I am contemplating roses for a cake. I am thinking of the pros and cons of different mediums - royal icing, buttercream, gumpaste, sugarpaste, and fondant. Which of those is your favorite to make roses with?

I have never used gumpaste, but I have seen some beautiful roses made from it.

I personally love the look of fondant roses. They look more real than the buttercream or royal icing.

Just my opinion.

I love doing fondant roses. They are lifelike and practically fool proof to make, even though they take some time to make.

I love gumpaste for lifelike results..BC for getting them done quickly.

I have never made them out of anything except b/c. I thought I might try, but everyone always want "a piece with a rose on it". They love tho eat the roses. I don't know how the others taste, or anything, so I have just stuck with buttercream.

If I was planning on eating some of the cake, I would make candy clay roses. I love chocolate and they look pretty lifelike to me. I made some with the Valentine's Teddy Bear I made for my DH. I posted it in my photos. I ended up eating most of the roses.

Fondant and Gumpaste make beautiful roses that are very lifelike but they are more for show.

I personally prefer gumpaste, especially if I knew the recepient wanted a keepsake. However, if you think that everyone would want a piece of cake with a flower, I would use buttercream or candy clay.

I prefer the look of gum paste myself but quite frankly, cannot fathom putting the time into making them! My hat is off to you gals that do!!! It really is a time-consuming art form.

I do a pretty good buttercream rose. Used to do royal ones but who wants to eat a royal one? The only situation I'd consider doing a royal rose is if I wanted to cascade them down the side of a cake.

here's a question for you all, has anyone ever tried doing roses in stabilized whipped cream icing? just a thought

Deb

i like buttercream- i can whip those out pretty quick- and i don't have toworry about people eating them- i freeze mine before i place them on the cake so i don't smoosh them, and i can move them around a little- have to work fast, they start to thaw pretty quick. i've been practicing fondant, but i'm sooo slow, and mine look so fake. i do like the fondant ribbon roses- quick and cute