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! That cake is absolutely GORGEOUS! What I love is how strong the frosting and cake colors are. Amazing!
Amanda- would you mind sharing the cake recipe that you used and the coloring you sed for the cake, specifically the blue tier?
Thanks so much!! I am going to try this cake oon!
Erin
Hi Erin! I made a white cake then added blue food coloring. The whole cake is just a white cake with food coloring… no special flavorings. 🙂
This is so beautiful. You’ve managed to take the typical patriotic-themed cake to a new and very elegant level. Once again you’ve raised the bar in creativity, and I always look forward to your next work of art.
Thanks for the tutorial, and Happy Memorial Day!
Gorgeous cake! I love the vibrant colors! and a great tutorial as well! I have yet to make your signature rose cake although it has always been in my ‘todo-list’. 🙂
ooh, looks great! I love how you call it a ‘patriotic’ cake, but to me it’s like the Dutch flag. I’m from The Netherlands and this is excactly our flag : )
I might even make this when The Netherlands are playing at the European Football Championship this summer.
Well I just love that. Dutch Flag Cake it is! 🙂
Love the look of the rose cakes. I am curious about the double bagging of the frosting. Why do you do that?
Easy switch out when I run out of frosting! 🙂
This is so beautiful! Being a 4th of July baby, I absolutely love this cake. I can’t wait to watch the tutorial!
What a beautiful application of this great technique! You inspired me to make a rose cake for a friend’s bridal shower – and now I can’t wait for a reason to make this patriotic version! Thanks for the video – you’re terrific!
I love the look of this cake but have to admit I love the pastel ombre one even more. So happy to have a tutorial for this technique – great post 🙂
Amanda, awesome video! I love the patriotic theme. And thanks for sharing how you get your bright, vivid colors. Beautifully done as always.