I am trying an trying and I cannot make a stupid rose!! I need to have 6 of these by tomorrow an I can't even make one! Now what I am I going to do? This is for our final cake.
Lisa
are you making them from bc/royal or fondant?
You might want to try roses on a stick:
(also has b/c rose video)
http://www.cakecentral.com/article50-Making-Buttercream-Roses-on-a-Stick.html
Here are some helpful videos - there's one on icing roses:
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-81821.html
Discussion on Wilton Roses:
http://www.wilton.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=85214
HTH
After calming down I went back downstairs and gave it another shot. I think my bc icing was too stiff. So after fixing that problem, I attempted another and it came out better. As of now, I have about 7 roses made, but they look nothing like the book that's for sure! Better than going in empty handed I guess and I will just have to keep practicing.
It is the War of the Roses!! LOL!!
Lisa
After calming down I went back downstairs and gave it another shot. I think my bc icing was too stiff. So after fixing that problem, I attempted another and it came out better. As of now, I have about 7 roses made, but they look nothing like the book that's for sure! Better than going in empty handed I guess and I will just have to keep practicing.
It is the War of the Roses!! LOL!!
Lisa
lol @ war of the roses
I used to make my bc too stiff when I started out also. Try putting a little piping gel in it to thin it out. It makes it come out smoother 
I'll have to try the hershey's kiss trick sometime
Thanks for the piping gel idea!
I was finally able to make some roses that didn't look too horrible, but still need alot of work! I made the final cake in class tonight and I will post the piciture tomorrow.
Lisa
I tried using a hersery kiss for the base this last weekend and will never make another rose without it again!!! It made it so nice and no more two bags!!!!
~Heather
You only need two bags/tips if you are doing it the "Wilton" way. When I started working at a grocery store bakery, I was expected to do it just using the rose tip -- now I can't believe I ever tried doing it the other way. Using just the rose tip is so much faster - we had to be able to make 8 full roses in under a minute -- yes, it is possible! We would just squeeze out a blob using the rose tip for the base and then proceed from there.
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