I am making this cake for this weekend:
It is for a baby shower cake and the colors will all be pastels, pink, purple, green and yellow...
I'm looking for advice on making the green swirly things...i will be piping them on, there is no fondant on this cake...evrything is BC (I bought the topper from wal-mart)
Also the woman from he bakery claimed that she used a rose tip to make those big flowers, that the bottom layer is just the outside petals and the pink part covers the void in between...any suggestions or how to's with that would be great...
As to making rose buds on the cake...is there a link here on CC that can direct me on how this is done?
TIA guys!
You can probably do the green swirly things with a tip 7 or 8. I'm not sure about the large flowers on the cake, though.
The link below is to Wilton's site. It shows how to do the rose buds.
HTH,
Amy
http://www.wilton.com/decorating/basic/index.cfm
The green swirls you can do with a tip 7 probably (just depends on how thick you want the line to be). The large pink flowers use 104 and just do a ruffle motion from the centre of the flower up to where you want the petal tip to end and then ruffle it back down the other side to create one petal.
Does that make sense?
You can probably do the green swirly things with a tip 7 or 8. I'm not sure about the large flowers on the cake, though.
The link below is to Wilton's site. It shows how to do the rose buds.
HTH,
Amy
http://www.wilton.com/decorating/basic/index.cfm
I cant believe I haven't seen that site on Wilton before...LOVE IT!!!
The green swirls you can do with a tip 7 probably (just depends on how thick you want the line to be). The large pink flowers use 104 and just do a ruffle motion from the centre of the flower up to where you want the petal tip to end and then ruffle it back down the other side to create one petal.
Does that make sense?
It does...my roblem stems from wanting to be perfect all the time and I am wondering if there is a way I can make a pattern for the swirls so that they are the same EVERY time...I know sounds crazy right? Damn OCD!!!!
If you want the swirls to be EXACTLY the same ... lol ... draw on paper so you are happy with size, shape, etc., then do a piping gel transfer to get the pattern on the cake.
I'm sure that the Wilton website has directions for the gel transfers as it's in their Class 1.
HTH
You could bend a piece of wrapped floral wire and gently press it into the cake.
Agree with what getfrosted said about the flowers. Do it like the Violet leaf.
marthajo1-FLORAL WIRE!!!! BY JINKIES I THINK YOU'VE GOT IT!!! YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER!!!
The green swirly things...make yourself a pattern on paper, cover with waxed paper and use royal icing or color flow to trace. When it dries, lay in on the cake. Make extras in case of breakage. Or just pipe them with a tip 7. The pattern making would probably give you more of a "perfect" product.
The gigantic roses...if you go back to the wilton site, the instructions on making Violet leaves in Course II will give you an idea about what getfrosted is explaining - up one side and down the other -.
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