How To Make Cake Pop Roses

It doesn’t yet feel like it here in New York, but spring has finally arrived! I’m celebrating with these rose cake pops, which would be such a great gift for Mother’s Day.

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I don’t normally make cake pops, so I had a couple of issues that could have been avoided had I read this post on making cake pops from Miss CandiQuick first. It has some very helpful tips!

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To make the cake pops, I used I Am Baker’s Homemade Yellow Cake Mix recipe (it’s my favorite cake recipe and I use it for every birthday in my family). The frosting that I used to mix with the cake crumbs and pipe the roses is a very simple American-style buttercream, which is basically made of butter (some recipes call for shortening, too), confectioners sugar, and a little milk.

A note about the recipes I used: The 8″ cake will make about 32 cake pops, but the frosting recipe will make enough to make 13 roses that filled the vase perfectly (the roses use up a lot of frosting!). You have a few options here:

The pink edge on the roses is achieved by painting a line of pink food coloring inside of the piping bag before filling it with frosting. After piping for a while, the pink food coloring starts to blend in with the frosting, so you’ll have to switch to a new bag with a fresh stripe of pink food coloring, or you can just go with it and have your roses vary in color (this is what I did for my cake pop bouquet).

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Amber Spiegel, founder of , is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and the author of Cookie Art: Sweet Designs for Special Occasions. Amber has over 12 years of cookie decorating experience and has traveled the world teaching others how to decorate beautiful cookies on their own.Cake pops make people happy. They just look absolutely darling, and food on a stick is always better. One Valentine’s Day, when I still had my home bakery, I decided to offer cake pop roses as a holiday special. I had so much fun making them that when thinking about what to do for Valentine’s Day this year for the blog, I knew I should film a tutorial sharing how to make cake pop roses! Check out the video:

Easy, isn’t it? I love that making cake pop roses is so very accessible to everyone, especially using candy clay or modeling chocolate. You can purchase pre-made modeling chocolate online (here’s a brand I like), but it’s also quite easy to make at home using compound chocolate. There are two kinds of chocolate available for sale, couverture and compound. Couverture chocolate is the pure chocolate that requires tempering before using for candy making, and compound is the prepared candy making blend. Compound chocolate is what we use to make the candy clay. You can find various options and a few different brands at your local craft store or cake supply store.

When we melt the compound chocolate and stir in a bit of corn syrup, then let it set, we end up with a pliable decorating chocolate perfect for cake pop roses! The ratio of corn syrup to compound chocolate is: 1 tbsp of corn syrup per 3 ounces compound chocolate. To make a dozen cake pop roses, you’ll need about 9 ounces of chocolate and 3 tablespoons of corn syrup. You can store the candy clay for a while in an airtight container at room temperature for a little while, so feel free to make a bit extra.

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Other ingredients you’ll need are corn starch or powdered sugar for dusting your surface, candy colors if needed to dye your clay, and of course, your cake pops. Use your favorite cake recipe (check the index for loads of options), and shape them according to the video to create your base. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

It depends! I've purchased compound chocolate from craft stores or grocery stores, but when I'm looking for higher quality or a good deal on bulk chocolate, gygi.com usually has great prices and a bulk that's not too big to be overwhelming for a home cook.

I am new to your blog and I just love these roses and many other recipes here. But, I didn't see a video anywhere on the site for instructions to make the roses?

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Hmm... it looks like the link to the video server somehow disconnected. It should be fixed now. Thanks for pointing it out!

These are stunning and I love how the tutorial makes them look simple. A friend of mine is having a baby shower and would like these. What would you charge by the dozen? I've never sold cake pops before and really would appreciate your recommendation. Keep up the great work! You have a new follower. :-D

Thanks! What you would charge really depends on your costs. When I sold these as a Valentine's Day special back when I had a home bakery, I charged between $15-20/dozen (special rate vs regular) because that's what worked out as the correct price for my costs in that location.

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I love ❤️ your gorgeous realistic roses. How do I do the cake pops for these roses and what are the ingredients and recipe amounts?

You can use any cake recipe you'd like (even a box mix). Crumble after cool and add frosting until you have a wet sand consistency. This is usually about a cup or so for me, but it depends on the cake recipe you've used. :)

It's a bag made of a slightly porous material (layered cheesecloth works well - 2-3 layers depending on the width of the weave - and some spice bags for cooking also work). You put the powdered sugar in the bag and then tap it lightly across your surface. :)When Valentine’s Day approaches, we’re all looking for the perfect romantic gesture to show our deepest affection. Sometimes a delicious box of treats is the right touch, other times it’s a bouquet of blooming roses.  But this year, the perfect gesture is the clever marriage of the two…Cake Pop Roses. These sweet little bite size flowers are a great way to use your cake making talents to say “I love you” and nothing says that better than hand made sweets.

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When making these pops, be sure to use a cake pop filling that holds it’s shape well, so that the pops will support the delicate layer of fondant on the exterior. Chill your cake pop bases well before adding your fondant layer, so that you have ample time to assemble each flower.  Also, roll your fondant very thinly, although it may be a bit delicate to handle, the finished cake pop will have a better ratio of cake to icing if the fondant isn’t overwhelming the filling.

Prepare your favorite cake pop mixture.  Place the mixture in a bowl and refrigerate for 1/2 hour. Using a scoop or a tablespoon, scoop out 1 level tablespoon of filling and roll into a tear drop shape with your hands. Continue with the rest of the filling and place the teardrops on a tray. Refrigerate for 1/2 hour or until very firm before adding the sticks.

Place some white candy coating in the microwave on half power and heat in 30 second intervals, stirring in between until melted.

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Remove one tear drop from the fridge. Using a sucker stick, pre poke a hole half way up, remove the stick, dip in melted coating and reinsert into the tear drop. Swipe away any dripping coating. Place back in the fridge and then continue, one-by-one, with remaining tear drops.

On a surface covered lightly with powdered sugar, roll out a small portion of hot pink fondant as thinly as possible. Use the rose cutter to cut out a flower shape.

Next, place the fondant flower in your palm with the center resting at the opening of your fingers. Brush the middle of the flower with a very light coating of water and poke the cake pop tear drop through the center of the fondant.

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Repeat the process with petal #2, making sure it cups and intertwines with petal #1 to cover the tear drop cake pop. Brush with a little water in spots to adhere as necessary.

Repeat the process again with petal #3, #4 and #5. Make sure to place these petal evenly around the outside of the bud, using a little water to adhere in places as necessary. When the petals are finished, use your fingers to curl and flair the edge of the petals for effect.

Using a dry paintbrush, heavily dab the inside and edges of the rosebud with tulip red luster dust. Gently turn the cake pop upside down and brush off excess onto a piece of wax paper or parchment paper to catch the excess. Recoat in layers as desired.

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