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Daisy Sugars

March 14, 2013 By Francois 15 Comments

For today’s project, I will show you a quick and easy way to raise the cuteness factor to new levels at your next brunch by turning plain old sugar into sweet daisies. Here is how to make them:

Pour 2 cups of plain sugar into a bowl:

Add water a tablespoon at a time and stir until the mixture resembles wet sand:

Dump the sugar sand onto your work surface and flatten it out with the palm of your hand. Press down firmly to compact the sand into a semi-solid mass:

Using a tiny daisy-shaped cookie cutter (I found mine in a bento deco kit at the dollar store in Japantown), press down into the sugar:

You’ll notice that the sugar mass tends to crack around the shape you’re cutting into it. To get the maximum number of daisies out without having to reshape the sugar mass, cut shapes all the way around and then work your way in towards the center.

Transfer your daisies to a baking sheet as you go:

Continue until you’ve used all your sugar:

Place the sugars in a warm oven (200 degrees F) for 10 minutes. This will help them set and solidify.

One last step, pipe a tiny dot of royal icing and you’re done!

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  1. Michelle @ MakeMeCake.Me

    March 14, 2013 at 9:58 am

    Cute!

    Reply
  2. Natalie

    March 14, 2013 at 8:50 pm

    Soo cute and simple and brilliant. As always 🙂

    Reply
  3. Theresa

    March 22, 2013 at 12:19 pm

    Francois! These are AMAZING! I love the simplicity and easiness! Thank you so much for showing this to us in such a great way! I made sure to post them on my tumblr!

    Reply
  4. Michelle

    April 15, 2013 at 2:19 am

    Super cute 🙂

    Reply
  5. Pixeltrash

    July 20, 2013 at 4:59 pm

    I may just have to make these. So cute. I think I’m going to make stars though since I have boyz.

    Reply
    • Francois

      July 20, 2013 at 5:59 pm

      Awesome. Send me pics! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Turiken

    July 22, 2013 at 1:17 am

    Is it 200°C or 200°F? I can’t wait to make these!

    Reply
    • Francois

      July 22, 2013 at 7:39 am

      200F 🙂

      Reply
  7. Yolanda

    August 7, 2013 at 7:44 pm

    love love this ideas, I am going to try making little bows for minnine cookie, can I color the sugar first

    Reply
  8. Jill

    August 13, 2014 at 6:51 am

    These are totally genius! Thanks for the tutorial…I made them for my daughter’s birthday. I actually colored some of them too–worked great once I realized I needed less water. You can see mine here:
    http://www.snugglebuguniversity.com/2014/08/homemade-sugar-cubes.html

    Reply
    • Francois

      October 12, 2014 at 8:58 am

      I love your purple sugars!!!

      Reply
  9. Denise

    February 27, 2015 at 5:01 pm

    Up to how long can you store the sugar flowers?

    Reply
    • Francois

      October 5, 2015 at 4:58 pm

      They’re pure sugar so as long as you keep them in a dry place, they will last forever.

      Reply

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