How to make Autumn Gumpaste Leaves
Autumn Gumpaste Leaves are an easy edible decoration that can be made to dress up all your baked goods this Fall!
Servings 12 cupcakes
Ingredients
Items needed to make these leaves
- 1 ,16 ounce package Wilton pre made gumpaste ,you won't use the whole bag
- 1 ,1/2 ounce container Wilton Fondant color dust ,assorted colors, red,brown,green,yellow, and orange, or colors of your choice
- Rolling pin , any type will work
- Maple leaf cookie cutter
- shortening ,to rub on hands to prevent sticking
- confectioner sugar ,to dust work surface
- ball tool for crimping leave edge ,optional
- any type of leaf you can find that will imprint veins into your gumpaste
- assorted clean paint brushes
- paper plate or crumpled up tin foil to dry leaves on
Instructions
How to make Autumn Gumpaste Leaves
- Knead about a golf ball sized piece of gumpaste to soften
- Dust work surface with confectioner sugar or corn starch
- Place gumpaste on work surface and slightly flatten with your hand.
- Roll gumpaste out with rolling pin.
- Roll to about 1/8 inch thickness.
- Press cookie cutter on surface and cut out as many leaves as desired.
- Remove excess gumpaste.
- Carefully lift one leaf off of surface and place on foam pad.
- Place real leaf onto your gumpaste leaf to imprint veins. Press down evenly over leaf surface.
- Remove leaf.
- Use ball tool to crimp edge of leaf.
- Place on paper plate to dry overnight.
- Once leaves are hardened, add color dust to your leaves. Use colors of your choice.
- Bring a small pot of water or tea kettle to a boil. Once steam begins to rise hold leaf over steam...high enough up that you don't scald your fingers...to set the color.
- Lay you leaves out on a paper plate of cookie sheet to dry.
- Decorate you baked goods, pies and cupcakes or store leaves in an air tight container until you are ready to use them.
Notes
**More detailed directions are written in this post above.