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Blown Sugar Swan Wedding Decor by ~stringy-cow:iconstringy-cow:

Categories Artisan Crafts > Culinary Arts > Food Art

©2007-2010 ~stringy-cow
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This image is really old from when I was still in school studying pastries!
Date is from 2005!!

This is a wedding cake topper that I made.
The swan is made of pulled and blown sugar. For the body, it is all blown sugar and the head and neck was pulled out from the end to create a solid piece. The wings were pulled and then given their texture and shapped and attached later (as well as the tail).

The hearts and the rest is made of pastiallage.

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*lastlabyrinth Feb 8, 2007, 3:32:22 PM
The swan is just amazing. I love its carefully detailed wings.
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~stringy-cow Feb 8, 2007, 5:18:40 PM
Thanks so much! I want to create more pieces from sugar in the future.
The detail on the wings is not too hard actually. We have a leaf press which after pulling and shapping the wing, before it hardens we press it between to create the pattern. So easy to add that detail.
The hardest thing is creating the swan body, you have to keep the sugar warm while shapping, but at the same time, once you got it blown to the proper shape you want to cool it immediately or else it deflats. Hair dryers come into use XD
Ah sorry, sometimes I feel like I go into explanation of things and annoy people ^^;;!
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~stringy-cow Feb 8, 2007, 5:19:48 PM
Thanks so much! I want to create more pieces from sugar in the future.
The detail on the wings is not too hard actually. We have a leaf press which after pulling and shapping the wing, before it hardens we press it between to create the pattern. So easy to add that detail.
The hardest thing is creating the swan body, you have to keep the sugar warm while shapping, but at the same time, once you got it blown to the proper shape you want to cool it immediately or else it deflats. Hair dryers come into use XD
Ah sorry, sometimes I feel like I go into explanation of things and annoy people ^^;;!
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*lastlabyrinth Feb 8, 2007, 6:16:37 PM
I would love to see your future efforts!

Oh, I see. That simplifies that end of things, but now that you describe making the body... x_x

No, it's interesting. You realize most of us non-pastry-chef types have no clue how this stuff is created, right? :lol:
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~Deivii Feb 19, 2007, 1:09:41 AM
Whoa, pretty damn good job with the swan, it's beautiful! The wings turned out amazing (love the detail). I also enjoy the contrast of white on white, as they still differ not making the cake look simple, the design is lovely :heart:

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~stringy-cow Feb 19, 2007, 10:18:11 AM
Thanks so much for the comment! <3 It would be fun to do more wedding cake toppers like this! (It seems so many people just get the fresh flowers).
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~Deivii Feb 19, 2007, 10:41:14 AM
Some imagination is always welcome and yours was a damn good example of an unique cake. Flowers are nice, but I think your option was way better as it differs from everything else. The couple who'd have that cake would be thankful for the fact that it's not an everyday cake, if I may say, hehe :heart:

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~h0p31355 Mar 3, 2007, 9:19:06 PM
holy shit that's awesome! :)

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~flo69 Aug 21, 2007, 4:15:43 PM
wow very pretty ^^ i've wanted to try doing these kinda things before but i'm not really great at cooking and such lol =_="
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