What Are Your Thoughts About Fondant Roll Up Roses....
Decorating By Kiddiekakes Updated 22 May 2008 , 5:55pm by diane
I have mixed feelings about fondant rolled into roses......Is it just me or do they look like I didn't want to take the time to do a flower properly 
..What are your thoughts....I'd like to put a few on the castle cake I am doing but in the end....I always end up looking at them and then taking them off cause they look fake and tacky...Can someone change my mind!!! 
Laurel 
On the right cake I like them. I do think they are more Whimsy and 'fun' so I would use them in those cases. For something more serious, elegant and such I'd go with regular roses. Tha'ts just me though. 
I agree w/ the ladies above...it all depends on the style of the cake...personally I love whimsy stuff so rolled roses are my favorite....I'm not much into the elegant serious cake design.
I can't do a fondant rose that actually looks like a rose, so a ribbon rose or duff style rose has to do it for now. I tend to put them cakes that aren't so formal like others have mentioned.
However if I am doing a really nice/formal cake and have plenty of time I do buttercream roses. I find it a lot easier to making those instead of gum paste or fondant roses for the now! 
Sandi
Ribbon roses are cute but have a totally different style then traditional sugar flowers....I like them but they do have a somewhat juvenial look to them. Well, at least mine do! I have seen some really awesome ribbon roses and I am thinking, why don't mine come out like that??
As for sugar flowers (like fondant roses and all that good stuff) I absolutely love them.....but they are alot of hard work. And I really get pi$$ed when my kids walk by and jack one of the tray....I want to scream "GRAB A HANDFUL OF FONDANT AND LEAVE ME ALONE!!!"
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