How do I make Flowers out of icing for cake?!?

Does anyone know of any websites that show you how to make flowers out of icing for a birthday cake...I sorta know how to make them already but i would still like to see some directions...They don't have to be very detailed. Thanks in advance.

How do I make Flowers out of icing for cake?!?
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Reply:use a piping bag with a floral tip


good luck
Reply:The best type to use is royal icing - don't have the recipe to hand, but as I recall, it needs egg-white, and is quite a stiff icing. You can use a few drops of food colouring, and then (dusting your hands with icing sugar first) use it like play-doh to shape them into flowers, or roll the icing out, and use a greaseproof paper template to cut them out. You could always use silver balls (the edible kind) if you can find them and put them in the centre of each flower for a decorative touch!
Reply:depends on what kind you want to make. Icing Roses? Piped Daisies? THeres lots of other kinds. It all really depends on what kind of tip you are using to pipe the frosting.


Theres a variety of cake decorating supplies and they come with instruction booklet at www.wilton.com
Reply:In the states, the classic company for learning to decorate cakes is Wilton's. Their web site is: http://www.wilton.com/index.cfm





Any stiff buttercream or shortening based icing will work. I've even used canned.





If you want to make flowers that get hard, that you can make ahead and will last quite awhile (but taste terrible) you can make royal icing - which uses an egg white powder base. Wilton sells a mix for royal icing.





The real key to making beautiful flowers are the decorating tips that you put in the pastry bag to pipe out the flowers. The grocery stores icings in the tubes that come with 2 or 3 tips are okay, but nothing is better then a parchment bag with a good quality tip.