I am wanting to make some red roses for my mother's b-day cake and she loves roses, especially red. I want to try doing a two-toned but I don't know if I've seen anything like that w/red roses. I thought maybe red roses w/pink at the tips. I also will probably do them in royal icing since it's humid here in Texas and will be driving the cake down south.

I'm new to this website and I love reading everyone's suggestions. You are all so helpful

you should try doing the rose in pink and the borders red. you can do this by putting a red line in your icing bag from bottom to top (take a small brush and dip it into your red icing color then do the line on the icing bag). then add your pink icing into the bag with the flower tip on it. Practice first until the red is coming out on the borders. Let me know if this helps.

P.S. it will be very hard to get the pink color on the border if you're using red icing.

Thanks so much. This does help me out and I think it will look great!!

You're welcome. It will look great, let me know how it comes out. Post a picture when you're done.

so that's how you do streaking... i was taught the hard way...
would that work for the little drop flowers too to make them 2 toned?

I will definitely post it. I haven't posted any of my cakes yet and will have do to that.

Chefdot, I never thought of doing that with drop flowers...what a great idea! I haven't done any streaking yet but why not on the little flowers. I guess you would have to put a pretty small streak?

yeah i know.... i have to make some 2 toned ones tomorrow night so i will try it that way and let you all know how it turns out. otherwise i have to do the hard way... ugh!

I've done small drop flowers like that too and they look great. You just have to practice and do it several times just to get the 2nd tone exactly where you want it. Chefdot, I know what you mean, I was tought the hard way too but it's been so much easier after I learned the streaking way.