Cake

55a 55b54a 54b58 5956c 5756a 56b60Steps 54a & b.Using a fine brush and a deeper colour mix, paint theoutlines of the pink flowers as shown. Repeat for thered and purple flowers.Steps 55a & b.Mix vodka with Orange and Sunflower gel coloursseparately on your colour palette and start adding somehighlights to the previously painted flowers.With a fine brush and Purple or Pink gel colours, paintthe outline of the red flowers to give them more depth.Steps 56a-c.Make some black royal icing and pipe random tendrilsaround the cake as shown.Step 57.Take the larger white clematis and tape it to a 16 gaugefloral wire (or less, just strong enough to support theweight of the flower in an upright position) and bendit slightly.Step 58.Tape the smaller white clematis below the previouslytaped one. Bend the end to place it into a posy pick. Cutexcess length.Step 59.Insert two posy picks into the cake towards the topedge, 4-6cm apart as shown.Step 60.Using a 24 gauge floral wire, tie it around the mainstem and use tape to match the stem. This is necessaryto keep the stem upright (otherwise it will swing downwith the weight of the clematis at one end).Make a small hook at the end and insert the stem intothe posy picks as shown.