How to make a Fondant Rose

I've decided to break down how to make sugar flowers one flower at a time. I'll start with the best ones I make. A fondant rose. They're really not nearly as hard to make as you think. I'll show you a few different ways.

 Forgive the unnatural color. I needed something that would show up on camera well.

I started out with a band rose. It's pretty easy. All you do is cut a strip out of fondant and roll it up along one side and turn down the top line.

 Another variation is to ruffle one side of the ribbon before rolling it together to make it look just a bit more realistic.

 Check out how cute these look. Now, granted, these are not meant to look realistic. They are meant to look kind of cartoon-y and really easy to make.

 But we can up our game. So, to make a more realistic-looking rose, you cut out a bunch of circles out of fondant and flatten the edges with the pads of your fingers to make it less perfect. Then make a small cone of fondant and wrap the petals around it in odd numbers. Start with one and wrap it around to overlap itself.

 Then wrap three petals around. Overlap the petals about 50% over each other and wrap it around the rose, tucking the last petal under the first.

 It will look like a lovely rose bud.

Then do the same thing with five petals. And finally seven petals.

 Now it will look like this.

 Then, gently roll the top edge of the petals outwards to make the flower bloom.

 The final step is optional, depending on your taste, but I sometimes crimp the edges of the petals by pinching them slightly to create more movement in the flower.

 Let's see that again, shall we? Begin by wrapping one flattened circle around a small cone of fondant.

 Then three and then five. This time I stopped there. Roll the edges of the petals toward the outside to make the flower bloom. This time I chose not to crimp the petals. This style is more perfect looking and less organic. But both are lovely.

You can add the petals one at a time, you can vary the sizes of the petals, crimp or not, make it bloom more or less. Make it your own. There are all sorts of different kinds of roses.

 Look at the different looks we made with some simple steps.

This cake was made with a little bit of piping and a handful of roses made using the exact same techniques that we just used.

 I mean, how lovely is this cake? Who wouldn't love to get it?

I hope this helps you make the perfect fondant roses for your project. You can also make them shorter by cutting some fondant off the bottom of your fondant roses. Short roses exist as well.

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