Making Smaller Roses??

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AngelWendy Posted 18 Apr 2005 , 12:35pm
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Several people suggested I might make some smaller roses for the sides of cakes such as the chocolate tiered cake I did. Umm.. This is probably obvious, but not to me.. How do you make smaller roses? I was taught to make them with the tip 104 and do petals of 3, 5, and 7 for each layer. Oh.. I think we used a different tip for the royal ones, but don't recall right now. Do you use a smaller tip to make smaller roses? If so, which one(s)? And do you use 3,5,7 or a different number of petals? Can you do it with just 3 and 5 to make a smaller one? I'm a little confused on something that is probably very easy.. Some help, please?

And if you have a cake picture of a cake you did which has different sizes of roses, I'd like to see it.. Feel free to post it here!

Thanks!
~AngelWendy

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flayvurdfun Posted 18 Apr 2005 , 2:38pm
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maybe they are talking rosebuds?? But I do remember my aunts roses...she made them different sizes.... some with 104 just "tighter" petals, and others with 101 102 and 103...they are all the same type as 104 just smaller....

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CIndymm4 Posted 18 Apr 2005 , 2:44pm
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When I want smaller roses I use tip 102 and only make 5 petals....I'd just experiment with the small tips and see which you like best, 101, 102, 103, or tip 97 ( which is the one I use when making royal icing roses).

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GHOST_USER_NAME Posted 20 Apr 2005 , 3:13am
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I also use a smaller tip when needing smaller roses and larger tips when needing larger.

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