I tried to make roses tonite for a disney princess cake tonite, after not making any for the past several months. I didn't even come close to what you did! Your roses are perfect! The entire cake is beautiful. You dressed the table elegantly, btw. String work is very difficult, don't feel intimidated at all. I am also very critical of my string work, but everyone always raves about it.
A little trick I learned from my Wilton instructor to avoid the little dots when doing string work:
Go to the sewing section of any store. There is this little metal ruler with a sliding notch on it. Use your cake divider mat to mark where you want to space your swags. Then, go half way between each two marks and measure up from the bottom of the cake where you want the lowest point of your swag to fall. That is what the little notch on the slide is for. Then you will only have one little mark on your cake, and if you take your time with your strings, they should just fall evenly as you pipe. I don't know how else to explain this method, but its not as confusing as I make it sound. If anyone else knows what I'm talking about, perhaps you can explain it in more simple terms.
Other than that, I think your cakes turned out wonderful.
A little trick I learned from my Wilton instructor to avoid the little dots when doing string work:
Go to the sewing section of any store. There is this little metal ruler with a sliding notch on it. Use your cake divider mat to mark where you want to space your swags. Then, go half way between each two marks and measure up from the bottom of the cake where you want the lowest point of your swag to fall. That is what the little notch on the slide is for. Then you will only have one little mark on your cake, and if you take your time with your strings, they should just fall evenly as you pipe. I don't know how else to explain this method, but its not as confusing as I make it sound. If anyone else knows what I'm talking about, perhaps you can explain it in more simple terms.
Other than that, I think your cakes turned out wonderful.
I'm in shape - round is a shape, isn't it?
I'm in shape - round is a shape, isn't it?
