How to Make A Buttercream Rose | Global Sugar Art

[@GlobalSugarArtyoutube]

Several people have asked for my buttercream recipe. Here it is. 2 pounds sifted powdered sugar 4 ounces ( 1 stick ) butter 12 ounces (1 ½ cups) solid white vegetable shortening ( Sweetex or a high ratio shortening is best) 1-2 Tablespoons Alan’s Bridal Blend Flavoring 2 Tablespoons Powdered Coffee Creamer dissolved in 1/3 cup very water Cream softened butter, vegetable shortening and flavoring until smooth and light. Add powdered sugar and dissolved coffee creamer and mix on medium speed for 4-8 minutes until smooth. Scrape the sides of the bowl frequently. This recipe doubled will fill a 5 quart mixer. For whiter icing omit the butter and add ½ cup more shortening. 

[@GlobalSugarArtyoutube]

***** You can substitute any flavoring of your choice such as vanilla, butter, lemon, etc. You can add melted unsweetened chocolate to the icing to make a chocolate buttercream.

[@robinhanson6798]

Hi, your recipe for buttercream is missing the temperature of the water...it says 1/3 cup very water... hot or cold? Thanks :)

[@GlobalSugarArtyoutube]

Robin Hanson Good catch. I mix the powdered creamer with very hot or boiling water then allow it to cool to room temperature.

[@sallysuju6272]

Hi chef would you like please to give me the recipe by grammes. Im Algerian so i can't understand what's ounces and pounds :( sorry . So please give me the recipe by the easy words (because im not that good in english) thank you chef

[@silviodaguanno7143]

sally suju you can make ounces to grams 1 ounce is 28.3 grams or use this www.metric-conversions.org/weight/ounces-to-grams.htm

[@katielove2910]

I’ve watched so many videos showing how to make a rose and this is the best and most detailed one I’ve seen. I had no idea why my roses were coming out so flat!

[@hminiarj]

I just bumped into this on a midnight insomnia how-to youtube binge... and I wanna tell you... this is awesome, perfect, exactly something I needed to come across! I have a 13 year old that's got a confirmation coming up in spring and.. well.. I'll probably end up having to make everything for catering the following party. I have worked in a bakery before so I'm confident enough in making several forms of decoration, but buttercream roses are much easier to get in the colours you want than marzipan ones and I've not worked in buttercream in that way before. So this is, exactly something I could use.

[@soapnorm]

This is best tutorial I’ve found on actually making a buttercream rose! I’ve found this in 2023.

[@sirsetha7039]

I have been a baker for 10 yrs cooking for the military but never got the formal training that I needed and desired to have. Your tutorials have helped me so much. Thank you for sharing your talent.

[@GlobalSugarArtyoutube]

Carmen, you can easily make icing flowers ahead and freeze them for future use. Many bakeries make their flowers once a week during slow days to be prepared for weekend cake orders.

[@mohamedxahid326]

mister can u make a icing cake with three cakes pretty pls i hope u see it and put a mermaid on it

[@mohamidar8653]

😊😘👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ابوفرح-ب6ض]

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[@bclife1020]

very helpful thank you!! i have one year to practice for my neice's wedding next year! ;-)

[@debrataylor7654]

GlobalSugarArt I just made my first rose's. With some practice they turned ok. Thank you so much for taking the time to share all your tips and skills with us. Your the best. I wish I could show you my first Rose. You can see them getting better Everytime.

[@davidchurch100]

i have been trying for weeks to make a rose that looked worthy of the name, i failed every time and almost gave up, your video was so easy to follow, it took two tries but finally i can now produce a rose i am happy with, Thank you Chef!

[@picklerelish1087]

I loved everything about this video, your pleasant voice and the closeness of the camera to show the detail of each rose you made. I have never made a rose but with this video I believe I can do this, that is watching this as I do it but at least I will do it.

[@morgieposie]

I just got my first job for decorating cakes and one of the very first things I've had to do was learn roses. This video was perfect and explained so well. Thank you!

[@chuliajoyce]

Your demonstrations are so detailed. You leave nothing to the imagination and make it possible for me to create something beautiful that I can be proud of. Thank you so much!

[@KatzeARL]

Your videos are an inspiration to professionals trying to better themselves further! Thank you!

[@BelleHurley]

I love the fact that you taught yourself and tell people to experiment with techniques. Thank you so much!

[@CCPatrick1]

Thanks so much for this video! My roses are now standing tall and I'm so glad to learn what I was doing wrong and how to correct myself. Very good tutorial!!

[@GlobalSugarArtyoutube]

Carole Patrick I love hearing this. I am really happy that you had success because of the tutorial. Sometimes the simplest trick makes all the difference.

[@هيونعبودالدوسر]

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[@jodeming5088]

@@GlobalSugarArtyoutube please use Utube as well. Most of us older ladies don’t have Facebook. These video’s are so enjoyable and well done

[@bradmueller742]

beautiful....very inspiring...i love to make it with your tips. thank you for sharing your expertise.

[@lulul5789]

This guy is incredible I don't find any other videos helpful as much as his 👍

[@GlobalSugarArtyoutube]

Thank you!

[@magrettewilson9562]

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[@YHDoris]

ya chef Alan is such a wonderful and non selfish guy, beside showing his skill and technics of creating the butter cream roses. he also provide the ingredients recipe, I will try to follow yours instructions and hopefully I could make it

[@trellyyadao4813]

i love your tutorials! I watch your videos everyday and everytime! You explain all so clearly and in detail! Love it!!!

[@lyndseawillis6743]

You are gifted. You make better roses than anybody I've ever seen. Hands down. Fantastic job! And thanks so much for this video!

[@CoxJoxSox]

You do a great job instructing

[@situlanbiya548]

Nick Doe

[@jem5636]

I did a refresher of my baking and decorating skills yesterday (something that had gone woefully unused in a diabetic house,) and this is so useful. I can not tell you how long I spent trying to figure out how to make a rose, and just made frosting piles instead. This is exactly what I needed. Time to make yet more buttercream!

[@jodeming5088]

I second that. He is a great teacher.

[@lanychanthlaty4948]

Thanks for teaching your heart more beautiful than the roses I can say :)

[@GlobalSugarArtyoutube]

That's the best compliment ever! Thank you so much.

[@jodeming5088]

You are an answer to a prayer. I am teaching my nieces to decorycakes. I have never been good at making roses. The girls and I can make beatroses and quite quickly now. From my heart to yours thank you for your wonderful videos.

[@vividflowers21]

i just started doing cake decoration and this has help me alot in making the perfect rose

[@sureshsuresh-jm9qo]

Hi madam

[@lisamarie3734]

I have always wanted to learn how to create a rose. I searched the internet but still did not see any good videos on how to create a rose until now. You are the perfect teacher aka master of creating a rose. I like baking and I love to learn how to design cakes because I want to open my own bakery one day. Thank you again!!!

[@GlobalSugarArtyoutube]

+miguel angel Acevedo All the tips and decorating supplies can be purchased at Globalsugarart.com

[@sunshine2049]

I would love to pursue a business with making of wedding cakes and special events,etc, I have this desire since I am a kid to do this, do your supplies have what is necessary for decorations and to get started? you are a great teacher by the way, thank you!

[@precious12360366]

I have not made a rose yet, so, I have been watching the video's. I agree with you about the way you make a rose. I did watch the other video's where they started at the bottom where you start at the top. You are so right. Your way of making the rose was the easiest and looked neater. Thank you!

[@StrayPup]

Did anyone else accidentally stumble on this video and then want to immediately run out and give it a try?

[@christinamarshall681]

You bet! I'm so excited lol

[@barroshaboykin2866]

StrayPup lol yeah and i dont even bake often

[@angelachapman4478]

I actually DID run off and make a load! Woopwoop they worked! Especially using the cocktail stick and fondant bud. Worked so much easier for me :-)

[@GlobalSugarArtyoutube]

Angela Chapman Congratulations! So glad you had success.

[@iandiegorodrigueznava896]

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[@missfreedom217]

I wish you would make some more videos! I've watched a lot of different cake artists but you're my favorite and I've already watched all of your buttercream videos!

[@GlobalSugarArtyoutube]

Hi Miss Freedom Seeker! Be sure to follow our facebook page as we post videos on facebook often! facebook.com/globalsugarart

[@angelachapman4478]

I'm really pleased I stumbled across this video. Off to attempt my first ever buttercream rose! Fingers crossed :-)

[@Cheryl5154]

I did some cake decorating many, many years ago -- taught myself from a small Wilton book -- but could never make a rose that I would let anyone but the dog see. I am SO thankful for the computer age and You Tube. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a good video is worth a thousand photos. Thank you, thank you for your terrific tutorials! You didn't talk about this, but I did notice that for each succeeding row of petals you held the tip at a greater angle from the center of the rose. Between that and making a nice, tall dome to build on, and getting my icing to the right consistency, I may just dust off my cake decorating set, whip up some buttercream with my trusty Kitchen Aid, and try roses again!

[@GlobalSugarArtyoutube]

LOL! Cheryl that is a great story. Yes, get out the mixer and your tips and give it another try. You will surprise yourself! If for some reason you still find it difficult, please try the foam rose bud trick. It works every time!

[@GlobalSugarArtyoutube]

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[@HeavenlyEchoVirus]

Your videos are fantastic. You are a brilliant teacher.

[@GlobalSugarArtyoutube]

Thank you!

[@palmerhusky]

I'm just getting ready to learn and I'm looking at this and thinking to myself...I got this! It'll take some practice to get it completely right, of course, but that looks so much easier than what people have tried to tell me in the past!

[@MsAliciaBrady]

This is a wonderful tutorial. Thank you so much for the help!

[@WorthyOfLove406]

Thank you, for this video! I am an amateur baker and am learning the art of decorating with frosting. This is now on my Favorites List.

[@michelestuart3475]

I love your channel and I am one of those ones just starting and was having trouble with the roses lol. Your way looks so much easier it makes sense going from the front for me too. Thanks and I will be checking out all your tutorials

[@sureshsuresh-jm9qo]

Hi madam 😘😍😘😍😘

[@monelleny]

You are an excellent teacher. You get straight to the point, without a lot of extraneous lecturing, and your instructions are very, very clear. Thank you!!!!!!!!

[@GlobalSugarArtyoutube]

Thank you! I appreciate the comments.

[@me0wKat]

you are a brilliant teacher!! :')

[@ivettesotocanalizadora]

I usually never do buttercream roses because never found a way to make them look so pretty than yours, definitly im gonna practice your technique, thank you so much for sharing!

[@susanorban3059]

Thanks for your videos! You make me feel like I can do this!😉I'm an Artisan Soap maker and am going to be using soap batter to decorate with. The best soap decoraters have been cake decoraters first! 😆😄

[@HTMLguruLady2]

You make this look so easy. LoL Your movements are so smooth and deliberate, it's easy to know what you are doing with your wrist. Thank you for such wonderful videos

[@YolandasCakes]

Thanks for the tutorial! Awesome!

[@dianemisener7849]

Thank you for sharing your tutorial on how to make a rose. This will definitely help me when I make my daughter's wedding cake!

[@Valentina21131]

Thank you

[@Blackandwhitevictor]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I watched this... about three years ago, when I was first starting to learn how to decorate, and it helped me IMMENSELY. I found it again just now, and picked up a few more tips just by watching it again!

[@Q_T_Rican]

Alan, love this tutorial. What color is this? does it works with fondant? I have tried every color possible and mixtures of color and I have failed. Obviously I did not try yours.

[@debjudisch5548]

It looked like Rose pink...I think he also mentioned that. I know my Wilton Rose pink looks just like that. I make mine a bit lighter.

[@ResetDoitAgain]

One of the best how-to videos on any subject I've ever seen. Great audio, clear speech, fine camera work, and plenty of repetition to make it clear. Thank you very much. :-)

[@debjudisch5548]

Oh, reading your comment made me think of something! The only thing about the cameraman is that I wish he stayed closer, and we would get to really look at the finished rose. I would like to know if the underside of my rose looks right. To me, it looks a bit messy!

[@hammoudineamine4050]

wow that is nice thank you chef

[@athrunzala75]

I have no clue how I got here, but I love this video! Honestly I don't think I could ever get the hang of cake decorating, but I do think it's fun to watch others do it!

[@LinaMarliana]

great.. thank you for sharing.. :)

[@cindytheiringer2811]

The wrap around the drop! Just what i needed. Thank you!!

[@HOWELLBY]

Chef it would really help if the camera zooms in closer when you are doing the demonstration

[@KarenmitchellANI]

Really? Damn, it's taking forever to load, I'll just leave then, lol....so I'm not that fazed that I'm going to miss it. If he doesn't zoom in, then what's the point of the video.

[@debjudisch5548]

@@KarenmitchellANI What??? What???

[@carolynsage889]

Thank you so very much, you make it seem so easy! I really appreciate you taking the time so I can understand what you are doing!

[@thesupermom1975]

I use an offset spatula to transfer roses. I worry that bacteria or rust could get in between the scissor blades. I'm a bit of a germ-a-phobe.

[@hayleagreaves6755]

If you clean the scissors each time it would be fine

[@GlobalSugarArtyoutube]

You can use inexpensive plastic scissors that can me soaked in sanitizing solution.

[@angierobles6612]

you are the best tutor I've ever came across with thanks Alot people are lucky to have u

[@potatoships9379]

and now I will lick the hell out of it xD I love buttercream

[@Hubli791]

Love the way you explain!! Took cake decorating class, this is refreshing course to me. keep up the good work!! ty

[@christinamarshall681]

I LOVE your teaching technique! I swear it's the best that I've seen so far. You make it look so easy also :-) I can't wait to give it a try, just the way you explained it! Thank you sooooo much!

[@taimohamed4447]

Decorating for the first time today at work. This tutorial helped a lot. Thank you.

[@sandramullins6767]

I love watching you decorate. I’ve taken classes at Wilton through Hobby Lobby some time ago. I’m ready to practice & learn from you. Thank you so much.

[@1sharingworld]

The best teacher ever for learning cake decoration...trust me I searched a lot n this one is best so far

[@nidhibhasin5646]

Thanks for sharing the trick of transferring the rose successfully on the cake.

[@yvrosedouyon9091]

You are a great instructor. You give everything that you know from A to Z Thank you and God bless you ❤

[@TheFakeyCakeMaker]

Hi Chef Alan, at last I know what the problem has been with my roses! I didn't make the cone high enough. So glad I know now :-) xx

[@komoriaimi]

This is the rose tutorial that I've been looking for so long. I always have a bit of trouble with the base of the rose (the cone), but with this, that most likely will be solved. Thank you!

[@kristineguevara1556]

I felt so confident that I can finally manage to make a great rose just by watching your video. You were so calm and patient in showing all details.. I want to be your student!

[@ngechetaza1248]

Thank you for being a good teacher. This is a perfect video for a beginner

[@irenemason3830]

I love your tutrorials, brilliant instructor and easy to follow. Thank you

[@LA2047]

Man I so miss Chef Alan's tutorials. He doesn't do nearly enough of them.

[@jackb1959]

Thank you so much for sharing this, After having problems because I'm left handed with the Wilton method I found that I could adapt your method much easier and my roses are beautiful now. Also thank very much for sharing your buttercream recipe, it was very generous of you.

[@keymajic6580]

That's great and amazing your step by step demonstration make it easy following understanding more better. Thump up.. . Already I'm addicted to these videos . Thank you

[@frogfinity_8]

This video has been here 7 years and the channel still replies to comments. This is amazing

[@SalidaRedDragon]

We love all of your videos. This one was the most help. Everything is explained so well & is so easy to follow. The explanation & way it's presented, was in such a way that my daughter & I, both, can now [finally!] make roses. She was able to make a nice rose after 2 viewings. Took me three viewings to figure out what I was doing wrong. (left handed) Thank you so much!

[@GlobalSugarArtyoutube]

You are correct and I usually only use the rose tip to make my base. For beginners it is easier to use a round tip. Hold the bag straight up and slowly squeeze the bag and allow the base to build up high and wide. Then, go around the ourside edge two layers high, just as I did in the video. It is easy and quick and you don't have to change tips.

[@FAITHWEAVER38]

Your roses are beautiful, and I love this technique! I could not figure out why my buttercream kept sliding. I know now that it isn’t stiff enough. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@naturallygigi3294]

YESS!! The Best flower intructor there is!! Hands Down.Thanks So Much Chef Alan, you're incredibly talented to teach these things ☺ I appreciate your amazing beautiful work 🌺🌹 God bless🌷

[@terezacz87]

Thank you so much for this video! I’ve watched so many videos and still struggled with making roses. The way you explain it is just great and it was so easy to follow it! My roses were finally beautiful ❤

[@shainamercy9626]

Thank you so much for the awesome details I took classes after high school for cake decorating and my boss want me to fill in as a cake decorator in 2 weeks well its been 4 years since I've worked with butter cream and your videos are definitely bringing back the tricks I learned

[@blackswan4486]

Don't know about anyone else, but I'm dying over the color. Very gorgeous.

[@GlobalSugarArtyoutube]

Thank you. That is my fuchsia gel food color.

[@blackswan4486]

@@GlobalSugarArtyoutube I love gel food colors. I've been trying to perfect an ultramarine color, a bright but deep and intense shade between blue and purple.

[@kathleenhuntress8188]

Thank you! You inspire unfounded confidence

[@dianemisener7849]

I've already froze 24 roses #104 tip. My first time doing it, so it took me a good part of the day. I don't think i built the mound high enough to start the roses, they rise up however just not as high as yours. Now I just watched your video, so I'm gonna practice your way, Beautiful roses you did! I still need to make a few large roses.

[@garimaghosh3298]

this is how an expert explains .Thanks dear I really liked and learned the tips .

[@catarinatang980]

Thank you so much! The best well explained video on rose on the internet!!!

[@desireemorris6198]

Thank you so much. I am a just beginning to bake cakes and I've been trying to make roses since last night without the slightest hint of success. I've watched several youtube channels in order to learn how to do this and you are the only channel that made this so very clear for me. My roses still aren't perfect, but practicing this way will most certainly make me better! :D

[@jacksonelija1488]

Oh my goodness I tried this and I got it PERFECTLY on the fourth try!!! I didn’t have the rose nail or whatever it’s called but I did it right on a cupcake and it came out PERFECTLY!!! Thank you!!!!

[@GlobalSugarArtyoutube]

LOL! I love success! Thank you for letting me know.

[@dheenayushri3459]

I just love the way you make your buttercream base ... thank you so much for the great tip!!

[@drconnieh700]

Beautiful roses....you make it look so Easy!

[@saskjacook]

Wonderful instructor - very easy to follow, wish they were as easy to make ha! thank you!

[@miskyloo887]

Great video, one thing I learned recently and it made the petals very realistic was to narrow the opening of the tip by using pliers.. Gives you super thin, realistic looking petals..

[@CountYourAssets]

I love you tip in how to make roses.... I found yours easier to understand. thank you chef

[@Maddy0418]

Excellent video. You show it very well and give suggestions on how to place them.

[@FurtasticFriends]

Thank you for this video. I took a cake decorating class and I will admit making roses the most difficult part. I am out of practice, but thanks to your video, I think I can try again with better success!!

[@eunicebest5551]

The method look so simple. You are a very good teacher

[@sheuakinola4573]

Very detailed instruction, makes it very simple to do. Thanks

[@shameenafarmis9485]

Thank you so much for sharing very clearly. Im excited for piping a rose for the first time. It came out so beautifully

[@maryfotchuk8774]

Thank you chef. Your roses looked awesome. Great idea about the gumdrop. I'll have to try that.

[@dennicafernandes4151]

Sir, you're a very good teacher. Thank you for sharing such informative video

[@Procrastinational]

Beautiful! I'm going to try my hand at making a cake for Easter and wanted a tutorial that really explained how to make those beautiful roses and I found it with your video. Thank you for the clear and articulate direction as well as the colorful examples. Wow! I'll let you know how my roses come out. Thanks!

[@debjudisch5548]

Hope you practiced these a lot, WAY before you needed the ones to show!

[@lilsushi9512]

That's a very beautiful rose!

[@johncoe8209]

Thank you for doin this video I been baking for 20+ an always had someone else decorate the cakes, an this will be my first time to decorate a cake

[@ericagraham733]

Thank you so much for this, my roses always come out flat, I'm going to give your method a try!

[@katiekwon3353]

The best tutorial to pipe rose. Thank you!

[@Unknown__83]

Thank u so much sir u are a good instructor not like my instructor very boring ! Love ur videos