Did you know that the Rose is the National Flower?
“The rose was designated the official flower and floral emblem of the United States of America in 1986”
People have been asking for over a year now for a video tutorial for the Rose Cake. After posting the Neapolitan Rose Cake a week ago and getting a few more requests, I finally did it!
While I will probably still refer folks to my original tutorial, this little video shows you a couple fun things:
1. How to make it with different colors. (So this will apply to the Neapolitan Cake as well as any Ombre effect you might desire)
2. Just how quick and easy it is.
This video is mostly in real time. You really truly can frost a cake like this in less than 10 minutes. And if you are making all one color it is even quicker.
As you can tell, I made this cake in honor of patriotism… Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Veterans Day, Flag Day, an Inauguration, basically any occasion that red white and blue is appropriate!
How I prepare to frost a Rose Cake:
I get all my frosting’s ready and place in plastic disposable pastry bags.
I then prepare a bag with a 1M tip in it for every color I am using. Here I used three colors, so I had three bags ready. You can go through a lot of frosting making those roses, and its good to have an extra bag ready to switch out.
Also, I really didn’t do a crumb coat. I have done it with and without a crumb coat and find they both work. The reason I can get away with not doing a crumb coat is because I tend to squish my roses together to avoid any dead space.
When making the bottom layer of blue roses around the cake, I tried to stop applying pressure at the top of my rose, where the next layer would be covering. Then simply go right over that edge on your next row. Overlapping is a very good thing with this cake!
As you can see in the video, I went fast and didn’t worry about perfection with each individual rosette.
If you didn’t like how one of your roses looked, simply wipe it off the cake and re-pipe it. Easy peasy! 🙂
There is no editing (other than exposure/color) done to the pictures I have posted. (The pictures were actually taken with my phone.) It’s the same cake in the pictures and video.
The ending cake is still pretty good, even though you saw many errors throughout the video. That is just a testimony to how forgiving the Rose Technique is!
A few have asked, so here is a link to the gel food coloring I use to achieve such deep colors!
Wow. This is so pretty!
the colors are so vibrant! great cake for 4th of july or any day really 🙂 thanks for sharing your info!
Thanks for replying to my question about food coloring. So, just to recap…are you suggesting that Americolor doesn’t have a bad taste compared to say something like Wilton? I use both brands and I kind of thought there was an altered taste to my buttercream regardless of which I used. Do you know if one is better than the other? Thanks again
The Tulip Red is a lot better than Super Red or anything Wilton. I would recommend Ateco over any other brand! 🙂
Why do you prefer Ateco gel colors than any other?
That video is fantastic, I will once again try my hand at making the rose cake but will frost it while watching the video in slow mo :O) Thanks again!!
I kind of liked your mess ups. They mean you’re human. Which in my book is pretty cool. 😉 Fantastic tutorial, pinning it now!
The video is really helpful! You make me want to go make a huge cake and get to practicing!
So pretty and great to be able to watch you work. Love that you can pipe with one hand while turning your turntable with the other 😉
Oh thanks Paula!! Really though… anyone can do that! Especially you. When are you gonna make one?!? 🙂
As always, AWESOME girl!! Happy Memorial Day Weekend! 😉
This cake is gorgeous! I pinned this so I can come back to it in July. 🙂
you are right about the rose!
The rose was designated the official flower and floral emblem of the United States of America in 1986. The rose has been around for about 35 million years and grows naturally throughout North America. The petals and rose hips are edible and have been used in medicines since ancient times.
Shut up!!! Really? Thank you so much for sharing that!!!
what else would be our national flower? So pretty!!