i am doing a wedding cake july 3rd and have to cover the tops of 3 tiers with roses. i havn't really done flowes yet and was wondering if i should do them out of just gp or fondant too? and does anyone have a good tutorial on the orse? i want it to look really good
Tonedna has a great tutorial on youtube go to youtube and type TONEDNA in the search bar . It will come up with her stuff ...I would use gumpaste and start on them now they will keep forever so you can make them in advance.
In my experience, I prefer using only gumpaste for flowers, because I find gumpaste far more elasticity than fondant, thus enabling you to really work the petals and get gorgeous delicate looking flowers. Also, gumpaste holds shape better than fondant.
I haven't watched any online tutorials on roses...so sorry I can't help you there...but if I do come across any, I'll let you know.
Cheers!
This is the best tutorial I have seen so far: http://cakesbyfrancesca.com.au/videos/rosetutorial.wmv
I tried it and it really works well. Her method will work with a smaller 5 petal cutter as well.
If you look in my photos, I've got some roses I made using her tutorial. I didn't have a large foam pad with a hole in the middle, so I cut a square from a styrofoam plate and made a hole in it, to use to support the petals while putting the on the flower.
thanks guys! i was also just now wonering whether i should ad leaves or not. her theme is red white and blue so i am doing a white cake with red and blue roses and i don't know if the green in the flowers would throw it off.
and another thing about gp. if i am cutting a lt of small pieves to use for things like this than i like to roll out one big piece and cut them all out at one time but gp dried really fast. do i have to roll and cute between every flower?
I'd roll out a decent (not large) piece of gp and cut several petals out. While I'm working with the pieces, keep whatever you're not using covered with saran wrap or a large baggie and place and damp paper towel over the top of the plastic. This always keeps my gp from drying out too fast.
yikes!!!! i just realized i on;y have cutters to make small roses and i need to make some veeery large ones. is there anywhere i can order them from to get hem overnight? i can't buy them in my area
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