are buttercream roses hard to make? I dont know how to do them. I have quite a few books but I still cant follow what it says. 
Try this out:
http://www.wilton.com/decorating/basic/roses.cfm
This has a little movie of the wilton rose. Maybe it would help you to see the process in action.
-Mel
Yes, for me at least. I've given up and am now only making fondant or marzipan ones! Good luck with yours, people say it just takes practice, but I think that you either can or can't do them well, and I can't (not to my standards anyway lol!)
i learn things easier by watching too...
thankyou everyone for the tips I appreciate it very much
Just keep trying!
I did some roses last night for the first time in 5 years and I felt like I was starting over.
Make sure your icing is pretty stiff and that will help a ton. (mine was waaaaay to soft and made it nearly impossible to get a good rose, let alone transfer it to the cake!)
Just practice. You can always dump the bad ones back in a bowl and keep trying.
I have a hard time with them. One woman in my Wilton class made royal icing bases for her roses and she said that it made everything tons easier.
You can make them a couple weeks ahead. In my course 2 we did all buttercream flowers and did them in week 2 & 3 and put them on a cake on week 4. They are really easy to work with when they are a little hard!
You can even make them ahead of time and put them in the freezer. Make sure your icing is stiff enough to begin with and to deal over time with hot hands (if you are anything like me). I have also learned that a little bit of piping gel in the icing helps smooth out the edges of the petals. Good luck!
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