Materials/Equipment

Heart clickstix Star Clickstix

Flower paste Vegetable fat (Trex)

Corn flour in a muslin bag Edible glue

Rolling out board and rolling pin White floristry tape

Floristry scissors 26g metallic covered wires

PME Lustre spray (optional) Paste food colours

It’s important that the flower paste is brought to working consistency before commencing any work – knead a small piece of flower paste with a tiny smear of vegetable fat in the centre of your hand till it stretches like bubble gum. If using Beau products paste there is no need to use vegetable fat

Lightly grease the rolling out board and rolling pin with vegetable fat (Trex). Roll out a piece of flower paste till just over1/16^th inch in thickness.

Lightly dust part of the rolling out board with corn flour. Transfer the rolled out flower paste onto the dusted area and gently move around to make sure the flower paste can move freely.

Place the star Clickstix on top of the flower paste. Place fingers on the side bars (not the springs or central area) press firmly and move the cutter over the rolling out board.

Remove the surplus flower paste.

Optional - flip the Clickstix over and return it to the rolling out surface and press the centre of the Clickstix firmly (the plunger mechanism will indent the paste).

Hold the Clickstix above the rolling out surface and press the central area to activate the plunger mechanism.

Dip the tip of a half length metallic wire into the edible glue and remove the surplus. Carefully insert the wire into the star. Press the flower paste around the wire firmly (to secure).

Repeat the above instructions with the heart Clickstix.

Optional paint the indented area in the star and heart with a shimmer petal dust mixed with food grade IPA

Leave the hearts and starts to dry for 24 hours before continuing.

Cut a the white florist tape into 1/3^rd width and tape the wires together

Wires must not be inserted directly into a cake – you must use a posy pick

Optional spray the completed wire spray with PME edible lustre spray.

By Christine Flinn the author of the above work