Website Teaches You How To Make Instagram-Worthy Gelatin Cakes That Are Too Pretty To Be Eaten

You’ve heard of rainbow grilled cheese and unicorn frappuccinos.

Get ready for the next food trend: Gelatin Flowers Cakes.

Yes, this indeed has become a thing.

What Are They

They’re essentially gelatin, or jelly, with no cake involved whatsoever. I guess people call them a cake because… there’s no other word to describe them?

It’s weird. Basically, you make a clear jelly to hold your “flower” in, wait for it to harden, and then proceed to inject colours into the clear jelly.

Really, inject. There are needles involved in this DIY project.

And with a little bit of crafting magic, this should be your end result. Keyword: Should.

Boom, gelatin flower.

You’re probably thinking to yourself right now, “Oh, this sounds easy. I can do it too.” To get to that level? You’ll need practice. Lots of practice. Your first attempt at this won’t be as pretty as the one in the video.

How To Make a Gelatin Flower

The actual base of the flower is quite simple. You’ll just need to make an easy gelatin base consisting of gelatin powder, citric acid, sugar and water. The flower is a whole different story.

The title of this video may be “Simple Red Gelatin Art Flower”, but looks can be deceiving. In the 47 seconds of this video, the maker (or do you call them an artist?) inserts 3 different kinds of needles in order to achieve the simple flower.

Some other flowers may only involve one needle, but to achieve a nice looking flower with even petals is a challenge. Only experience and practice will produce such a result.

How

Want to surprise a loved one with a beautiful gelatin flower for their next birthday or anniversary? Gelatin Art Market has got you covered.

Their website sells different things you would need to make a gelatin flower at home such as flavouring oils to add different flavours into your jelly, tools, needles and even the little domes to store your jelly in.

If you have absolutely 0 ideas on where to start, they also sell gelatin art starter kits with tools to help you.

Gelatin Art Academy

A school just for gelatin art? No, it’s an online tutorial on how to make gelatin art on the website. There are 5 lessons in total, and each lesson teaches you a different stage of making a gelatin art flower.

If you still don’t understand the lessons, there are instructions available on the website as well to help. The instructions are accompanied by photos to aid you in creating your gelatin masterpiece.

Uninspired but want to make your gelatin flower a little less generic? The website also has a blog and gallery for you to pull ideas from.

Unfortunately, some blog posts do not include a full ingredient list, but most of them have instructions accompanied by photos or videos.