Fondant Roses A Diaster!!!!!!!
Decorating By SugarCreations Updated 27 Oct 2005 , 2:26am by Cake_Princess
I spent about an hour and a half tonight trying to do a fondant rose those things are not as easy as they look. I can never get the center to look right, as far as that goes neither does the rest of it. Anybody got a good how to on this?
oh man.. no ideas for you sadly
i'm trying to finish mine for my level 3 wilton class and i'm hating them !
I am going to take those classes someday I think they would help me out a lot.
I'm trying to remember whose instructions I followed. I'm pretty sure it was The essential guide to cake decorating. It had lots of pictures to make it idiot proof (I need those kinda directions).
Here is what I did when I made fondant roses.
Tools:
Fondant rolling pin with the thickness guides
Large Rose Petal cutter
Small rose petal cutter
Ball and Veining tool
1. Roll out your fondant and use the small rose petal cutter. This is the base of the rose.
2. Knead it with your fingertips then place it in the palm of one hand and use you index finger of The other hand to roll it in to a ball.
3. To elongate one side. Place you index finger on one half of the ball and gently roll it back and forth. You will end up with a pearl drop shape.
4. Pop it on to a toothpick and let it dry.
You would do several of these one time so that they have time to dry before going on to the next stage.
5. Use the large cutter to and make a cutout from the rolled fondant. Then make 1/2 inch cuts where the petals are divided.
6. Use the thin sponge to thin the edges of the cut out. The cutter forms 5 petals. If u orient the cutout so you have a head, 2 arms and 2 legs.
7. The head is the petal you will start making the rose with. After cupping the center of the cutout on the thick foam thread the toothpick with the bud base through the center.
8. Paint the head with a bit of extract and wrap one edge on to the base bud. Then coax the edge around the other side and let it slant downwards slightly. Leave the egde opened up a tiny bit so it looks like the center of the bud is opening up.
If the other 4 petals fall off as you Are doing this that's ok. Just remember That the petals usually Attach opposite each other and each outer layer tends to overlap the inner layer's egdes.
I hope that makes sense. I kind of did it off The top of my head. I have a course 3 book. I can get it out and scan the instructions for you if you want.
When I first started with gumpaste roses, I couldn't get the center right, which threw the whole process off. Sounds like that may be part of your problem.
They are a little pricey but they sell styrofoam centers. I bought a small bag of these to help me get the idea of the size and shape. I practice around those first and then tried on my own!
I also have a cutter that has 4 petals attached together and you use that to wrap each petal, while the section still remaining in tact. I like that much better than doing each individual petal?!
Good luck though! You'll get better at it! 
Thanks everyone, so good tips. I will keep at it.
I dont Think jelly beans would work. They need to have a tapered end. Just keep practicing and it will come to you. I felt the same way when I had to make mine. After 3 roses I got the hang of it.
I also had a hard time with the center of the rose. Read somewhere about using a Hershey's kiss and that worked like a dream. Helped me learn how to get the right taper. Also improved my BC roses.
I think today is my hard day to making roses in my Wilton class.
Lets see how hard it is? I am excited and a bit nervous.
But I am happy because I made MMF as per CC MMF recipe and it is really easy recipe and test also yummy!
Wish me luck to make Roses.
Cake_Princess, you already gave me a lesson and I know it will helpful for me,thanks for that detail info.
Thanks to you all for helping us.
Nitu
Sterling, I don't think hershey kisses will work for this rose. I head it works with Buttercream roses.
Nitu, no problem at all. I had a rough time getting started.
Mpitrelli, the cutter makes it easy for some people where the placement of the petals should go. When I made my roses, some of The cutouts fell apart. By That time I figured out how the individual petals should be attached So it looked natural.
I forgot to mention, the bud base may seem really small and it is. Bit it's good to go. Nitu, in class your teacher might bring in some bigger basebuds for you to get the feel for attaching petals to them. That's not the full instructions for the bud you still need to attach 4 more petals to make a complete bud.
Well I am sure glad someone has got it down! Good job! Now if I can do it I'll be good to go. Can someone tell me how big these things are suppose to be at the base? How many petals should they have? I tried tonight to make some and they all look like a pregnant hippo at the base!
Sugar - pm me your email address and I'll email you some instructions. I have 3 sets - one out of the Wilton gumpaste book using individual petals, one out of the Wilton Course III book using the step-saving 5-petal cutter, and one out of a British book that I have that doesn't use cutters at all, just flattened balls of fondant.
I just wanted to offer an easy way to form your center cone. I do polymer clay and I learned this technique from one of my books. To make the cone, roll a smooth ball, then place your hands in a V shape ( you know when you fill up your hands to wash your face) and roll the ball back and forth in a sliding motion. Most of the pressure should be on the bottom part of your palms, so that the ball stays rounded at the top and becomes pointed at the bottom. Hope that helps.
SugarCreation the bud bases are pretty small. That's why I suggested that you use the Fondant Rolling pin with The measuring guide. It rolls the fondant out to 1/8 thickness. Then you use the small petal cutters. So you will end up with pretty consistant results. All you need to do after this is make it in to a pearl drop shape.
Princess
Instuctions for individual petals are on the back Of the 24 oz fondant box.
Ok let me know if you get stuck. I will try my best to help.
Princess
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