Hi. I am making roses for a bridal shower cake. Is it ok to use just fondant or should I mix it 50/50 with gumpaste or should I just go straight gumpaste?
It depends upon the look you are trying to achieve. I always like to make my flowers look as real as I possibly can (which isn't so much, but I am trying), so I always use gum paste. It is much more flexible/stretchy than fondant and can be rolled much thinner. It also dries much more quickly. Other types of roses, like ribbon roses, for instance, are better done with fondant.
We just did these with our MML fondant and added Tylos to make gum paste. Don't know if you want to go that route. So we like the 50/50. We can have better control how stiff it gets. We can get it very thin, but let dry for 2 days then paint, dust or airbrush. Sorry for the huge pic below! LOL Not sure what happened!
Thank you @sandrasmiley. I didn't know such a thing as a "ribbon rose". I'm using that cookie cutter to make my roses. So I think it is like a ribbon. I'm a hobby baker and doing this for a friend's niece's bridal shower. I like learning new techniques, but with purpose behind it. I doubt I would sit and try to perfect roses without a deadline of some sort. lol! I wonder if I should just have her buy some sugar roses online? I will attach a picture of the look of what she wants (just the bottom two tiers; and I will limit her to 3 or 4 colors; and do about half of the roses on the sample cake). I will attach another picture of what I have created so far using those cookie cutters. I don't think they're as nice as the sample cake or @trucake but I don't think they're half bad. The back row are my most recent attempt.
Your roses look pretty darned good, whatthedogate, and they will be beautiful on a cake.
You can make these with fondant, fondant fortified with Tylose, gum paste or modeling chocolate.
Here is a tutorial on making ribbon roses. You might like them.
Thank you @sandrasmiley. You and all the other bakers are always so helpful and kind.
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