UPDATED: Video Tutorial HERE
I am obsessed with Neapolitan lately. And if you are friends with me on Instagram you already know this.
I shared this picture yesterday. As well as another picture of the pre-frosted cakes the day before.
And I even made another Neapolitan Rose cake last week that was for the amazing staff of volunteers and teachers at my kids’ AWANA program.
But I digress.
I love Neapolitan. I adore the ease and look of my Rose Cake technique.
When I first did the Rose Cake back in Feb. of 2011, I had no idea it would take off like it did. Its now being taught in Wilton course’s and being sold in bakeries across the world.
To say I am humbled by it all is putting it mildly!
So to be able to do something new (and delicious!) with the sweet buttercream roses is so exciting.
For me, this was a match made in heaven.
Not only is the buttercream Neapolitan, but the cake flavors are as well. I made a chocolate cake, a strawberry cake, and a white cake in 8in pans. I only used one 8in layer of each flavor for this cake, so I popped the extra layers into the freezer.
I am going to whip up another one of these easy cakes to bring to a Mothers Day celebration this weekend!
I used a basic buttercream for the white and strawberry layers, but added 1 scant teaspoon of strawberry extract to the pink buttercream. (which I tinted with AmeriColor Soft Pink, quite possible my favorite ever brand)
I have been trying to use as many different frosting’s as possible with the rosette technique to determine if they will hold up. I found this specific buttercream to be very durable as well as obnoxiously sweet.
Which is awesome.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 two pound bag powder sugar (about 7-8 cups)
- 1 tablespoon good quality vanilla
- 4 tablespoons milk
- dash salt
Instructions
- Put room temperature butter, vanilla, and salt into mixer. Add in powder sugar one cup at a time, alternating with the milk until you have used it all.
- If your frosting is too thick you can certainly add more milk. I found that this is the perfect consistency for me to pipe roses using the 1M or 2D tip.
I made a batch up chocolate buttercream as well! (had to halve this recipe)
You really cant go wrong with a rose covered Neapolitan cake for mom!
Or you. Just make it for you. Its totally worth it.
Stunning, as always!
Thank you sweety!
Beautiful!
I love Neapolitan as well – makes me think of ice cream as a kid. I thought your cake was beautiful and then I see the inside! WOW!
Would so love if you have a video showing how to do the rose. I love this cake and the variations I have been seeing everywhere.
As ever, you have created another stunning cake. It’s so beautiful in its simplicity.
WOW! That’s unbelievably beautiful! Although, everything you do is!!
Beautiful. I hope you are getting credit for your designs!
oh my goodness. this is gorgeous!!! i just want to get in the kitchen and make it now!
I have a thing for all things neapolitan too. I just wish I could spell it!!
This cake is beautiful. Almost too pretty to eat. Is that possible???
I remember the photo from instagram!
Yayayay! This looks fantastic…as always! 
That is simply gorgeous and delicious!!!
Love this idea! Just trying to think what occasions I have coming up that I could make this for!!!
LOVE IT!! And I love that you used an all-butter icing (aka no shortening). You cannt et shortening here, so there are some piped designs I haven’t figured out how to make yet that will hold up with only butter.
SO incredible Amanda. I totally need a cake decorating lesson from you someday
Beautiful! I love those colors together.
This is so fun, Amanda. Makes me think of summers at the lake. I wish I had a slice for breakfast!
Your cakes always make me smile. Your talent is unbelievable! This is really gorgeous my friend! xoxo
Huge compliment coming from the Dessert Diva herself!
Beautiful!
Thanks Amy! I said the same thing when I saw your pretty face this morning. (on my computer, I am not sitting outside your window in the bushes or anything.)
I just love how you refer to this project as “whip up another” cake for your Mother’s Day Celebration. You are endearing to us simple folk out here in the ‘sphere who have never made Your beautiful rose cake not to mention a step further in the Neapolitan variety. Hmmm The possibilities? PBJ & choc. or Rasp, Lemon & Choc or Pistachio, Lemon and ? oh and there is just chocolate and mint. But…. nevertheless, its beautiful and your mother or mother – in – law will truly be thrilled with this beauty. Happy Mother’s Day, btw
AmyRuth
WE need to get together and brain storm cake flavors over coffee.
Thanks so much for the kind words and sentiment. I just adore you!
so so beautiful and a clever combination of the roses w/ Neopolitan! as beautiful as the outside is, I’m a huge fan of the interior.
*faints*
OK…I’ve picked myself up off of the floor. Oh. My. Word. This might be my favorite cake ever. It’s just stunning and perfect in every way.
Have I mentioned how excited I am about your book?
that’s a beauty.
Gorgeous!
Beautiful cake!
I’m SO happy you made the inside neopolitan too. I’m tempted to make this for a special birthday too. So pretty.
I love the rose cake, and thank you for making it easy to do. I can’t wait to try this Neapolitan cake. So good to hear you go to AWANA!, that sure tells me you are a follower of our LORD. Took my kids and worked in it for approx. 15 years, now my 5 year grandsons are going and they finished their book (within a couple of months) did the review and did a extra book. I am so proud of them and my daughter for working with them like that. If the parents don’t work with them, they don’t usually hide HIS words in their heart.
Keep up the great work.
p.s. I had trouble with the hydrangea design thou, and I would love to be able to do it. There is also a ruffle cake out there, how do you do that. (no fondant here please)
Oh my the way, I do the Swiss Meringue Buttercream (Martha’s) and it works perfectly and it is not as sweet as regular buttercream.
Hi Barb! I do have a tutorial for the ruffle cake as well. Sorry there were issues with your hydrangea cake!
http://iambaker.net/christmas-tree-cake-tutorial Yes, we definitely love and serve the Lord in this house! Feel free to check out my “i am servant” tab… its where I talk about faith!
GORGEOUS! I was a cubbie when I was little.
Numbers 6:24.
Hey sweet friend, so my friend Rikky here in Germany linked up this cake today and I got to tell someone that “my sister from another mother” is the artist!!
Love this cake and only dream that one day when we meet, I will come to you and you will teach me all your baking and decorating secrets and make me a cake princess, since you’re the queen and all! LOL
Love you girl!
Stunning cake! I loved it!
Love it ! Gonna steal it!!!
Beautiful!
I attempted a similar cake this winter, and it didn’t turn out nearly as beautiful!
This is just SO beautiful! First time finding your blog – I saw this gorgeous cake on Pinterest and it brought me over. So happy to have found it! Love the Neopolitan as well.
Hi Rachel! So nice to ‘meet’ you! Looking forward to checkin out TheAvidAppetite!
Oh Amanda- another masterpiece from you! I am obsessed with Neopolitan too- it was all that starlight ice cream as a kid.
Of course your rose cakes are coveted and celebrated- they are amazing- just like you!
I love you I love you I love you. You are brilliant!
I absolutely loved your rose cake before, but this one is even more beautiful! I can’t wait to make this.
Absolutely gorgeous, Amanda. It looks so moist and yummy, too. (And I LOVE LOVE LOVE that 2nd photo, great shot!)
Oh my goodness! I’M OBSESSED! I totally need to make this ASAP. Out of this world–you rock.
Roses & Neopolitan on a cake touches my heart. Absolutely stunning! You are an inspiration, Amanda!
So beautiful! please oh please do a video of the rose technique! and the recipes for the layers would be great too!
Perfectly beautiful Amanda. Have a wonderful Mother’s Day.
Can I just come and hang out and watch you do your magic? I’d be real quiet.
Girl, you better not be quiet! The best part would be gabbin with you all day!
Omg thus looks super super yummie! Yup its offical going to make this for my god daughters bday.
That is so beautiful! Almost too gorgeous to eat!
Hi Amanda,
I gasped when i saw the cake, esp the sliced one. U r amazingly talented!!!! U hv a fan here from Singapore.=) May i ask what recipe u use for these cakes? =)
Thank you so much!! I used a box mix for all the cakes.
This cake and those roses are beautiful!
I see the kudos to you for this cake and can add nothing to the mix. Is it wrong that I’ve come to expect nothing less from you than beautiful, gorgeous and stunning? Because it is that and more!
Oh gee. You made me blush. Thank you friend.
so so pretty! and i love the shot of the inside of the cake!
My mouth literally watered when I saw this. I’ll have to make it for mothers day this weekend!!! Thanks so much for sharing!!!
This cake is absolutely gorgeous!!! I bet it would be adorable done with mini cakes, too. Hm… As always your ideas are a joy to see.
so pretty! i am doing an ombre cake for my daughters birthday and i’m planning on doing your roses on the outside.
This is so pretty! I can’t wait to start making roses so that maybe I can eventually make something as cool as this!
So pretty! I love how the insides always match!
As ever…stunning.
This is so pretty! I always love your cakes and this is one I will try to replicate
I am not having much success with my 2D tip. Seems the icing doesn’t distribute evenly on all sides. A bit scared of going at the tip, bending it… (yikes) Do you ever have this problem? Do you think it is icing-concistency or the tip itself that is at fault?
Thank you for all you make and share! <3
Camilla
I have had the problem… but for me it was a frosting issue. My buttercream was too thick and not creamy enough. Sorry I cant help more!
that is one perfect looking cake Amanda! so gorgeous! my mom loves neapolitan she would be thrilled with this cake! – maybe for her birthday in June! I could keep the tradition going, I made her your mint cake last year, remember!
Oh thats right!!! You totally should… you are such a naturally talented baker I just know it would be gorgeous!
Just found my birthday cake for this year!!
Beautiful!
Beautiful!
<3 it!! So so pretty, I tried making the rose cake but alas it was an epic fail :O(
As always, simply amazing! Beautiful photography as well.
What a beautiful cake
Amanda!!!! Knocking my shoes and socks off – BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!! Take my breath away -
Stunning!!! What does the top of cake look like?? Doesn’t look like roses.
I don’t have any words. This cake is too beautiful for words!! Your talent always amazes me!
Thank you so much sweet Maria!! I feel the same about you.
I wish I could get my roses to look like that. They always come out flat looking.
Amanda…Beautiful as always!! Which strawberry extract do you use? I see there are a few out there and since you mentioned it for your buttercream, I figured you could help….thanks!
I use McCormick Strawberry Extract. They sent me some a little while back and I really like it!
I love neopolitan too – always have! Gorgeous cake!
Amazing Amanda! Beautiful technique, awesome coloring and such great photos! You have real talent girl!!
I have a question. I tried making a rose cake a few weeks ago. It turned out great, but after a few minutes of it sitting there the roses started to fall off. And I made the cake like 2 days ahead of time, so by the time it was actually time to give the cake to the birthday girl, about half of the roses had fallen off. Have you had that problem before? I read back through your original tutorial, and the only thing I didn’t do was put it in the fridge. Is that my problem? I didn’t have problems of them drooping or anything, they just fell straight off. Anyways, I absolutely love all your cake designs, and I’d love to try this one again if you have any suggestions!
I am so sorry! That has actually never happened to me. Did you do a crumb coat? That helps them. I would maybe try chilling it right away next time to see if it makes a difference? What a bummer!
Haha no worries! I’ll just try it again! I did use a crumb coat, but maybe next time I’ll try a thicker one? Thankfully, I got a picture before they fell off, and my friend was more than understanding! It tasted really good, which is the most important thing in the end, right?
This happened to me when i made my sisters wedding cake – I think my frosting was just a teeny tiny bit stogy and thick – i think just a few drops of milk would have sorted it out – when i made it again i made the frosting a tiny bit more ‘wet’and it stuck nicely.
did you refridgerate it after you crumb coated it? if you live in a humid area that can contribute as well…. i just did a 4 tier wedding cake for my friend this past weekend and it turned out fine..:D best of luck!
You never cease to amaze me with your gorgeous cakes! They are too pretty to eat!
Gorgeous…just simply gorgeous!
Love your blog and specifically this cake! If you have addressed this in a previous comment I apologize. Where can I obtain the two piping tips you mention? I love that you provided a link for the pink gel paste. Can’t wait to try this!
You can get a 1M or 2D tip at any cake decorating supply store, as well as on Amazon or online decorating suppliers.
Beautiful! So inspirational, thanks for sharing your creativity with the world!
It would be a complete waste, but I so want this cake for my daughter’s 1st birthday smash cake in a few weeks!
Any way you could show us how you added the roses? Did you pipe them on the cake or apply after using a nail?
I have a link to my Rose Cake tutorial in the beginning of this post!
I think I have said this like ten times before, but THIS is my favorite cake ever. Seriously, Amanda – it’s stunning!!!
This cake is stunning! I must have been sending out “cake-vibes” to you virally. I’ve been reading and re-reading many of your cake posts for mother’s day (love the white fondant cake with pink “happy mother’s day” all over it as well as the pale mother’s day cake with the quote around the side.) I decided to make that one with a teacher appreciation quote for each of my children’s teachers (I too have 4 little ones)in honor of National Teacher Appreciation Day. But I have been searching for something just extra special for my mom and mother-in-law who both amaze and inspire me every day. My search is over – this is the cake! Thank you for sharing all of your ideas and this beautiful cake. I wish you a very blessed Mother’s Day!
Goodness gracious, this cake is absolutely GORGEOUS! Amanda, you are reach magic-worker
The last neapolitan cake I made turned out a disaster, so I’m considering this post as my little hint to try again!
Still L.O.V.E. it!
My cake prayers have been answered!!!
My son came home from school and asked if I would mind making a cake for the end of year party they are having in Spanish on Friday!!!
I looked at it last night, again this morning and will more over the next couple of days.
I need to try and make this beautiful, beautiful cake. You are truly gifted. LOVE your work
so pretty !!
Beautiful!
This is a stunning cake! Could you please leave us links to the cake recipes you used for each of the layers? I’m sorry if you did and I didn’t see it!
Absolutely one of the most beautiful cakes I have ever seen!
J’adore ce que vous faites, je suis une de vos fans
tout simplement sublime
Merci encore et encore de nous faire voyager avec vous
Bises
I’m new to your blog, Hon. I am thrilled to have found it! This cake is stunning to look at, and I am sure equally delicious! I use the same Butter Cream icing for lots of goodies, it’s good to know it will hold up well for all of those glorious roses. I can’t wait to try it. From one Christian Woman to another, let us find JOY in this day that our Lord has made . . .
Gorgeous Amanda! You are an inspiration.
Gorgeous cake! I”m sure it’s as delicious as it looks. Mmmmmmmmmm.
This is my favourite decorating thing you do Amanda – I really think it is both “weddingish” but also not too fancy to be mom’s day cake – i adore it esp in these colours! You rock!
I used to go to AWANA!
I am TOTALLY IN LOVE with this cake – its my birthday on the 4th June and i would LOVE to be able to make this for myself and my friends!
Any chance you could give the full sponge and all recipe?!!?
Love Katharyn xxx
Superb! I will be trying to make this Friday for a Saturday birthday party….Thanks for sharing this…it’s so awesome of you.
I made this and it was a great hit at the birthday party. Of course mine was not nearly as pretty as your but it sure tasted good and I enjoyed the fun of making it. I will make it again and this time try harder at making mine as pretty as yours! Thanks again for the post.
Janet
I´ve just started taking my baking a bit more seriously and I have to say congratulations! you are really inspiring. I would love to be able to do all the great things you do! maybe some day… Thanks for sharing this cake, I´ll try and make it for my mom as well!
Amazing! I missed this on instagram which is just as well else I would have been salivating over it all night. The rose design is also in Fiona Cairns birthday cake book too. It is on my list to do as I would love to try an ombre one but am not sure where to start but that is half the fun!
Hi! I am so thankful for kind and supportive readers who reach out and offer up encouragement in spite of it all.
Wow, wow, wow! I love it! It’s gorgeous as always!!!!
Absolutely stunning! I am really going to give this a try sometime soon. If you hear loud crying and gnashing of teeth south of you, you’ll know it didn’t go well.
xo
Pat
WOW! I am floored. I may need to do this for mother’s day. Thanks for all the inspiration, Amanda!
Oh my goodness. I fainted too! I made your rose cake for our baby girl’s first birthday. She was born on Valentine’s Day, so the only cake I could possible make was the rose cake. It wasn’t as pretty as yours, but I got so many compliments on it…and I am NOT a cake decorator by any means. And thank goodness it was easy too…I already had a Wilton 1M tip. Thank you for the cakes…keep ‘em coming!
So, are you saying that you invented the rose technique? If so, that’s pretty cool. I’m a big fan of it.
I am saying that I was the first to cover an entire cake in them. The rose “technique” existed before my cake simply because the 1M tip existed! People used them on cupcakes only. I was the first to use the 1M tip all over a cake. I didnt actually know that until *after* I made it! And thank you!
That’s HUGE!!! The allover technique is EVERYTHING! That’s really a big accomplishment. It’s like a cake frosting movement and you started it
lol you are too cute! I like the way you think.
I am absolutely in love with this cake and I’m planning on making it for my Mum for mother’s day this weekend.
I’m in Australia and our measurements are slightly different – would you please be able to tell me what the weight equivalent of a cup of butter for the buttercream would be? I really don’t want to get it wrong!
Many thanks.
Here, hope this helps!
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=cup+of+butter+is+how+many+ounces&btnK=
Stunning! What a fabulous idea!
this is so incredibly beautiful i can hardly stand it! gorgeous!!
Oh you!!! Totally blushing here. Thanks so much!
Gorgeous, Amanda!
Okay, that’s just plain gorgeous! I love that the layers inside match the frosting outside! It’s the best when a dessert makes a big impact, like this one does!
that’s really beautiful, amanda. you’re a sensation, and i’m happy to be among the first to recognize your talent!
WOW……its fantastic..
awesome cake! I’ll have to give your buttercream recipe a try on the next cake I make…do you have a good tutorial for the rose technique?
Hi Jennie- Yes, there is a link to my Rose Cake Tutorial in the beginning of this post. Happy Baking!
I was so impressed with the cake I must have missed it. Thanks I will definitely be checking it out!
Ohmygod, that is the most beautiful cake I have ever seen! Absolutely amazing!
That´s incredible, Marvellous, Beautifull… !!! Perfect !!!
Kisses from Spain-Europe
Breathtakingly Beautiful! Now, if only I could find someone to make it for me to enjoy on Mother’s Day. Sometimes you want to be able to dig into something this beautiful and delectable without having to first spend the time in the kitchen.
Gorgeously delicious as always
Thanks so much for you awesome ideas..I made the Neapolitan Rose Cake for my sister-in-laws birthday. It turned out awesome!!!
This is incredible! I’ve been looking for ideas for my wedding cake, and something like this would be perfect – much nicer than the traditional fruit cake! Love your work
Thanks for linking up Amanda! I featured your cakes in my wrap up post! http://tidymom.net/2012/12-tempting-desserts/
Have a beautiful Mother’s Day weekend!
Wow Amanda! I had no clue you were the first one to come up with the idea. So amazing! My sister in law wants a cake with pink roses all over now for her baby shower. Because of you
. Pretty awesome! I’m going to need to check out that tutorial and do some practicing!!! Beautiful cake Amanda!
Oh and Happy Mother Day!!!!
too amazing for words! Have a great weekend Amanda!
I love neopolitan too but your cake is way way too pretty to be eaten!
Amazing as usual!
I love your rose technique and use it often. This is such a fun twist. I find it easier and faster to ice a cake using it and the reactions i get are so fun. Most recently did pink rose sheet cake and a red rose square cake with edible gold dust brushed in the tips. Your above cake just gave me a great idea for a new twist. A clise second to this technique is the hydrangea cake. Easy and beautiful too.
This cake is beautiful and your directions make it so simple to do. I posted my picture on instagram too. If I can make this cake anyone can. This is only the forth decorated cake I have ever made and it looks amazing thanks to you!
fantastically beautiful! i’m so glad i spotted this on pinterest…just looked at your rose tutorial post, and i love how easy this seems to do.
I can’t remember if I already commented (senior moment), but I don’t see it if I did, but anyway this cake deserves multiple comments! THIS cake is STUNNING! It looks so soft and beautiful, inside and out! You’ve outdone yourself, Amanda:)
I am completely and utterly blown away by your rose cake. I saw the original one but this one (literally!) takes the cake. Gorgeous. I don’t know if I am brave enough to try making it…
Amazing!!! I’m your newest follower!
Amanda, everything about this cake is just thrilling. The rosettes and the color of the layers is beyond gorgeous!
What a gorgeous cake as always!
Beautiful, what a stunning cake! Thank you for sharing.
: )
Julie M.
Hi! This cake is so pretty and it looks delicious! can you share your recipe for the cakes? (white, chocolate, strawberry?) Thank you very much and more power!
I love this idea! I haven’t baked a cake from scratch in over a year, I think I’ve found my inspiration. Thank you
Oh my goodness. I’m at a loss for words. This looks so good. I have never tried decorating a cake before, but I really must. This is my inspiration
What did you add to make the strawberry frosting and the chocolate frosting. Sorry if you posted this earlier and I missed it.
Hi Amanda,
I am totally in love with your rose cakes, they look boootiful and i really want to make one for my daughters 1st birthday which is in a few weeks. I am so annoyed because all the cake parlours are fully booked around my area! so i have no choice but to bake one now. I really want to make this rose cake, but i have no idea where to start from, I havent baked in agessss!. Pleaseeee can you help me? with how to make the sponges and the buttercreams, full recipes please? I would reallly appreciate your help. I want to make my daughters 1st birthday really special and i know this cake would do just the trick, i just need your help!
thank you
Javeria x
I LOVE this! Like all of your recipes! And today is my daughter’s birthday. Guess what cake she wants? This one. I am attempting to make it today. Wish me luck! I feel I will need it on the rose technique!!
Thanks for sharing your fabulous talents with the rest of us!
What a gorgeous cake!! I’m going to try it and see if I can come close.
I am beyond impressed. Seriously, you should see the look on my face right now. I may be showing signs of jealousy… but, mainly, I’m impressed.
Neopolitin to a whole new level! Gorgeous cake, Amanda!
Absolutely the best floral cake i ever did see, the colours are so inviting (who can beat ice cream inspiration)i hope to make this cake someday soon.
So how do you make the chocolate buttercream frosting?
How do you make these roses ?
There are links above to my full tutorial Charoline.
Amanda, you make it look sooo simple!! i want to do it for the next special birthday! and i’m going to practice till then! Thanks so much for sharing! I’ll be back to let you know how it went
Hi ,
Love your work really really beautiful cakes that you make! I was wondering for this cake if you would like to share the recipe for the cake as well ?
( sorry for my spelling – english is not my native language )
I have been dying to make a rose cake since you first put it up! I’ve decided to go for it this weekend and would like to do it in blue, red and white for Memorial Day. Any tips on that?
I definitely follow you on Instagram, and love your love for neapolitan treats! This cake seriously looks amazing, AND buttercream is my drug…..seriously it is way too good! Simply gorgeous, I really need to make this lovely treat:-) Take care, Terra
What a beautiful cake! I’m so going to do this one.
I also made your rose cake last year, and everyone just loved it!
Thanks for sharing!
http://confessionsandcookbooks.blogspot.com/2011/05/rose-cake-receitas-e-tutorial.html
Uh-oh… This looks a little too delicious for me. The next birthday is to come soon hopefully… I’m gonna try a vegan version, though! but the idea… WOW! Thanks!
This is a beautiful looking cake. I can’t stop looking at it and thinking that maybe I could do this. My daughter and I just started a Wiltons class and I saw this pic on pintrest. I already have high hopes that I can do this. Maybe. I don’t know. It’s worth a shot.
Of course you can!! Also, I just posted a video tutorial so you can see just in fact how simple it is! http://iambaker.net/patriotic-rose-cake-video-tutorial
I made this cake, using my own recipes, and everyone loved it! Thanks so much for the inspiration.
Hi, I am turning 18 in a month and i would love to bake this cake for my birthday. If I could ask you two things that would be great.
If you can’t se my mail address it is berglindlara@mac.com 
1′st question : What kind of tip do you use ?
2′nd question : Can you send me you recipe of this cake, I can’t fine any recipe that has different cake colors
I love to bake and i would love to make this one
With kind regards from Icelnad, Berglind
wow this looks really beautiful. i am going to try to make it but maybe different colours.. any tips for getting your icing so perfect???
x
I stumbled on here looking for a pretty red, white, and blue cake for the 4th of July. My son is an Army medic… he got married in April and I want to welcome his new wife to the family when they come here. Your Patriotic Rose Cake is just what I was looking for!! The Awana workers were so lucky (I wish I had had one of your kids when I was Sparks Director
) Your Neapolitan Rose Cake looks both GORGEOUS and DELICIOUS!! Reminded me of the Neapolitan ice cream I often had at my Grandma’s when I was a kid. : ) I will definitely have to make this for the next baby girl shower we have at church.
so i was all set to make yet another rainbow cake (because it makes me smile & i’m completely obsessed with it). but i’ve been watching this cake for a while now. i work with fondant a lot and my piping skills are less than fab. i am intimidated but am going to take the plunge and give it a try. i’m going to try it for our end of season ladies bible study brunch (i know they’ll be forgiving if it’s not perfect, hehe). it totally made me smile when i saw it this morning. Amanda, THANK YOU for being such a wonderful inspiration!
Have you tried the rose with cream cheese frosting ?
This cake looks simply amazing! i’ll definitely give it a try, i just have one main concern….
But quantities of sugar the frosting seems to me INCREDIBLY sweet….do you think it would work with less sugar?
I do! You can definitely tweak the recipe to fit your needs.
I tried this one today!! it’s not as pretty as your of course but kinda acceptable for a first try…it would mean a lot to me if you could tell me what you think of it?
http://tinypic.com/r/73e2q9/6
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Love it!
I absolutly LOVE your cakes!! you are such an inspiration to all of us out here! keep up the good work and keep those ideas coming…… your ideas are so original, you should put together a cake book tutorial and sell them!!!
Hello! I LOVE this cake! I made one for my sister-in-law birthday. It was not as beautiful as yours but it was good. I used lemon, strawberry and chocolate flavors. I was a bit disappointed because my layers cakes had not the same height ans my pink was paler. And for the roses I made a muslin cream butter. My question is what recipe do you use for the cakes. I live in France and I made a simple sponge cake but I can see that the texture of my cake is different from yours.
Thank you!
Do you recommend a 1M or 2D tip for roses?
I am obsessed with this cake! My daughter is very allergic to dairy so I couldn’t do a buttercream. I just made a frosting that uses soy milk and soy milk powder, coconut oil and agave. Do you think this would work?? Her Birthday party is tomorrow and I am contemplating attempting it. Also, about how much frosting do you need, like how many cups worth? Trying to judge if I would even have enough…. Thank you!
Hello.
Can you please tell me the cake recipes of all 3 cakes?
Thanks xx
hey there,
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ive been following ur blog for some time now and all ive gotta say is that i totally LOVE your work. And u make everything look so simple and easy
Hii,
LOVE this cake… have you got a recipe for the three cake layers you made been looking everywhere for a similar strawberry cake recipe for this… so difficult to find!
Lynzie
Hi,
Just curious, using butter in your buttercream recipe doesn’t make for softer/soggier flowers? What about on warm days outside? How might that affect your cake and design? Beautiful cake!
I was wondering can this be made with royal icing instead of buttercream?
never have I seen a more breathtaking & inspiring cake of art!
a work of art!!!!
Simply beautiful!
I’m just wondering if the buttercream will hold it’s shape after 2 days? Is that possible with this recipe of yours? (:
Yes, it will! Just make sure it stays cool.
Hi Amanda
I am new to your website and I am actually new to the whole baking world. I made my first cake in my life only in July this year for my kids birthday. And just like so many people I came across your rose cake and I couldn’t take my eyes and mind off it since then. (feel like I am writing a love letter here…)
I really have this favour to ask though, if it’s possible to have the recipes of each cake layer? I only wish to do the best for the taste as well so to match the elegance of this cake.
I also want to know…. Did you flavour the buttercream using the same flavoring for cakes? And the white layer…. Is that actually the natural colour of buttercream? Or did u add coloring/flavoring for the white roses?
Many many thank yous!
Thanks so much for the kind words Karen! I used box mix for the cake. One box strawberry, one box vanilla, and one box chocolate. I ended up with two layers of each flavor, and just froze the extra layer of each. Hope that helps!
I attempted this cake to day and I followed the icing directions to a T and I had a problem with it separating and then melting when I tried to ice the roses onto the cake. I am not sure what happened, do you have any tips to avoid the buttercream problems?
Yes! Keep it chilled, especially in hot or humid weather. Also, if you prefer you can use a crusting buttercream recipe, which is more crisco than butter. But hardly ever “melts”. Hope that helps, and happy baking!
Hi, this is an absolutely stunning cake! Iv been looking to make a special birthday cake and really want to try out your roses. I was thinking of making a red velvet and covering it with cream cheese icing. Do you think that the cream cheese icing would hold well enough to create the roses?
It just depends on your recipes consistency. You want a firm frosting that will hold its shape. Happy Baking!
luv it thank you
woow thank you
Hi, I was just wondering which layer of roses you ice first, and do you just ice them into a swirl? It is stunning. I think I may even try this. I am a total cake virgin! LOL.
You are seriously amazing. Wow. I am having a pink and brown cowgirl theme party for my daughter’s 2nd bday and I want to make a strawberry cake and a chocolate cake and decorate with roses. I hope the frostings I am using will hold up as I am using a different recipe than yours. My frosting for the chocolate cake has butter, powder sugar, milk, vanilla and cocoa powder. The one for the strawberry cake has cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and powder sugar. I would like to make it pink so do you think adding fresh strawberry puree will make it too runny? Maybe I should use the AmeriColor you suggest in this post.
Thanks for the tutorial. Love love love!
I am not sure Vanessa, but its definitely worth trying. The addition of that puree sounds like it would taste divine! Hope your daughter has a wonderful 2nd birthday! Many blessings to you~
This looks amazing! I’m going to attempt it for my mother’s 50th in a couple of weeks!
I was wandering which recipes you used for the strawberry and chocolate cakes??
Thank you!
This looks delicious! I can’t wait to make it for my birthday in a few weeks. I was wondering if you use salted or unsalted butter for the icing? Thanks!
I always use unsalted.
Thanks!
Thanks for the inspiration! I’ve just made this cake and it was delicious!! I love the rose piping too and will be using it again and again. I’ve added a link back to your blog from mine. http://themorethanoccasionalbaker.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/neapolitan-rose-cake.html
i love this keep doing it as a hobby
I think I am going to make this cake for my MIL’s birthday in a couple of weeks. It’s so beautiful. Your roses technique made me look good at my daughter’s 5th fairy birthday party in the park last week. I made a pink and white marble cake and covered it in white roses piped from a white chocolate and meringue mixture. It held up perfectly and my husband said other mothers in the park ooohhhed and aaaahhhed as he carried it past the playground. It looked so beautiful all I needed to do was top it with a simple Tinkerbell candle. Thanks for sharing your beautiful creations.
What a great testimony! Love to hear that your cake was a huge success! Best of luck on the MIL cake too!
that cake is sooo… , thank you.
Just tried this out! Unfortunately my roses ended up a disaster on the cake! They looked fine when I practiced them flat on parchment, but on the cake it didn’t work out.
Oh well, practice makes perfect!
i really want to try this cake. Please send me the full recipe……..please…! Thank you.
i wanna try it. Please send me the complete recipe of Neopolitan cake. thank you.
This is truly beautiful. And it’s one of the best renditions of the rose cake if seen.
Thanks Dawn! I love recreating my Original Rose Cake in new ways… who knew others would want to as well?
I used your Neopolitan Rose Cake design for my granddaughters first birthday and it was gorgeous! I couldn’t believe how easy it was. People couldn’t believe I made it myself. Thanks for the great pics and tutorial. I posted my cake on my website with kudos to you and your website link. Love your website! You’re awesome!!!
I just had to say how stunningly beautiful this cake is! A while back I saw a peachy ombre rose tiered cake&it took my breath away and made me wish it was 12 years ago&I was getting married again! Had no idea who ‘created’ it so imagine my glee when I stumbled across your blog off The Pioneer Woman’s! So happy I clicked that link! My 3 babies are sick right now but as soon as they are better,I am making that cake! And I’m gonna keep making it until it looks as effortless&beautiful as yours! Thanks for giving me some new baking goals!
I have to thank you for generously sharing this cake design. I made one for a customer last night, and it is one of the prettiest cakes I’ve ever produced. I am inspired to try an entirely new direction for my cake designs. Simple and pretty, I’m not surprised it’s become a legend in it’s own time! LOL
Thanks again!
jennifer
Hi there, I’ve recently discovered you and what can I say? I’m in love!
Quick question… what recipe did you use for the strawberry layer? It’s my friends birthday coming up and I’d love to make this for her, thanks! x
I forced my colleagues to stop working to come over to my desk. And then I took scrolled down this page, slowly..letting them admire each picture and telling them, wait, the best was still to come. And then when we came to the cross section of the cake, we sighed. collectively. You have magic in your hands, head and heart. And I love that about you.
OHhhh… so you are the one with the original rose swirl cake. I think that is sooo awesome. and its easier to decorate a cake with that too. Thanks for the share. =)
I’ve tried several rose cake tutorials & buttercream recipes without success in the past, but this post has been extremely helpful! The icing was just the right consistency for the rosettes! Thank you, so much for posting this!
That’s so nice. The bad thing is that I am not familiar with baking cakes.
Yeah I like the piping.Wow it looks awesome. Im only 12 and 3 years ago I wanted to be a cake designer.My dream job.Im going to open my own bakery when im older its going to be amazing.<3 I love cake designing its my passion.Um well thinks for all you have taught it has really helped and thanks you.
I love this cake – the way it looks and the fact that its made with a box cake!! Question – I am making the cake for Easter, which is also my moms birthday. I have baked the cakes tonight (Friday), plan to ice/decorate them tomorrow. They are wrapped in Saran Wrap and will hang out in the kitchen over night. Once the cake is fully decorated tomorrow, how should I store it overnight? Will be serving it on Sunday. Would room temp be ok? Covered with a cake dome? Or should it be refridgerated? I have never done something like this before! Thanks!! Can’t wait to impress the heck out of my family with this masterpiece!
Room temp is fine and in the fridge is fine… its totally up to you!
If your frosting is cream based, like a whipped cream, you may want to keep in the fridge. Have a great weekend!
Bonjour,
Je viens de découvrir vos oeuvres tout à fait par hasard en surfant sur le net et je dois avouer que je suis impressionnée devant tant de beauté et de créativité, tant de perfection, tant d’amour dans la réalisation de vos gâteaux. Bref, je suis tombée amoureuse de votre talent et vous félicite. Très sincèrement. Lina
Wow, this is a fantastic cake! The flowers make it look AMAZING!
Hello! I love your beautiful cake and have been “practicing” to make it for a school bake sale “prettiest cake contest.” I used your butter cream recipe, but my icing is totally matte — no shine at all! Do I need to add more butter? Also, I live in Florida and I want to make sure it will hold up in the humidity. I love that your recipe didn’t contain shortening.
Thanks in advance!
Heather
I love this cake! Made it for my friends bday! Although il admit, I just your post, and I had made the cake almost a month back, got the rose icing idea from pinterest( that cake was all white), but Must say….its a beautiful cake!!
Since I created the Rose technique, you technically got the idea from my blog. Pinterest doesnt actually create ideas, it just has images from sources that do.
I love this cake! Made it for my friends bday! Although il admit, I just your post, and I had made the cake almost a month back, got the rose icing idea from pinterest( that cake was all white), but Must say….its a beautiful cake!! In my cake i added white chocolate to the strawberry icing, and used chocolate ganache for the brown roses, the fillings i side were cookies n cream, and a strawberry mousse!
BEAUTIFUL! I actually attempted this last week and it wasn’t nearly as pretty as yours. I must ask — for the neapolitan cake, did you follow that basic buttercream recipe to a tee? I used much more butter and MUCH less powdered sugar because it was so sweet. Unfortunately, the consistency was a bit strange when I was piping the roses, and they didn’t look as smooth as yours…
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
I saw two of your cake designs at the local bakery here in Boston called Sweet’s Cafe. As soon as I saw them I said to myself these bakers must be big fans of the I AM Baker Blog! LOL!!!