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How to make gum paste roses

May 4, 2009 by Louise 83 Comments

gum paste roses

I have received many requests on how I made the large pink gum paste roses on the Cath Kidston cake. The secret behind them is not me, but a fantastic cake designer named Fran McGregor. She have made the most wonderful rose tutorial.

The way she guides you through the process is very clear and easy to understand. In the video is also listed all the equipment’s to make the rose, including the recipe for her fantastic modelling paste.

Click here to find directions on how to see the video tutorial on Youtube.

Good to know tips!
1. To make sure that the Styrofoam egg will fit the JEM easy rose cutter. Bring along your cutter, so that you are buying the right size of styrofoam egg. Well at least with the two largest easy rose cutters 100mm and 110mm. For smaller roses use smaller easy rose cutters, rose petal cutters and make the cone out of gum paste instead.

2. A block of styrofoam is great to place the wired rose cones in the start of the process. Later the roses need to hang upside down to dry through the process so make sure that you have either a broomstick or anything similar ready before you start on the roses.

3. The thin piece of foam that is used in the video is a great “helping hand” when attaching the rose petals.

4. I use the rose petal cutter set from TinkerTech Two wich is really nice and don’t forget to use the tylo glue.

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If you prefer pictures instead of video you can take a look at my tutorial on how to make a sugar rose.

You can also visit my tutorial section if you want to learn how to make other gum paste flowers and decorations.

If you want to see more fantastic roses and cakes please visit Fran’s own website it is such a beautiful sight.

Happy Caking!

Louise

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  1. gihan jangi

    May 14, 2013 at 10:28 PM

    thanks Louise, i just want to tell you that everything went fine, i decorated the cake with flowers in the last day and everything went perfect 😉 thanks for your advice <3, gigi

    Reply
    • Louise

      May 15, 2013 at 10:20 PM

      Great Gigi!!!

      Reply
  2. gihan

    May 9, 2013 at 3:37 PM

    SOS Louise! i need your advice concerning gum paste flowers! can i decorate the cake 2 days in advance with gum paste flowers and put it in the fridge before giving it to the customer? as i do not want to decorate it in the last minute???? will the flowers spoil or get soft? its my first 3 tiers engagement cake and i want it to be in its best decoration, thanks in advance xoxox Gigi

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    • Louise

      May 12, 2013 at 8:51 PM

      If the gum paste flowers are very dry, you should be able to so it. But I would say that 1 day in advance is the best if you can’t wait until the day of delevery. They flowers may get a little soft in the edge but I have not experienced that they were melting.

      Reply
  3. gihan

    May 9, 2013 at 3:36 PM

    SOS Louise! i need your advice concerning gum paste flowers! can i decorate the cake 2 days in advance with gum paste flowers and put it in the fridge before giving it to the customer? as i do not want to decorate it in the last minute???? will the flowers spoil or get soft? its my first 3 tiers engagement cake and i want it to be in its best decoration, thanks in advance xoxox

    Reply
  4. Mrspaye88

    July 30, 2011 at 6:27 PM

    definitely got to try making this, looks so yummy 🙂

    Reply
  5. Anonymous

    May 21, 2011 at 10:16 PM

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    Reply
  6. Anonymous

    May 20, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    I use the same gum paste recipe as shown in this video https://cakejournal.com/archives/gum-paste-rose-tutorial-on-youtube

    Reply
  7. Janalea_10

    April 27, 2011 at 2:53 AM

    so cute to stopped by here :))) i love your page soooo much

    Reply
  8. Vasuki Thiru

    April 21, 2011 at 10:23 AM

    wow…. it’s more interested.. Thank you so much for helping us..Mrs.V.Thiru

    Reply
  9. Okm Myint

    February 13, 2011 at 6:24 AM

    How to make butter cream roses?

    Reply
    • Anonymous

      February 13, 2011 at 9:41 AM

      There are videos on YouTube on how you make butter cream roses Try and make a search.

      Reply
  10. Anonymous

    February 5, 2011 at 11:07 PM

    You could try your local hobby craft store.

    Reply
  11. Karen Jones

    September 27, 2010 at 5:02 PM

    Hello again, Louise! I have had such good results working with Fran’s recipe for modeling paste that it is now my go to recipe for roses or figures including my “Kerry Bear”. Thank you, Louise and Fran for sharing! Have a great day, everyone!

    Reply
  12. Suzi

    August 5, 2010 at 7:38 PM

    Fran’s tutorial is now available on Youtube.com at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYkPhb-_gDg

    Reply
  13. Rachel Walker

    July 24, 2010 at 11:13 PM

    Hi – apparently Fran’s video has been corrupted now, so it isn’t viewable anymore. There’s a note posted on the link at the bottom to explain. I totally look forward to seeing your new rose tutorial. I keep experimenting with roes – but am not yet happy with the results!

    Reply
  14. win

    July 24, 2010 at 10:34 AM

    hi, thanks a lot for your great tutorials. it’s been really helpful since i started trying out gum paste flowers. i made my first successful roses by looking at your site!
    recently i was asked to make a small wedding cake for a friend, and i was wondering if wired gum paste flowers are edible like the non-wired version, or whether the wires are considered a hazard in petals and deemed to contaminate the cake if pushed into it? I would be so grateful if you could clarify if wired gum paste flowers are normally considered edible by professional bakers for their clients.. many thanks =)

    Reply
  15. Jane

    July 22, 2010 at 5:17 AM

    Unfortunately Fran’s rose tutorial video doesn’t seem to be loaded on the web anymore – too bad!

    Reply
  16. Tami

    July 10, 2010 at 11:19 PM

    Such beautiful, amazing roses!!! I really wish I could access the video also. 😛

    Reply
  17. Louise

    June 30, 2010 at 10:56 PM

    Isabelle: These roses had wires pushed into a peice of extra fondant ball on the top tier. You can see it on the photo.

    Reply
  18. Isabelle

    June 23, 2010 at 9:49 PM

    Wow! Absolutely amazing roses… and great tutorial. Can I just ask how you attached these roses to your cake? Thanx x

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  19. Louise

    May 18, 2010 at 10:47 PM

    Rachel Walker: Im sorry but I dont know what is wrong. I am however working on updating my own rose tutorial and hopefully they will look just as good. There have been a lot, who could not get access to the video.

    Reply
  20. Rachel Walker

    May 14, 2010 at 11:11 PM

    🙁 can’t get the video to work at all. Tried clicking on fran’s flickr link several times, but I just get ‘internet explorer cannot display the webpage’. Would very much like to watch, so if anyone has any suggestions would be much appreciated. x

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  21. Louise

    April 26, 2010 at 10:01 PM

    Cindy Vickers: mine are about 30x35mm (if you can get them a bit smaller would be good. Because mine are a bit too big for the JEM cutters. You can also try and look for “celbuds” from Cel Cakes.

    Laverne: It is a very long video, so maybe this could be the problem?

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  22. Laverne

    April 16, 2010 at 5:36 AM

    I love these roses but for some reason can’t pull up the video – my computer downloads it but when I try to play with Quicktime it tells me “This is not a video file”. Any suggestions?? LOVE your site! Thanks for all the great tips!

    Reply
  23. Cindy Vickers

    March 25, 2010 at 4:16 PM

    What size styrofoam cone did you use? I see they have many different sizes and want to make sure I get the right one.

    Thanks

    Reply
  24. Ace of CAKES!

    March 10, 2010 at 4:17 AM

    I found it! I made them for my daughters birthday cake!

    Reply
  25. Louise

    January 18, 2010 at 10:57 AM

    Alejandra Palafox: Please read through the post again. When you come to the “Here” link, click and it will take you over to a flickr site. Now you have to scroll down the page, looking for comments from franjmc. In one of her comments is the rose tutorial video.

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  26. Alejandra Palafox

    January 18, 2010 at 9:56 AM

    These roses are so beautiful, unfortunantly I can’t find the tutorial. If you could please, please help me find it. I would love to learn how to make such magnificent flowers.

    Reply
  27. Louise

    January 13, 2010 at 10:54 AM

    Ana: You need to click on the “Here” link, because the video is on flickr.

    Reply
  28. Ana

    January 13, 2010 at 12:21 AM

    I just tried going into Fran website and view the tutorial on the rose, but it cannot be found. Is there another site that has the rose tutorial

    Reply
  29. Linda Kurie

    January 4, 2010 at 9:00 AM

    WOW! As if they are fresh roses…

    Reply
  30. DonnaG

    November 18, 2009 at 4:48 AM

    Instead of styro foam, try a Hershey Kiss! As for fondant, I actually love the taste!

    Reply
  31. Louise

    October 20, 2009 at 9:34 PM

    Carmen: Flickr is working again 🙂

    Reply
  32. Louise

    October 20, 2009 at 7:22 PM

    Carmen: I think that the whole flickr is down at the moment, because I cant access via the main page. So you have to wait a bit. The rose tutorial is only on that flickr page.

    Reply
  33. Carmen

    October 20, 2009 at 6:45 PM

    Beautiful! But the flicker link is not working. Is there another website that the tutorial can be found on? If you would be so kind, please e-mail me.

    Reply
  34. sarah.a

    October 9, 2009 at 1:05 AM

    those are so great thanks so much I’ll try to make them

    Reply
  35. Rena

    September 14, 2009 at 6:14 PM

    Louise,thank you. I will try that

    Reply
  36. Louise

    September 11, 2009 at 10:27 PM

    Rena: There is a video (not mine) but you will have to click on the link in the post (read down 8 lines to the pink link “here” click on that and it will take to flickr/photos of large yellow roses. Here you have to scroll down and look for comments by(franjmc) and in one of her comments is the link to her rose tutorial.

    Im sorry its like treasure hunting getting to the actual rose tutorial, but the video is to big to upload here on CJ which she gave permission to in the first place. So this is the only way.

    Reply
  37. Rena

    September 9, 2009 at 6:19 PM

    HI….I have just found this website today. Beautiful roses. You talk about a video. Is there a video somewhere that explains how to create these roses? I found the tutorial is that all?
    Thank you,

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  38. Louise

    August 24, 2009 at 9:36 AM

    Llsa: I make my gum paste as noticed in the rose tutorial video. I have not had any luck making it from scratch. You can mix some tylo powder/gumtex to your normal fondant for a quicker version. Try search for gum paste recipe. I know that many like the one from Nicholas Lodge.

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  39. LIsa

    August 21, 2009 at 4:08 AM

    Hi Louise!
    Beautiful roses, absolutely lovely. Do you make your own gum paste? If so, any chance of a future tutorial on it?
    Cheers, keep the great work coming.
    You inspire us all!

    Reply
  40. Louise

    May 30, 2009 at 10:37 PM

    Nicole: I used pink and a green (advocado) color for the roses and leaves. Only add the color for the leaves sparingly. The brand is Americolor.

    Mary: ohh bummer! no im sorry…. The link is only on flickr 🙁 Wich country do you live in??

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  41. Mary

    May 23, 2009 at 9:39 AM

    I really want to learn how to do this flower but unfortunately, flickr site is blocked in my country. Is there any where else i can see the tutorial

    Reply
  42. Nicole

    May 22, 2009 at 4:57 AM

    This cake is just beautiful. I was wondering what colouring brand and colour you used for the roses and leaves because I have not been able to find colours this pretty!!

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  43. Louise

    May 19, 2009 at 9:32 PM

    YooLee: If you see the rose tutorial there is a gumpaste/modeling paste recipe wich is so great to work with. You could also visit Nicholas Lodge’s website: https://www.nicholaslodge.com/gumpaste.htm

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  44. YooLee

    May 19, 2009 at 3:17 PM

    Hi! this is a very beautiful rose! anyway i’m looking for gumpaste recipe, thinking about making my own gum paste coz the course here are incredibly expensive! heard that gumpaste are much better for making dummy cake, which also last longer than fondant? thanks!

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  45. Louise

    May 15, 2009 at 11:53 PM

    You can get “celbuds”/styrofoam eggs from here aswell https://www.shop.confectionerswares.com/category.sc?categoryId=54

    Reply
  46. Louise

    May 14, 2009 at 11:49 PM

    Judi: aprox 4″/ 10cm

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  47. Louise

    May 14, 2009 at 11:46 PM

    Goodbaker & dEBBIE: I get them from my local craft store. So you should be able to get them from Michaels. Try and type “styrofoam eggs” on Google.

    The size on the egg should be a bit smaller than the cutters you are going to use.

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  48. dEBBIE

    May 14, 2009 at 5:55 PM

    I can’t find the eggs either. I’m in Florida USA. Any idea where I can get them or order them from. Thanks……I love these roses!!!

    Reply
  49. goodbaker

    May 13, 2009 at 10:50 PM

    Where can you find the styrofoam egg centers? I haven’t seen them anywhere.

    Reply
  50. Selby

    May 12, 2009 at 9:08 AM

    Wow!!! These roses are so gorgeous!!!

    Reply
  51. rhiannonbandascott

    May 11, 2009 at 6:45 PM

    The roses are just stunning. I catch my breath every time I see them! Great work louise 🙂

    Reply
  52. Gis

    May 10, 2009 at 5:23 PM

    OMG Lou this flowers are AMAZING!!! xD
    I received yesterday 2 dozen cupcakes and wanted to show youuuu xD i’ll be emailing you some pics really soon to get your expert opinion xD

    Reply
  53. Judi

    May 7, 2009 at 10:36 PM

    How large are these in diameter? It’s hard to tell from the picture. They are just gorgeous!

    Thanks.

    Reply
  54. Louise

    May 7, 2009 at 11:49 AM

    Kelly: try blossomsugarart.com – cakedeco.com.au – carolines.com.au

    Thanks!

    Reply
  55. kelly

    May 7, 2009 at 11:05 AM

    Hi,
    These roses are devine…I was wondering if you knew of supplier in Australia who sells these cutters, I’m having trouble locating them here.
    PS: love you blog 🙂

    Kelly

    Reply
  56. 杭州订蛋糕

    May 7, 2009 at 8:24 AM

    Very beautiful, very realistic feel this cake very happy.
    很漂亮,很逼真 这蛋糕让人感觉很幸福.

    Reply
  57. lilia

    May 7, 2009 at 3:06 AM

    Those roses look magnificent!
    Thanks for the tips and tutorial. I can now go ahead and start trying to perfect mine 🙂

    Reply
  58. miss Liza

    May 7, 2009 at 1:58 AM

    what a great idea to use styrofoam for the rose. But i never seen egg shaped before, were can you by them?

    Reply
  59. goodbaker

    May 6, 2009 at 10:46 PM

    thank you so much.

    Reply
  60. Louise

    May 6, 2009 at 8:16 PM

    goodbaker: Click on the pink link where it says “here” in the post. This will take you to her photo stream on flickr. scoll down about 23 comments and you will find a link to the rose tutorial.

    Reply
  61. goodbaker

    May 6, 2009 at 3:36 PM

    i can’t find the tuturial with her name franjmc in comments above. am i missing it somewhere??

    Reply
  62. Louise

    May 6, 2009 at 9:23 AM

    Lindsay: Personally I dont eat gumpaste decorations, Gum paste gets very hard when all dried up. Also with these roses you have at styrofoam center so they are not edible. They can be made with 50/50 gumpaste and fondant if you want them “more” edible. The great thing with gum paste is that it is very flexible when working with gum paste flowers also when dry the flowers feels more light to handle.

    Rach: I think you can or you can use egg white too as a glue or some fondant mixed with water.

    CakeLady: You have to scoll down and look for it in the comments in the link. I would have loved if I could have uploaded it to the site but I cant.

    Reply
  63. Anita RM

    May 6, 2009 at 3:24 AM

    Thanks for sharing inspirational roses and the great tips! you are always helpful!

    Reply
  64. Fanny

    May 6, 2009 at 2:00 AM

    Hi Louise, what an awesome sight!!! I was wondering what is the size of the petal cutter which u used for this fantastic set of roses. thank you for sharing….

    Reply
  65. NotJustThe CakeLady

    May 6, 2009 at 12:41 AM

    Couldn’t find the rose tutorial

    Reply
  66. June

    May 5, 2009 at 11:32 PM

    Thanks Louise & thanks to Frances, this is a wonderful tutorial.

    Reply
  67. Kathy

    May 5, 2009 at 8:32 PM

    I love cake journal, I refer friends all the time.
    Instructions are easy to follow and you get great results.
    Thanks for sharing with us.

    Reply
  68. Dhanya

    May 5, 2009 at 6:56 PM

    Thank you so much for the Tips and the video.

    Reply
  69. Rach

    May 5, 2009 at 5:33 PM

    I want to make the tylo glue, but it isn’t available locally, and I want it ASAP, however, I can get gum tex. Can gum-tex be substituted for tylose?

    Reply
  70. Leona

    May 5, 2009 at 3:59 PM

    Thank you for sharing your photos and Fran’s website/tutorial. These are just beautiful. 🙂

    Reply
  71. Carla Guillermety

    May 5, 2009 at 3:57 PM

    These flowers are the most beautiful roses I’ve ever seen!!! I can’t wait to try them myself!!! I think I’ll give it a try for Mother’s day!!!
    Thank you for all your wonderful tutorials and for making others available to us!!!!
    Best regards from San Juan, Puerto Rico
    Carla Guillermety
    Sugar Diva Cakes

    Reply
  72. marielba

    May 5, 2009 at 3:24 PM

    Thanks Louise for this tips

    Reply
  73. Pily

    May 5, 2009 at 3:13 PM

    wowwwww…. Fantastic…. TK

    Reply
  74. nadibakes

    May 5, 2009 at 2:23 PM

    this is the most beautiful rose i’ve ever seen!!!

    Reply
  75. Jacque

    May 5, 2009 at 2:21 PM

    It’s a magnificant rose!! Thank you, as always, for sharing!!

    Reply
  76. Lindsey

    May 5, 2009 at 1:53 AM

    I’ve never worked with gum paste, so I was wondering–does it taste any good? I’m loathe to put anything that people can’t eat on a cake (like fondant, *shudder*).

    Reply
    • Guest

      April 26, 2011 at 4:56 PM

      If you have the right fondant, or make your own, it tastes quite good.

      Reply
    • Luvverboy13

      May 19, 2011 at 3:23 AM

       if you make the fondant yourself, it taste so good and its great on cakes!! i make all my own, its so much cheapr than buyin that stuff from the stores

      Reply
      • Anonymous

        May 19, 2011 at 10:36 AM

        The fondant that you cover your cakes with can be made delicious. I really love the semi home-made one that Jennifer Dontz makes: https://www.jenniferdontz.com/viewproduct.php?itemid=dvd001 I don’t eat my gum paste decorations. If it’s not too dry you can eat it though.

    • Amandathawley

      November 17, 2011 at 2:21 AM

      There are several recipes nline to make fondant from a marshmellow base, which is way better tasting than the store bought stuff.

      Reply

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