Hi Everybody!
I just heard today about the dowel method for making roses. It was mentioned a few times in different places I can't remember now. Anyway, can anyone give me more information on this? I think I saw that there were some others who were interested too. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a bunch!
Hi!
I think you saw it here. Read tcturtleshell's great instructions.
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=48308#48308
You could try doing a search on this website. I know I saw that someone took pictures of how to do it. So it's out there somewhere on the web. 
Hopefully someone will be able to remember for you!
Thanks Jackie. Looking forward to it. Thank you all so much! I can't wait to try it. LOL.
OK Everyone here it is!
http://www.cakecentral.com/article50-Making-Buttercream-Roses-on-a-Stick.html
All thanks go to Cheryl for taking the photos and sharing this technique!
That is an absolutely awesome idea! One stunning use I can see other than the obvious decorating cakes since the roses are on picks (which you could use longer skewers or toothpicks in the final step for this idea I would think and once the roses are dry): you can do say a bon bon (aka truffle or cake ball) and rose basket or "tree/topiary" with a little styrofoam, foil and petit fours cups. An edible centerpiece lol! I have also seen this done with Ferro Rocher truffles so you could use those too!
I do a basket with fruit on long skewers-a true "fruit basket bouquet" where you take a large basket, put styrofoam half-circle in the basket, toothpick kale (because it has pretty lines and color, but can use any leafy green) to the styrofoam, and then insert your fruit on skewers to make "flowers" (some fruits like pineapple or firm melon you can use mini cutters and shape it like a flower too). People absolutely love this and it is a beautiful presentation and they just pick off the fruit by pulling the skewer.
If you had say a larger vase, simply stick bonbons on skewers with some roses on skewers and call it an edible bouquet! (Whether the roses will stay firmly adhered to long skewers not sure since they will have nothing like cake to rest on, so maybe I would dip the skewer tops where the rose rests in a bit of corn syrup for added staying power?)
To do a tree or topiary this would definitely work: foil-cover a styrofoam cone (or topiary). Push your roses on toothpicks into the foil/styrofoam. Put some bon bons in petit four cups colored to your event or green to mimic "leaves"-and attach them too. (Obviously the idea of foil covering is you do not want the potential for styrofoam to get into your goodies if people pick them off and eat them so you'd want to push them in not quite firmly so they rest on the foil but can be pulled out without destroying the foil.) The petit four cups will also help if guests decide to remove the bon bons and eat them-pull the cups to remove the bon bon from the tree and eat promptly. (Or like the Ferro Rocher version, wrap your bonbons in colored foil so removal is not messy.) I think I may use this one lol!
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