Gumpaste Tiara Tutorial

This is just a quick gumpaste tiara tutorial to share.

In searching for inspiration, templates or tutorials for making a simple gumpaste tiara topper for a cake, I didn't find what I was hoping for.
I found some templates shared through Cake Central  for royal icing tiaras. My piping skills are not something that I really trust yet, so gumpaste was a safer bet for me.

Choose a template and print it or draw it to the approximate size

tape your template around a large can (shortening etc), then tape a sheet of wax paper over it

Tools needed; shortening can, clay or fondant extruder with discs, gumpaste, water brush, modeling tool, pallet knife (not pictured)

Discs used in the extruder. Square for the base and rounds for the other areas

water pen, modeling tool to join areas, pallet knife to cut and lift small areas

Starting at the base with the square disc start to extrude pieces of gumpaste and follow the lines working from the inside out. I used the larger disc for the main shapes and the smaller disc for the details.

Side view. Use a hand towel under the can to prevent it from rolling. Carefully place it somewhere to dry for a day or two. I used straight gumpaste and it was dry and ready to airbrush in less than 36 hours. If you use a 50/50 gumapaste to fondant mix, it will need to dry longer before carefully pealing off the paper and removing.

 

Crown after it has been aribrushed with pearl and some white disco dust added. (sorry for the bad photo, I lost everything on my camera and was left with this little one from  my iPad).