You will need:
– marzipan
– a piece of cellophane or a small plastic bag
- Start by making a small sausage shaped piece of marzipan, approx. 4 inches/10 cm.
- Cover the marzipan with the cellophane and use your thumb to flatten. Make one of the longer sides thinner than the other.
- Remove the plastic and roll the marzipan into a spiral shape, thin side up.
- This will form the centre of the rose. Don’t roll it too tightly.
- Now you will need three small balls of marzipan.
- Cover the balls with the cellophane and push them down with your thumb.
• Continue flatening the balls with your thumb until they are quite thin. Make one side thinner thinner than the other.
- Brush some edible glue onto the thicker edge of the petals.
- Take one of the petals, thin side up, and lay it around the centre over the seam. Leave the edge slightly open.
- Then tuck the second petal slightly inside the first petal and squeeze it around the centre. Make sure the petal is slightly higher than the bud.
- Repeat with the third petal.
- Sligthly curve the edge of the petals out with your fingertips.
- Pinch or cut excess marzipan off the bottom of the rose.
Rose done! So – absolutely no need for special equipment to make beautiful roses. If you want different shades of color within the same rose, use a slightly darker shade for the bud and a lighter one for the petals.
Have a great week!
Hugs from me to you.
