I need help with my royal icing daisies! I have tried to make them like the ones in the WIlton 2 book. But I can never get them to look right. I have tried turning the tip over so the wide end is up. I know this isn't the right way to do it and I want to show my students the right way. Any help would be great!!!
I am currently taking course 2 and we learned the daisy about 2 weeks ago. The wide tip if the #104 is supposed to be up. I start almost at the top of the line then pipe and pull down and stop. I was having a problem in class with the daisy's coming out too small but when i did them at home it was better. you hold the tip just a little above the template close to the top of the line then start piping on the line and bring it down and pull down to make the point. I hope this makes sense. I'm attaching a pic of flowers i did for my course 2 final which is monday.
Ok, I must admit, the daisys were one thing I never could get with that stupid tip!! They were so big, and were supposed to be flat!
Thank you. I just looked at the wilton website instructions and it does say small side out but our instructor showed us with the wide end out. It would be hard with the small side out. I'm trying to picture it and it just seems wrong. Have you tried it with the wide end out? Thats how i did mine above and i thought they came out good. i will double check the technique with my instructor on monday.
I've never been crazy about the daisy. I think it's one of the least realistic looking flowers in the Wilton course--after the drop flower, naturally, which doesn't really exist in nature. Anyway, I don't use them if I want realism, but they can be cute for a cake that's supposed to be lighthearted and fun.
BTW, Debbie, your flowers look great! They're going to be super on your final cake.
Can ANYBODY make their daisys look like the ones in the book????? That is one flower that I practiced over and over and OVER and still never got them right. 
great looking daisies. whether they're right or wrong - they look very nice.
Thank you gals for the compliments, i'm very proud of them. I'll definately post my final cake once its done.
I think if you do the daisies with the wide end up and they look good then keep doing them that way.
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