Hi, I am a newbie to cake decorating. I have signed up for the Wilton I classes. My kids got me the 101 Wilton Cake Decorating kit for Mother's Day, so now I am going to do what I have been wanting to do for a long time.
My question is by reading this site, you cannot put royal icing flowers on frosting that has butter or crisco, because they break down, is this correct?? If so, what kind of frosting is good to use. I whipped up some royal icing and making drop flowers to decorate a cake for my family....we will see what happens....but I need to know the frosting type. Thanks.
Brenda
You can put dried royal icing flowers on buttercream and they will be fine. If you put them on before they are completely dry, though, you run the risk of the oil in the buttercream breaking down your royal icing.
Also, so you know for the future, most flowers can also be made out of buttercream icing. The drop flowers and roses that you learn in course one can both be made out of buttercream and the drop flowers can easily be piped directly on the cake.
Good for you! This a a fine addiction.
If the royal flowers are dried, they will be fine for some time on just about any frosting. After a few hours, they can begin to melt. If you wait to the last minute, and make sure they are very dry, you should not have any problems.
You can put dried royal icing flowers on buttercream and they will be fine. If you put them on before they are completely dry, though, you run the risk of the oil in the buttercream breaking down your royal icing.
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Actually, given some time on the BC cake, your RI flowers become almost edible (lol!) My granddaughters love to eat the flowers but dried RI is too hard for them to eat. I've noticed that after a day or two on the cake the RI flowers soften up enough for the girls to eat them.
I had been wondering the same thing, but last week, I finally did my Course II Finale Cake, which had buttercream icing and R.I. flowers on it. I made this last Thursday evening, and today, the flowers are still firm and in tact, but they are softer than when I put them on there, which makes them easier to eat (even though, I personally do not eat them or cake frosting at all). As long as they are completely dry, I don't think you'll have a problem 
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