I have to make approx. 70 roses, possibly more, for a wedding order Dec 28th. It's really bad timing, being just a couple days after Christmas, so I was thinking of making them ahead of time out of royal icing. I know you can also make them buttercream and freeze them, but I was thinking royal would be easier to store, what with the turkey, christmas baking, etc... taking up a lot of freezer space. Do you royal icing roses would be ok, or would it ruin the taste of the cake?
Melissa 
i think they would be fine. do you do fondant or gumpaste? if so, they make beautiful roses and will hold up until then.
I love royal just for that reason--storage! I have found that even roses done in buttercream get picked off--I think if you're over age 10 that more icing is not necessarily a good thing. And even my under 10 year olds here at home won't touch fondant. I think it will work out wonderfully!
Why not do buttercream roses and store them in a cake box out of the way? They will dry hardish on the outside, but stay soft inside.
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