Easy Fondant Roses

Most of the things that are very famous and talked about are controversial. It applies to Fondant cakes too. People either love fondant or hate it. I am not talking about people who eat the cake, but people who work on decorating the cakes. Some people love buttercream so much that they do not even want to think about fondant. Some people vouch for fondant so much that they refuse to work with buttercream. If you need piping skills for buttercream, you need modelling skills for fondant. Whether one likes fondant or not, nobody can disagree that they can make cakes beautiful and so much real for a lot of projects. One of the main part of fondant decoration is the flowers on wedding cakes. You cannot place plastic flowers (yes, you could, but they don't look great, plus there is no personal thing about it) and not all fresh flowers are edible plus you cannot get all kinds of flowers at all the time. So, fondant and gumpaste flowers have their own market.

This post is about not how to make the real traditional fondant rose. I made those when I took cake decorating class and I know how time consuming they are. You make the base, let it dry, add one row of petals, let them dry and add the next and next and let the whole flower dry. Forget about the drying time, making them itself is an elaborate process.

Here is what Duff Goldman taught how to make roses in a jiffy. Remember, they don't look anywhere closer to what the real rose looks like, but they work and have a contemporary look if I may say so. These are cute and you can either top the center of a large cake with a bunch of them or just top each cupcake with one and put a leaf or two in between.
Step 1: Roll the fondant on a surface dusted lightly with corn starch.

Step 2: Cut three circles using a cookie cutter. You could use any sized cutter you wish. Same sized three circles is what you need.

Step 3: Place them overlapping as shown.

Step 4: Brush the center with some water as shown to act like glue.

Step 5: Roll them tight like a cylinder.

This is how it looks..

Step 6: Cut in the middle of the cylinder to get two pieces. And spread them a little bit with your hand or the ball tool. The fondant I have used was so dry that it cracked a little. If you use half fondant and half gumpaste, you can make thinner petals and they won't crack.

Few pictures of the rose made with a bigger cutter..

I have tried to thin the edges a bit.

Here is two sizes..

I know they don't look anywhere closer to what the traditional fondant rose is, but when you are pressed for time, you could make these.

This is my third day's entry to Blogging Marathon organized by Srivalli.

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