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Sugar Floral Art for Cake Decorating - Intermediate
Sugar Art Essential Tools »
Essential tools in cake decorating.
Balling tool/Dog bone tool:
Used to thin edges and give movement to leaves and petals.
Veining tool/Dresden tool
Used to mark central veins down leaves and petals and also to mark lines or make
grooves in paste or give a feathered edge to paste.
Stitching tool
Used to make a stitching look in paste for decorative purposes.
Cutting wheel
This tool is like a pitza cutter and cuts paste easily.
Cellstick
A very versatile tool which is made out of compressed nylon and can be used for
rolling out paste or the rounded end can be used to make the centres of orchids
or to ball edges with. One can also frill or flute edges of petals and paste
with the rounded edge.
Cone tools
These tools can come in a plain cone tool or 5 or 6 petal cone tool. The cone
tool is mainly used in making the centres of flowers particularly blossoms and
smaller flowers. It can also be used to mark facial features or positions where
even spacing is required.
Trowel
This is used to pick up finely rolled flower or modelling paste.
Non stick nylon board
Used to roll out paste very thinly and easing the chances
of the paste from breaking by its non stick properties. As one does not have to
use a non stick agent sucha s copha or corn flouer the paste is not weakened and
does not dry out quickly.
