Welcome It’s always an exciting time when here at PME we launch new products and this time round even more so, as we add THREE new Plunger Cutters to the range Happy Birthday is probably the most popular cake message of all time and it simply couldn’t be any easier than with these two new cutters. Emboss, Cut & Eject, it really is that simple The original much loved Veined Butterfly cutters were designed in 2009 and we are delighted to be adding a set of three Mini Butterflies. Beautiful and delicate we are sure that these cutters will fly in every sense of the word. The first PME veined plunger cutters were launched over 20+ years ago and since then our engineering skills have been applied to create a variety of leaf, flower, plaque and shaped cutters. With the ever growing popularity of the beautiful Peony it all but cried out for a plunger cutter When it came to choosing the products for this issue’s competition the choice was obvious, it’s all about the three new plunger cutter sets. So make sure that you check out Page14 for the full details and you never know they could be coming your way soon
Pat
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happy birthday Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear . . . Happy Birthday to you
You will Need
Round cakes/dumm ies - 4” (102mm) , 5” (127mm), 2 x 6” (152mm) & 8” (203mm) Round cake boards - 10” (254mm), 11” (279mm) & 13” (330mm) 36 Cupcakes 1 kg White Butterc ream 2.5kg White Sugarp aste PME Concentrated Paste colours – Tu rquoise Blue (PC1065), Hot Pin k (PC1063), Lime Cr ush (PC1054) & Tiger Lily Oran ge (PC1050) PME Brush n Fin e Pen – Pink (PE0 40) PME Happy Birth day Plunger Cutte r Set (HB503) JEM Piping Nozz le 1M PME Disposable Pip ing Bags (IB1022) PME Ink Pads (IP 1008) PME Plastic Wire s (1103PW)
This cake offers huge flexibility and can be made simply using Cake Dummies to create a cupcake stand or a stunning five tier cake using a combination of cakes and dummies
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Large Happy Birthday
HB503
Medium Happy Birthday
IP1008
Preparation Coat the cakes/dummies with white sugarpaste and assemble onto the cake boards..
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Lift up the cutter and use the plunger once more to eject the paste.You will require a combination of both sizes of plaques and at least one per cupcake plus extras to decorate the cakes.
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Food Pen – Use the brush end of the pen to carefully paint the colour onto the message.
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Attach one of the larger Happy Birthday plaques to a plastic wire by simply sliding the wire into the paste before it sets.
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Colour the sugarpaste as required and roll out to a medium thickness. Place the cutter onto the paste and press the plunger down firmly to emboss the Happy Birthday message.
Using an even pressure pipe a swirl around the top of the cupcake. Decorate the cakes and cupcakes with a selection of different sized and multi coloured Happy Birthday Plaques.
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Press the cutter down firmly to cut out the shape.
To colour the raised Happy Birthday use either the Ink Pad or a Food Pen.
Ink Pad – Pick up a small amount of food colour onto the ink pad and holding the pad upright gently dab the colour onto the raised surface.
Complete the cake by trimming the wired plaque to the height required before inserting the wire into the centre of the cupcake.
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mini butterfly explosion Butterflies and celebration cakes are a match made in heaven and these new mini butterflies bring a beautiful touch of delicate elegance Preparation Prepare the cakes by stacking two cakes together to create double height cakes. Coat both cakes with White Sugarpaste and assemble using the small cake dummy as a separator. Trim the bottom of each tier with a simple piped border, created by softening a small quantity of white sugarpaste with a little water and placed into a piping bag fitted with the 2.5 piping tube.
Basic Butterfly Technique
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Colour small quantities of Gum Paste into Pale Blue, Pale Pink, Pale Yellow and White. Roll the paste out finely. Place the plunger cutter onto the paste and press down the plunger to emboss the butterfly
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Cut out the shape by pushing down firmly onto the cutter
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Use the plunger once more to eject the butterfly shape
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Off Wire Butterflies
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(152mm) 2 x 4” (102mm) & 2 x 6” round cakes board 9” (229mm) round cake my/separator dum e cak nd rou 5” (127mm) 2.5kg White Sugarpaste 100g White Gum Paste 1063), Colours - Hot Pink (PC PME Concentrated Paste & Ocean Blue (PC1066) Sunny Yellow (PC1053) Canary Yellow (PC3030), PME Powder Colours – Sapphire Blue (PC309) Sunset Orange (PC305), & Red Velvet (PC314) nger Cutter Set (BU911) PME Mini Butterfly Plu Royal Blue (PE039) PME Brush n Fine Pen & Red (PEO33) ) PME White wires (FW128 1007) & (CB1009) (CB s Set ush Br nt PME Pai (FT203) PME White Floral Tape PME 2.5 Supatube gs (IB1022) PME Disposable icing Ba ) JEM Petal Pad (109SE014 ) 302 (FP Pic wer PME Flo
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Place the butterflies onto Paper Towel and brush with powder colour taking the colour from the tip of the wings to the body. Highlight the body using a fine paint brush.
Place the butterflies onto a foam pad and place the flower/veining tool across the body of the butterfly. Press down firmly. This will automatically lift and raise the butterfly wings.
Using the brush and fine pen decorate the embossing detail. The pens can also be used to draw fine lines, add dots and additional colouring to the tips of the wings.
Add the butterflies to the cake creating a gentle curved shape and securing in place with Petal Glue.
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Wired Butterflies
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Thread the butterflies onto a fine white wire, taking care to ensure that the wires go the full length of the body. Colour and shape the wings using the same techniques as for the unwired.
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Using half width white floral tape begin by binding a few wired butterflies together. Take care to keep the tape tight and approximately three quarters of the way down from the butterflies.
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Place a flower pic into the centre of the top cake and add the butterfly explosion.
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Gradually add in more wired butterflies, keeping the tape in much the same place. Once the butterflies are all in place then complete the explosion by binding the tape to the base of the wires.
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Curve and shape the wires to create a fun and interesting shape.
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Cakes 2 x 6” Square Sponge e Cake Boards uar Sq m) 5m 2 x 12” (30 Cake Card 1 x 6” (152mm) Round 500g Buttercream Brown, 500g Red, 1.75kg Sugarpaste (750g ite) 250g Black & 250g Wh te Pas 200g Gum 189) Brick (IM188) & Bark (IM PME Impression Mats – P011), (1102EP012), Bats (1102E JEM Pop Its – Pumpkins der & Web (1102EP022) Ghosts (1102EP010), Spi 055) JEM Pop It Pad (109SE E10) Flower Leaf Shaper (PM ls Too ling PME Model ) & Cutting Wheels (CW426 rs (PNR5) tte Cu Set g stin Ne PME Round W) PME Plastic Wires (1103P night Black (PC1055), Mid – s our col te PME Pas 8) 0) & Arctic White (PC106 Tiger Lily Orange (PC105 Silver Sequin (PC347), PME Powder Colours – nset Orange (PC305) Jet Black (PC318) & Su – Black (PE042), PME Brush n Fine Pen (PE032) Brown (PE038) & Orange Curls – Milk (CHC142) PME Belgian Chocolate & Caramel (CHC145)
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The base board is coated using a marbling technique. Roll equal quantities of black and white sugarpaste into sausage shapes and lay them together. Fold and twist the paste two or three times before rolling out.
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Using a round card as a guide and a serrated knife, cut the cake to shape.
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Place the trimmings around the base of the cake to create the roots of the tree and cover the cake with a thin layer of buttercream.
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To create the backboard, roll out a piece of red sugarpaste large enough to cover the board. Place the Brick impression mat onto the paste and using a smoother press down firmly onto the paste.
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Carefully lift up the impression mat and repeat the same technique onto the other half of the paste.
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Place a sausage of paste around the top of the cake. Use the circle cutters to create the rings of the tree and infill with the chocolate curls.
The Halloween decorations are made using the Pop It cutters. Place the cutter into the pad and using coloured gumpaste roll out slightly thicker than the depth of the cutter. Place the paste over the cutter and use the rolling pin to cut out the shape. Release the shaped paste using a scriber.
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Using brown sugarpaste and the Bark impression mat repeat the technique. Coat the tree cake in sections, making sure that the impression is going in the right direction. Trim the base of the cake using a cutting wheel.
Add additional colour and detail using the Ink Pad and Brush n Fine Pens. Secure the backboard to the cake using buttercream to hold in place. Complete the cake by decorating with the Halloween shapes, some of which can be threaded onto plastic wires to create height and interest.
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peony wedding cake With its lovely delicate petals, the beautiful Peony has become the must have flower for many celebration cakes.
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Peonies This is an off wire flower so we need to start from the centre and work our way out.
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Cutter Set E Peony Plunger Veiner
PM (PY504) ) PME Ball Tool (PME3 14) Jem Petal Pad (109SE0 150grams Gum Paste Pink (PC1063) PME Paste Colour Hot ) awberry Sundae (PC312 Str PME Powder Colours 3) & Canary Yellow (PC30 00) S6 PME Fine Scissors (SC er (109SE054) rm Fo JEM Blossom/Petal es (FW124) PME 24 gauge white wir e (FTG208) Tap PME Green Sparkle 06) P0 4F PME Petal Glue (10 7) 100 (CB PME Paint Brushes
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Mould a medium sized ball of gum paste and using fine pointed scissors snip the paste to create the detail for the centre.
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Use pale pink gum paste rolled out finely and begin by using the smallest sized petal cutter. Place the cutter onto the paste and press the plunger down firmly to create the veined embossing.
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Now press firmly on the cutter.
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Lift up the cutter and press the plunger once more to eject the paste. You will need approximately four small petals.
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Place the petals onto the foam pad and soften the edges by sliding the ball tool around the edge of the petals, keeping the modelling tool half on and half off of the paste.
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Peonies really benefit from soft gentle shading and this will also highlight the veining. Carefully brush a little yellow powder colour to the tip of the petal and pink to the soften edges.
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Brush the prepared centres with powder yellow colour.
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The flower can have as many petals as you like and for this size peony we have added five medium size petals and seven large petals.
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We can now look at starting to add the petals. Begin with the small size overlapping where necessary and hiding as much or as little of the centre as you like.
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To secure the petals in place use a very small quantity of gum glue applied sparingly with a brush at the joining points.
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Continue to add the petals, allowing the peony to gradually open into a full bloom. Allow to dry.
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Secure the peonies in place at the base of the cake. To complete the presentation, prepare additional wired decorations using taped wire twisted and curled into fun shapes.
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cake pillars made easy no dowels, measuring, cutting, trimming or adjustments Spiked Cake Pillars If you’ve ever wished that you could use cake pillars but were afraid to go there, then these maybe the answer. Also don’t tell anyone but they are great if your cake isn’t totally level as they support the cake directly from the base cake board to the cake board of the tier above.
SKP07 7” (178mm) SKP09 9” (229mm)
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Use a template to plan and mark the position of the pillars. Push the pillar into the cake making sure that it goes all the way down to the cake board.
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The pillars can be used simply as a clear plastic or to create something a little different consider pouring sprinkles or coloured sugars inside.
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To complete the cake we have also used a single pillar as a container for the flowers.
Contact your local stockist or email stockist@knightsbridgepme.co.uk
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Prize includes: • Mini Butterfly Plunger Cutters (set of 3) • Happy Birthday Plunger cutters (set of 2) • Peony Plunger Cutter (set of 3)
Competition Fun Everyone loves plunger cutters, so it is very exciting that there are three new plunger cutter designs! Enter this issue’s free competition and you could be amongst the first to use the new plunger cutters by PME. Don’t miss out! You have nothing to lose.
HB503
BU911
PY504
To enter the competition go to the CakeIt website www.cakeit.education or send a card to CakeIt, 23 Riverwalk Road, Enfield, EN3 7QN, giving your name, address, email and contact telephone number. The closing date for this competition is 27th October 2017. 14
Contact your local stockist or email stockist@knightsbridgepme.co.uk