sweet peas and ferns

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QUAINT POLKA DOTS combined with realistic sugar sweet peas and ferns produce a nostalgically enchanting beauty. This cake is finished with Passion Fruit Icing (page 68) and dots of Madagascar Vanilla Bean Icing (page 66) piped with a small round tip (#01). After the dots are piped, you can lightly go over the peaks with a damp paintbrush to round the tops.

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TO MAKE THE SUGAR SWEET PEAS, follow the general instructions for sculpting flowers on a wire on page 142, surrounding an oblong yellow flower center with two ruffled pink petals. Dry-dust the finished sweet peas with pink and yellow powder dye.