Finished With The Red Mmf/gum Paste Roses!!
Decorating By coolmom Updated 30 Oct 2006 , 11:50pm by nokddng
So what do you guys think? Thank you sooooo much to everyone who helped me. From tips to getting that much red MMF, advice on how to make the roses, and instructions on how to add/mix in the gum paste...I learned it all from you guys! I'd love to get feedback/comments on these!
they look great !!! so how do you add the gumpaste ??? I need to do a big bow and I think I should add gumpaste !!!
thats a lotta roses !!!
Wow beautiful. How long did it take you to make all those? They came out really really nice. I'm sure your sis will be very happy.
Debbie,
Yes, it is A LOT of roses 
! I started working on them yesterday at 2:00 and finished at 9:00, so about 7 hours total. And yes, my sis had BETTER be happy!
sweetviolent,
I am sure that there are many different methods to adding the gumpaste, but this is what I did...I bought the gumpaste mix (b/c it was cheaper) and followed the directions on the can. I was told to mix the gumpaste/MMF 50/50, but I didn't have quite enough gumpaste for that, so I just used all I had. It seemed to work fine. The first roses were already starting to harden by the time I finished the last ones.
BEAUTIFUL! how did you achieve the red then? I want to make red soon, any advice?
Well, the red took a while. Someone suggested that I use koolaid, so I did that, but it made it a really light pink (maybe I added it wrong?), soooo, someone else said to color it really bright pink and then add red. I did that too, and then I still had to add a whole container of wilton red red paste. I did make an entire batch of MMF and almost as much gumpast though, so I had a lot to color.
Beautiful! Nice work- can't wait to see the finished cake!
Amber
Those are very pretty. Are the pans you have set up the plan for the cake. That is going to be a gorgeous cake. I can't wait to see the finished product!!!!!! Good Job!
Beautiful roses. One day I hope to have enough time to sit down and do these. Right now I am stealing the tootsie rolls out of the Halloween candy and making roses. 
Thank you, thank you! I am so glad that everyone likes these! I have made cakes for small gatherings before, but not one where there will be so many people. It helps to have "pre-approval". Yes, the pans I have set up are the pan sizes I will be using for the cake (except the tiers will be 2 layers each). I put the roses around them to make sure that I made enough. I couldn't really think of a more acurate way to do it.
Very pretty indeed! 
Please post the finished product for all to admire. Good job! 
coolmom that is a really long time but i'm sure your sis will appreciate it. Its not often you can say your sis made that beautiful cake for you. I cant wait to see the completed cake.
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