Cake Decorating

Buttercream Wilton roses in class?

I want to take the Wilton Method Courses. (cake decorating classes)

In the Wilton Method Course 2 (the version updated in 2010): I read that the Wilton rose was taught in Lesson 3 with Royal icing and there was a review of the Wilton rose in Lesson 4 with Buttercream.

But I heard that they updated the Wilton Courses again in 2014. I read that in this new Wilton Course 2- the Wilton roses are taught in royal icing in lesson 2. I feel disappointed because someone told me that there is no
review of the Wilton rose in buttercream like in the previous version of this course.

I really want to make Wilton roses out of buttercream icing.

I’m not going to take the Wilton Courses at Micheal’s. I’m going to take the Wilton Courses at a culinary school. The tuition fee at this school covers all supplies & ingredients. That means I won’t bring any ingredients from home- everything is available at the school. That’s why the tuition fee at this school is higher than at a craft store like Micheal’s.

I was thinking this: during my Wilton Course 1 class- I will ask the instructor,“I heard that the Wilton Course 2 students will be instructed to make Wilton roses out of royal icing. I prefer to make my Wilton roses out of buttercream icing. When I have my Wilton Course 2 class here- can I make half of my Wilton roses out of buttercream icing and half of my Wilton roses out of royal icing? For example- if the original lesson plan is to make 12 Wilton roses out of royal icing- can I make 6 roses out of buttercream icing & 6 roses out of royal icing?” What do you think the instructor will say if I ask this? Do you think he will allow this?

3 Replies

If your Wilton instructor is anything like the one I had they won’t care if it’s royal or buttercream. It’s been a long time since I took those classes, but unless they’ve changed things, the technique for making roses is the same whether you’re using royal or BC. I had the hardest time figuring out those darned roses (I think part of it was my instructor) but then one day, when I wasn’t even decorating it just clicked with me.

Jenniffer White, Cup a Dee Cakes - http://cupadeecakes.blogspot.com

When I took my course, several years ago, the teacher encouraged us to make a batch of RI and make some roses along with the buttercream roses we were to bring to class. So, basically half and half. You pretty much use the same technique to make the roses whether it’s RI or bc.

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Although I haven’t taken Wilton course 2 but I have some experience with these roses and I agree with Jennifer and June that the technique is pretty same — and there are a lot of tutorials available on how to make these!!

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