The only shape that springs to mind is something similar to a cone or ice cream cone.
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However, I think that's just because of the pattern on the top. Knowing that it is from a French pastry chef I'm sure it is for something a little more glamorous. What did you use it for?
It was the indents in the centrepiece that got me. Wow, that would have been very handy to have, especially when everything had to be made by hand; most wedding cake designs back then had separators.
It's great that you still use his tools. I'm sure you have some real treasures in that box.
I'm afraid to ask, whats a petal former?I love old school stuff; it interests me, especially tools like that.
I've never thought about using the back of a spoon to form petal shapes, that's a great tip especially if you don't have a petal former.
Lol! Nothing that will harm you it's just a plastic tray like the ones you used to get when you were a kid that you could mix paints in. I use it for drying different shapes to petals and leaves etc.
Autumn Fall Leaves Tutorial - It's the white plastic tray pictured in the tutorial, you may call it something else.
I'm sure you have something similar in your bag of tricks.
I have used many ways to make roses. I used to do it the old way by rolling balls flatten with your thumb then ball tool the edges and then put all the pieces together.
I then moved onto this rose cutter.
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I make a cone in the middle with fondant/tylo then wrapped the alternating petals around the cone and then fluffed out the edges and petals using a paintbrush.
I then moved onto the FMM Easiest Rose Ever Cutter and just roll them, they have a range for all flowers which come in really handy and save time once you get used to how to make them. Here's the one for the easiest peony cutter.
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Yeh it looks like a riffle edge roller.That's pretty, was the guy in the vid using a ravioli/pasta cutter to make the leaf shapes? I like the edging so I'm wondering if that would work well for fondant edges.
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I've never had one, but I have seen them used before. I might try it on fondant to see if it will give me a nice border edge to edible ribbons or maybe even play about with it with some pastry.
There's nothing worse when everything is in boxes, I used to spend days going through my stuff trying to locate things, in the end, I bought new and then months later found what I was initially looking for when I was looking for something else.
I'm sure when you get a second, you'll get organised. I still can't find things, and I am organised.