Rosette Cake Fail... Help?

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CakesbyKadi Posted 20 Oct 2013 , 7:30pm
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ANo matter what, my roses on the side of the cake fall and look melted. Any tips or tricks to a perfect rose covered cake?

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ddaigle Posted 20 Oct 2013 , 7:37pm
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I've done this design a few million times...well, not that many.   I always crumb coat my cakes and let firm up in the frig...overnight for me.   I've never had a rosette fall.  Don't know what your steps are....or your butter cream recipe.   Please give more details so maybe we can figure out your problem.    I'm assuming the rosettes that are piped on the side of the cake..?

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CakesbyKadi Posted 20 Oct 2013 , 7:40pm
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AYes, sorry. I crmb coat and let it chill, then pipe my roses from top to bottom. I make my buttercream with unsalted butter, shortening, and powdered sugar (with a dash of vanilla and milk). I have tried a firmer consistency and a softer one. Both have failed me.

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adorablecakes1 Posted 20 Oct 2013 , 7:41pm
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perhaps the butter cream is a little bit too light

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ddaigle Posted 20 Oct 2013 , 10:53pm
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ADon't know if it matters but what I do rosette I start from the bottom and go up 

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ddaigle Posted 20 Oct 2013 , 10:55pm
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AAnd what tip are you using

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CakesbyKadi Posted 20 Oct 2013 , 10:57pm
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A

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And what tip are you using

Wilton 2D

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CakesbyKadi Posted 21 Oct 2013 , 2:06pm
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I am attempting round two here in a minute. It's a smash cake for my nieces photo's, but I want it to be perfect!

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ddaigle Posted 21 Oct 2013 , 2:18pm
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Professional 1st birthday pics are very popular here....I did this one with the rosette design:

 

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Godot Posted 21 Oct 2013 , 2:20pm
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AThose pics are cute. Too bad about that huge thing on the kid's head, though.

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CakesbyKadi Posted 21 Oct 2013 , 2:26pm
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Cake is adorable! I am doing my niece's in a pink ombre style with mini sugar beads. She is going to be wearing a huge bow too! Lol

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ddaigle Posted 21 Oct 2013 , 2:30pm
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I guess since most babies just have on diapers....the bow gives them the "girly" look! LOL

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chocaholikk Posted 22 Oct 2013 , 7:57am
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ABut yhe if the bows as big as the kids head it look abit erm....silly. lol My daughter is one is december n shes having a minnie mouse party (how original?!) She absolutely loves Mickey n Minnie. Shes going to be wearing an elastic hair piece with a small (about the size of a coin) bow...I want the attention to her not to the bow lol

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chocaholikk Posted 22 Oct 2013 , 8:00am
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APs thats an amazing cake ddaigle.

My recipie for vanilla buttercream is 250g unsalted lurpak butter 500g icing sugar A dash of milk 1 tsp vanilla

I crumbcoat the cake and leavw in the fridge for at least 2 hours...but I dont put the buttercream in the fridge. Once the cake is chilled I pipe on the cake starting from the bottom. Once its all piped I then leave it in the fridge to firm up.

Hope it helps...let us know how u get on xx

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810whitechoc Posted 22 Oct 2013 , 10:19am
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Originally Posted by Godot 

Those pics are cute. Too bad about that huge thing on the kid's head, though.

Bahahaha

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CakesbyKadi Posted 22 Oct 2013 , 12:28pm
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A

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Ps thats an amazing cake ddaigle.

My recipie for vanilla buttercream is 250g unsalted lurpak butter 500g icing sugar A dash of milk 1 tsp vanilla

I crumbcoat the cake and leavw in the fridge for at least 2 hours...but I dont put the buttercream in the fridge. Once the cake is chilled I pipe on the cake starting from the bottom. Once its all piped I then leave it in the fridge to firm up.

Hope it helps...let us know how u get on xx

That's almost like my bc recipe but I use one stick of unsalted butter and one cup of veggie shortening. I started from the bottom up this time and that seemed to fix the problem. Thanks everyone!

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suzied Posted 23 Oct 2013 , 7:11am
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When u take the cake out of the fridge give it a quick thin coat of icing, so that ur rosettes have something to hold on to. sometime back a similar thing happened to me. the icing on the cake was dry and the moment I studded the cake with bc stars, it kept falling off. this may be the problem. OR yr icing is too soft. whats the temperature over there. high humidity?

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cakefat Posted 23 Oct 2013 , 10:25am
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Those pics are cute. Too bad about that huge thing on the kid's head, though.

 

haha.  that's what I thought too. Good photos though and a very beautiful cake!

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MBalaska Posted 23 Apr 2014 , 4:20am
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I bow to the ROSETTE talent of ddaigle.   :king:

 

Tried the rosette pattern in smbc on the devil's food cake, and boy oh boy - it was harder than it looks.

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AZCouture Posted 23 Apr 2014 , 8:01am
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When u take the cake out of the fridge give it a quick thin coat of icing, so that ur rosettes have something to hold on to.

I absolutely agree with this. I use smbc, so mine never crusts over or stiffens up, but it definitely works a lot better for me when I pipe over soft bc. Straight out of the fridge, and whatever I'm piping definitely doesn't grip on as well.

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AZCouture Posted 23 Apr 2014 , 8:02am
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AThat goes for the bc ruffles and anything really.

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MBalaska Posted 23 Apr 2014 , 6:57pm
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hmmm. I put a crumb coating on it, but didn't think to chill the cake well. Good Idea.

I used smbc also and the soft icing kind of threw me off.   Also I used a closed flower tip, and probably should have used an open star tip.

An open tip  would have given me a stronger thread of icing to push into the cake sides.  The recipient thought it looked cool, so all is well..................but I'm sure I can do better next time  :roll:

 

Swiss meringue buttercream on devil's food cake.  Rosettes.

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