ok, so i absolutely HATE royal icing...it jsut doesnt work for me..everything is clean and disinfected and still, my icing doesnt come out. so instead, i like to use buttercream flowers, leave them overnight to dry and then place them whereever i want. So far though, i've been limited to only drop flowers. does anyone know of any other flower i can make with buttercream that i can leave to dry and then place on the cake??
You can make roses with buttercream and those will dry well enough to handle to. I'm sure there may be others you could try too.
The daisies on my mother's day cake are BC because my mom hates royal. It was a pain though. Crazy petals kept breaking.
Can I ask, how long do you all freeze them for? Is this just an overnight thing? Thanks!!
Tanya
Does freezing BC flowers cause condensation, etc. when they thaw to room temp?
I've done it many times...with all colours and all types of flowers and I've never had any problem. They defrost on the cake nicely. I just put them where I want them and then add leaves. I think it's nice when the customer can cut a piece of cake without running into hard royal icing pieces. Of course I still keep royal icing flowers on hand for when I'm in a hurry.
Funny you should ask this question! Not too long ago, I sat down with a bunch of Wilton books & made a list of all the flowers I can make. Most are w/buttercream. I wanted to be able to tell the brides what I can do.
Daisy, Apple Blossom, Chrysanthemum, Violet, Pansey, Forget Me Not, Lily of the Valley, Poinsettia, Sunflower. To name a few!
Actually, I guess my question should have been how long can they kepp in the frezzer? If I were wanting to make some up ahead of time to have on hand for last minute orders, you know?
I have a box in the freezer (Empty chocolate box) filled with multi color BC roses etc.I've had them for months and it is really handy to pop on a cake at the last minute!!
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