Is There An Easier Way To Make Daisies Than The "wilton
Decorating By SJerseyMommy Updated 30 Apr 2006 , 11:35am by wespam
We just learned how to make daisies on Tuesday in my Wilton course. We used tip 104 for the petals and I believe tip 5 for the center. It was extremely difficult!! No one's daisies really looked that nice.
Is there an easier way to make them??
Andrea
I make them using tip 104 (which is the one they recommend) only I use it with the small end of the tip towards the center of the flower. Big end on the outside, just a little bit of pressure and pull to the center. then use the tip 5 for the center of the flower. I like the ones I make better than the wilton version. Hope this makes sense.
I cut them out of fondant. Much easier! But if you want to make them how Wilton says I would suggest using a slightly smaller rose petal tip, like 103 instead of 104.
As a Wilton instructor, I have to say that the Wilton daisies are very easy if you're holding the bag correctly. Read the instructions and make sure you have all the angles right. Work on the petal at the 12:00 position and pipe your petals directly on the lines of the template. You don't need to squeeze out a lot of icing. Just a little bit, then drag your tip to the center of the nail. Make sure you stop sqeezing before you get to the center of the flower so that the icing doesn't build up in the center. Then, practice, practice, practice.
Good Luck,
Renae
Cakes by Sam has some great cutters. The plunger type and I think Sugarcraft does too as well as Beryls.
I agree with Quadcrew, turn the wide side of the 104 tip out. On my course two final cake in my photos, the daisies on top I did as describe in the Wilton manual, but the one on the side, I turned the wide end of the 104 tip out instead of towards the center. I like that daisy the best and it was easier to make than the others. I always make them that way now.
I have no way of verifying this, BUT my wilton instructor said that Wilton changed the way they taught roses. She said they used to do it with the wide end out like many people here say they like. She liked it better the old way and doesn't know why they changed. So, in our class everyone did them with the wide end out and I agree they look much better.
Well the wilton way is to have the wide end out and the narrow end toward the center. and pull in. This is so simple there really isn't an easier way than that. They are about the easiest flower to make. just do it this way and you can't go wrong. My student's never have a problem with these when taught correctly
Just my two cents. I finished Course II this past week and loved every minute of it. My teacher said to use wide end out narrow end toward center of nail and make each petal on the lines not in the middle between the lines. Also a tip I discovered while practicing the lilly nail flowers is to use some piping gel in your royal icing for the daisys and the 5 petal flowers. They look so much smoother and realistic and don't have that chalky look. Flowers now are my favorite thing to do. Pam from Bama And...practice practice practice!
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