My Great Aunty Ivy was a master cake decorator of the best kind – exact, creative and very generous with her young great-niece.  She spent countless hours teaching me how to mould fondant into little flowers, shapes and creatures.  Aunty Ivy passed away last week and I wanted to dedicate a post to her.  I can’t seem to find a photo of Aunty Ivy’s beautiful creations, so instead I’m passing on a tutorial on how to create ribbon roses, which I used to make hundreds of with her.  These tiny little roses are perfect on top of cupcakes and cakes for most sweet celebrations such as baby showers, kitchen teas, kids birthday parties and weddings. 

Thanks to the wonderful team at CakeJournal for this great tutorial and Fairycakes for the cute cupcakes decorated with ribbon roses. 

I’m almost certain that Aunty Ivy’s influence when I was very young had alot to do with my starting Pink Frosting and my interest in styling celebrations, cake decorations and beautiful little details.  Thank you Aunty Ivy for your patience and kindness.  These sweet ribbon roses are bringing back lots of beautiful memories for me.

Happy Celebrating!

Kathryn