Can somebody please explain to me the way you do these roses? I have tried SEVERAL times and nothing good came of it! 
I am talking about the ones that are folded, not the wilton method. I don't know if it was my fondant. I used for the first time the pettinice fondant. I had a hard time with covering the cake with this too, it kept cracking and ripping as I tried to smooth the sides. Any suggestions would be great!!!
Thanks
Shelleylynn
Thanks and yes, I was doing the crisco trick, but it was still cracking. Maybe I was rolling it too tight, or pressing the fold together too much?!
I have seen some that look very loose, Is that what I should be shooting for?
Thanks
Anyone have any tips?? I'll be trying this on a cake tomorrow. It doesn't look difficult... but maybe looks can be deceiving.
Perhaps you should microwave it for a few seconds. The ribbon should not be pressed along the folded edge and yes you shouldn't roll them too tight.
Duff makes a rose with circles of fondant. Have you tried that one. I love it and it is so easy.
Cut 3 circles and lay them on each other overlapping the edges only. Roll them up and with a knife cut the cylinder in the middle giving you two pieces. Gently separate the petals and fan them out as much as you want. I have also done this with 5 circles to make larger roses.
Hope this helps.
That sounds so intriguing, but I don't think I understand. When you cut the 3 circles, should they all be the same size? Hi AlamoSweets. I'm down the road in Austin, but originally from Midland.
Someone posted a link today for a tutorial on these. Let me see if I can find it.
Found the thread. The link is in it. Hope it helps.
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-447943-ribbon.html+roses
Thank you so much NEWTODECORATING. You're awesome.
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I just created a simple illustration in Photoshop that may make it more clear. The disks are different colors for illustration purposes but I often thought about doing pink and white disks together.
Hello Austin!
Thank you so much AlamoSweets. That clears things up a lot. I can't wait to try it.
Here's a link on how to do the Duff circle roses, if it helps:
http://www.odense.com/rosebuds.cfm
HTH!
Can somebody please explain to me the way you do these roses? I have tried SEVERAL times
I am talking about the ones that are folded, not the wilton method. I used for the first time the pettinice fondant. I had a hard time with covering the cake with this too, it kept cracking and ripping as I tried to smooth the sides. Any suggestions would be great!!!Thanks
Shelleylynn
Hi Shelleylynn
I would try adding a little bit of glucose or glycerine to add some elasticity to the fondant, maybe that will help it and stop it from tearing.
I have a few different types of roses in my gallery, I usually have a play with left over fondant. feel free to take a look.
Looks like ribbitfroggie took care of that for me.
Enjoy.
Thank you ribbitfroggie for the llink. That is really helpful. I'm really excited to have that for reference.
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