How Far Ahead Can You Make Buttercream Roses?
Decorating By beetle1948 Updated 3 Aug 2007 , 4:06pm by projectqueen
Hi
How far ahead can you make roses from Buttercream Icing
I make mine and immediately put them on a cookie sheet and into the freezer. Once frozen, I transfer them on their wax paper squares into a tupperware container with a lid. I keep them like that in the freezer until I need them (could be a month or more). They are super easy to handle when frozen and I just lift them off the wax paper and place them where I need them on the cake.
really?? buttercream roses?? I would think you could keep royal roses for so long. wow! that is so great to learn
Freezing them? Do you have problems as they thaw out on the cake....like slipping?
When I keep frozen flowers, I have a label on top of the container. it would say "yellow roses 1/30/07" "purple pansies 2/18/07" "bue forget-me-nots 3/16/07" etc. I add the description and dates so I know how old the flowers are. I have thrown out many flowers because of their age. I still haven't figured out how long they keep, though. I usually will taste one.
No, no problems at all with thawing the roses. No slipping at all.
In fact, I will freeze them even if I plan to use them the same day simply because they are SO much easier to handle while frozen.
I will make what I need, put them on a cookie sheet and put it in the freezer for at least 1/2 hour. Then when I take them out (if I have a lot of roses, I freeze on 2 separate cookie sheets to give me extra work time) I use the flower scissor thingy to pull them off the wax paper squares and place right on the cake. If I put one in the wrong place it's easy to just scoop it up again and re-place it.
They thaw perfectly in place on the cake! Try it!
I have used both a recipe that has 1/2 butter 1/2 shortening as well as a recipe that uses just hi-ratio shortening.
You should be able to use just your regular buttercream recipe as long as it is stiff enough to pipe.
Good luck!
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