Rose's Cake
My mum's cake, Peggy Porschen style. I did it in brown and pink as I thought it was a 'mature' color combo. Thinking back, I shoud've done the white in pink as well. I was gonna pipe a royal icing rose, but didn't want to make a batch of royal icing just for one rose. ;) Did a simple fondant ribbon rose instead (I still have to learn how to make a proper one). Anyway, mum loved it. It's a 6 inch choc mud cake. All in fondant.
I love this cake, it is stunning & your work is beyond good.
Very beautiful cake! I love the ribbon rose and the colors. Your board looks great, too. Your stripes are perfect. Excellent job!
Such an elegant cake -- amazing, precise work. The rose is the perfect touch.
Looks very sophisticated. I love it!!
So beautiful! :)
Incredible! Such clean lines! I have to disagree though. I think the ribbon rose is the EXACT rose for this cake and you DON'T need to 'learn' to make one!
beauiful! your lines are so straight and your rose is perfect!
This is fantastic - love it!
This is a amazing!! Everything is perfection!! The rose was the perfect rose for this! Your writing is perfect as well. OMG, I love this!!
It's just lovely.
Incredibly lovely cake! So sophisticated and elegant in its simplicity. You have really showed that a cake doesn't need tons of stuff on it to look great. Love the colors, and I think the white looks gread under the pink and brown. A nice little contrast.
How on earth did you get your lines so perfectly straight & spaced .... it's absolutely beautiful. And I agree, you don't need any lessons, you ought to be giving them!! Well done!
Thank you so much, for all your comments! I really appreciate it :) ellers - I rolled my 'lines' with the fondant smoother, and attached a line from one end to the other. Started by halving the cake, then quarters, then eigths..and so on. I actually didn't have Peggy Porschen book to copy instructions from. I just saw the picture on her website, really liked it, and just figured out in my head how to make it. To my surprise, it turned out alright :)
Beautiful cake, I love the colors and your rose is very pretty.
oh my gosh!! i thought those lines were royal icing! fantastic job!!
That is beautiful and your rose is perfect!! Much too pretty to cut! I like the white icing, makes the stripes stand out more!
beautiful cake! so elegant! I might have to borrow your idea :oops: for my grandma's cake that I'm doing pretty soon..
Beautiful!!... Precioso!! ....Bello!!!!
Very beautiful!!! The color, the design, the rose, everything!!!
WOW! Looks like a perfect ribbon rose to me. You must have used an extruder to get your lines so perfect!!
It's perfect! I wouldn't change a thing.
How did you get those stripes soo even and smooth? Did you use a tool?
Stunning, and a perfect example of less is more!
Very well done ,great work!!!
Thanks again, for the compliments. nannie - yes, that's fondant on the board. Just roll out your fondant and lay it on the board, as you would on a cake, and smooth it with your smoother or your hands. KERIC - I rolled the lines with my fondant smoother to get it even and smooth.
What a wonderfully simple and elegent cake!! :D
Thank you!
Outstanding work-very unique and extremely well done! Congrats on a real beauty. It's a fav. :wink:
just lovely. the lines are perfect I do have a question about your cake board. Is that fondant? I tried that once and it was a mess. If it is fondant, how did you get it so perfect and smooth. thanks
This cake is perfect! Colors are beautiful and the rose is the perfect finishing touch!
I just looked at all your other work as well - beautiful, amazing figures!!!
It looks flawless! I'm sure you won't have a problem learning anything.
Perfectly wonderful! Love the lines (nice trick by the way- thanks for sharing). Sensational cake!
so freakin' flawless - straight into my favorites.
8O Absolutely stunning. I love the simplicity of it. Your application of lines is flawless and i think the ribbon rose suits the cake perfect. Love love love it.
wow those are great lines!!
Spot On! Great job!
can i ask another question. do you then tuck the fondant under the cake board to cut it to the precise bottom edge (if that makes sense) that is where mine went all wrong. thanks
Thanks for your comment, superstar. nannie - i just cut the excess icing that overhangs the cake board. Use a sharp knife and go around the edge of the cake board to cut the excess, then smooth the edge with your hands.
i totally agree with bethola...i'm totally jealous of that rose...no more practice needed!! 8)
Stunning is the word............what do you mean you rolled your lines with a fondant smoother?
Thanks for the comments. Kentuckyjode - first I rolled a small piece of fondant into a sausage shape, then using my fondant smoother I rolled the shape back and forth until the fondant starts to elongate. When I have the desired size I want, I stick it onto the cake. I did this with all the lines. Hope this helps :)
The fondant ribbon rose is perfect on it. The white is perfect too. It's perfect AS IS! Beautiful!!!
WOW! 8O Very clean, sophisticated, and eye catching. It's just gorgeous!
WOW,,, its looks so perfect... Good Job!!!8O
Lovely.
Love this!
beautiful!
ABSOLUTELY FREAKING BRILLIANTLY EYE CATCHING STUNNING WORK !!!! no question about it into my FAVZ 4SURR !!! Thank you so very much for your tips & sharing. xx