How To Make Fondant Flowers And Fondant Roses

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Ball of fondant

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Make a cone shape

Roll a ball of fondant about the size of an egg in your hands. Form a cone shape with it by rubbing it with the heel of your hands. The cone should be about 2 inches high. Press the thicker end down onto the work table so that the pointy end is up.

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Roll out fondant

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Cut petals

To make the petals, take a small amount of fondant and roll it out very thin. Using your petal cutters, cut 3 small, 5 medium and 5 large teardrop shapes. Alternate method if you don't have the kit. Take a pea sized piece of fondant and roll it into a ball. Press it down into a circular shape.

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Thin out the petal

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Using the ball tool

On the thin piece of foam that comes with your fondant flowers kit, press gently with a rolling motion to thin out the petal. Thin one of the edges a little more, leaving one side slightly thicker. You can do this between two pieces of plastic and use your fingers if you don't have the tools.

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Wrap the first petal

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Second petal

Use a paintbrush to brush on a tiny amount of water mixed with fondant to help your petals to stick, but very sparse. Wrap the first petal around the cone with the top of the petal about 1/4 inch from the top of the cone. This first petal should be completely closed around the cone. Wrap the second petal overlapping the first one. You can unfurl it a little bit if you like, very gently to make it look like it's starting to open a bit.

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Keep adding petals

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Place the center of the third petal at the halfway mark of the second petal and wrap it around and attach by gently pressing. Continue to build up the flower with the larger petals. Stretch the base of each petal and secure it as you go with the tiniest amount of the glue. Each petal should overlap the previous one about halfway.

Cut the base of the rose so that it will stand upright on the cake or at a slight angle, depending on your arrangement.

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Leaf cutter

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Impression mat

Roll out some green fondant and using a leaf cutter cut three leaves and press them into the impression mat to give it a natural look.

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Use bunched up plastic wrap to lay the leaves over to give them some dimension. There are tools available for this purpose, but if you don't have them then use this easy method. I also use the plastic wrap method to place around the rose as a support as it dries.

Video Tutorials by Wedding Cakes For You

There are some details in the video that are slightly different than the photo tutorial, as I did not have all of the tools then that I have now. It will reinforce what you learned from the written instructions and also show you other ways to accomplish the same thing.

Fondant or Gumpaste Sunflower

Lisianthus Video Tutorial

by evelynfreshwater on YouTube

Dogwood

This short video above shows off this lovely Red Velvet cake that I recently made for Sean and Adrienne. It has Dogwood gumpaste flowers and The monogram is a plaque made of gumpaste which is hand drawn done the Wilton Food Writers.

Cake Top With Fondant Flowers

Fondant Roses Leaves

Above is a close up of the top of a five tiered cake with lots of fondant flowers. The roses are fairly realistic, the little blue and yellow flowers are very simple to make, with fondant cutters and other cake decorating tools.

*Note: I use fondant to make my flowers. You can use gum paste, which can be rolled thinner for more realistic looking flowers and it dries harder as well.

Of course if you are in a rush or don't care to make your own, there are gorgeous pre-made arrangements available. Check out these gum paste flowers on my interview page with Sweet Grace Cake Designs. She is a master gumpaste flower maker.

Five Tiers Of Fondant

Stacked Fondant Wedding Cake

This is the full view of the five tiered cake with fondant flowers. It was time consuming, but well worth the effort. Part of the challenge was the weight of this cake. Each cake is supported by dowel rods to take the pressure off of the tier below.

More tips on using fondant on the Fondant Questions and Answers page.