cutting Equipment

Another great example of the range of sugar craft equipment available today is the “Ribbon Cutter”; this enables you to trim flower paste into realistic looking ribbons, a real boon to the enthusiastic cake decorator.