Fondant Roses - How Far In Advance?
Decorating By fondantfrenzy Updated 21 Feb 2009 , 6:00pm by tonedna
Hi,
I have been practicing making Fondant Roses and really suck at it. I have to make a cake with aLOT of roses on Saturday and was wondering, can i start making them from now. I have two concerns
1) Will they be cracked if I make them from now
2) I want to make pink and red, will the color stay on it if , i keep them covered and in a dark place?
I always make my roses in advance. It takes a while for them to dry. They will last a long time. Your colors should be fine as long as they are out of direct sunlight. Good luck.
I always make my roses in advance. It takes a while for them to dry. They will last a long time. Your colors should be fine as long as they are out of direct sunlight. Good luck.
I do them in gumpaste.. and the can be done weeks ahead.The longer the better. And they can be stored
Edna
I do them in gumpaste.. and the can be done weeks ahead.The longer the better. And they can be stored
Edna
Thanks all, I dont have the stuff to make gumpaste and have fondant. It's a rainy day and figured that would give me something to do today. I tried to search the forums to see if this question was already asked, but couldnt find anything.
Thanks for responding everyone!
So you know...fondant will make it harder to do the flowers, since it wont roll out as thin. You can add some tylose to help it.
Edna
WOW Beautiful roses!!! Good job, Im sure your cake os going to look wonderful..............please post your pic.
How did you make these roses? It's not the Wilton or Duff method. I really like the way the Wilton ones look, but they take me forever to do...
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fondantfrenzy I'm new to the site and saw a recipe you posted -- the Ferror Rocher Filling. I have a question and didn't know how to contact you and saw your posting.
If you don't mind, my question is: when you say "one large carton of heavy whipping cream", how large? 1C? 2C? larger?
Thanks for your time.
BTW, your roses look great!
The cake is beautiful! The roses look great. I also love that lace border around the middle cake.
WOW Beautiful roses!!! Good job, Im sure your cake os going to look wonderful..............please post your pic.
Here it is. I am not happy with the top i was trying to make one of those ball looking things made of roses. I ended up breaking alot of my roses.
Making those ball toppers can be quite hazardous....I just made one and It does gets scary. Look at the topper on the first photo on my blog.
I had to use 2 size of roses. Bigger one and smaller medium ones to fill the empty holes where the big one didnt fit. Plus you need fillers. Since roses ar round they will leave empty holes that you need to fill with smaller flowers and leaves..
http://designmeacake.com/blog.html
Edna
Edna,
You are the greatest!!! THank you for your help and support, it helped me build confidence. I just wish my roses looked better on top. I didnt think to put leaves and smaller roses! It makes me feel better if you are saying it can be hazardous, when i was putting my roses in, they were cracking....so i know what you were talking about. What did you stick them in? I made a fondant ball, is that what you use?
Oh I forgot to say, you did a beautiful cake!..Kudos!!!
Edna
Coming from you that is quite a compliment. Thank you!
It depends on how high I want them or how many I am putting. In that photo I used a styrofoam ball covered in fondant. But usually when I am in a hurry I just build a buttercream ball. Since is soft I don't have to push as hard and the lower flowers usually hold the top flowers. And the fillers will cover the holws so you dont see the inside of the ball, just flowers.
As a fact, I know pre made roses are a lot stronger than the ones that are homemade. But the one I make looke prettier than the ones premade, so is a give and take.
I use premade when I have too many weddings..
Edna
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