http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBWYlklg6AU&feature=grec_index

Seriously. I'm trying this TONIGHT. I just spent the last week making 5 roses for my mother's birthday cake. Granted, I work so I wasn't able to set aside enough time to make them all in one shot. But if I had seen this I'm sure it wouldn't have taken me as long.

Comments? Concerns? Thoughts?

I make them like that sometimes (I actually have a video up on youtube of it, I think). I'd do the petals thinner than that guy is doing them, though. They're also easy to make like that if you're using modelling chocolate.

I've seen this and have tried it before just to practice because I didn't have a cake to put them on. Didn't turn out too bad and I'm sure with more practice I could do a lot better.

Just waiting until I get some more free time so I can try it again. Or someone who wants a cake with roses...

That's a pretty neat video. But, I'm confused. The title says gumpaste & then later in the title it says fondant. Which is it?

I only have made MMF & Marshmellow Rolled Buttercream. I use these on cookies & I'll admit, every time I try to do any kind of fondant type technique....I have a hard time because of texture. So, outside of rolling, cutting & imprinting....I struggle. I'd love to get it right & try these flowers.

So - is he using gumpaste or fondant?

Thats how I make mine. its so easy.

Judging by how they taper the edge I would be inclined to think it is fondant. My gumpaste isnt that soft you can smooth it like that. They are nice, but they look really heavy. I wouldnt be able to mount them onto my cakes without a whole lot of glue and skewers!

I make fondant and chocolate roses that way. I even add 5 more petals to it. beautiful.I teach this way at a tech school here. They abosolutely love it.I then cut the bottom at an angle. Was taught this about 12 yrs. ago. If you make them in dark or med. chocolate. then dust with gold super pearl, it WOWS! them. So beautiful on a cake. So. no, they are not too heavy for any cake. I assure you. hth

That was interesting. I have never seen roses done that way before.

I just started trying to make gumpaste/fondant roses and found this video very interesting. I also thought the base when they were finished looked really big and heavy. How do you actually get them to stick on the cake? I can see how trimming the bottoms a little would be OK if they are on top of the cake but what about if they are to cascade down the side of the cake?

Interesting...I want ot give that a try one day.

Looks like I should try to make real fondant & give it a whirl.

Wow, this is awesome. Thank you!!!

I've seen that video also and tried a technique similar to that. To practice, I used Play-Doh since it was sorta the same consistency and didn't use my actual product. It was fun AND you get to practice and keep them forever.

I was taught a similar technique, but we used saran wrap to give the petals a little more texture when thinning them. It also gives you a little thinner petals.

That is so cool... thanks for posting the link!

Thanks for posting this link I was wondering if there was an easy way!

dchockeyguy - do you just hold the saran wrap under the "ball" of fondant while you're thinning the petal out? The texture would be on the bottom...???

I'm not getting it. How exactly do you use the saran?

I learned , using the saran wrap. Then i took bronwen weber's demo in texas, i think, and she was making them, just making balls and just using her fingers to flatten more at the top edge of the petals. you have to stay away from the bottom edge(just flatten a little) and don,t stay on the top edge(if you are using chocolate) too long or it will get too thin and the petals just fall over and you can,t work with them and make them real like. The less you touch either fondant and modeling chocolate , the prettier and stronger your rose will be. hth I made them this week end for a 50th anniversary cake. Will post pics later, i hope. I just made them with my fingers(no saran wrap) one less thing you have to use. lol! here is another way to make them.


http://cakeonthebrain.blogspot.com/2008/10/chocolate-rose-tutorial.html

If the bottom is too thick you can just pinch it off. You can use egg cartons to dry them, or just get a piece of cupped tinfoils to hold the petals up so they don't flop over while they dry.

I just use the heel of my hand to roll the petals on and flatten them. This is actually the way that Wilton teaches to make the modelling chocolate roses.

Thanks for sharing

I just tried with play-doh. I'm inspired. By my third rose they were looking fantastic.

icer101, that is a great tutorial, thank you for sharing.

you are welcome superstar. I have never had to put my roses in any kind of former for them to set up. The less you handle them, the better and prettier they are. i use either method. under the saran wrap and mostly just using my fingers.


http://sugarteachers.blogspot.com/2010/02/modeling-chocolate-roses-by-mame.html

the very first gumpaste rose I ever made (in an ICES meeting) was done this way. I make tootsie roll roses this way. Not being very versed in gumpaste technique, I thought this was how you were supposed to do it!

thanks for sharing

I am doing that now.....omg I can't believe how fast I can now make roses haha..only thing I do different from him is I make cones on big toothpicks and let them dry for a day, and then make them right oin to that...it use to take me a half hour to do one gp rose, now 5 minutes lol...and I like the way they look...my anniversary cake I have them on it...

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1835421