Basic Rose Piping

The most basic flower for flower piping is the rose. The most common flower, but also the most popular.

Here's something I was initially confused about myself...

Rose = Basic = Beginner = Easy

Does this sound familiar to anyone else?

I started out thinking that way, too... I'm not saying basic because roses are the easiest flower to pipe, I'm saying basic because roses are the foundation of all piped flowers.

Even if you've been piping for a long time, roses are something you practice constantly. Basic, but not so easy to catch...

If you're a beginner and you think you're the only one who has hard time with rose piping, don't worry. Everyone feels the same way.

But once you get good at roses, you're halfway there, and you can apply roses to many other flowers, so keep practicing.

There are tons of videos out there for basic rose piping, all with different tips and slightly different ways of doing things.

Once you've mastered the basic roses, you can start to adapt them to make your own, more beautiful roses. Infect, there are tons of different types of roses: basic roses, garden roses, olivia roses, jana roses, and so on as well.

There are tons of rose piping videos online, so I'm only going to go over the most basic beginner rose piping rules with 104 tip or 103 tip. It will be easier if you familiarize yourself with the basic rules and then watch the video and follow along. Sometimes videos just don't work, so I always try to familiarize yourself with the basic rules first for any flower.

1. Foundation

   
   

a. Foundation size with 104 tip: 1.5 cm diameter / 2.5 cm height

b. Foundation size with 103 tip: 1cm diameter / 1.8cm height

2. Number of petals

   
   

a. Peak rose: 1-3

b. Slightly bloomed rose: 1-3-5

c. Full bloom rose: 1-3-5-5-5

3. Petal height and angle

   
   

a. Pipe the center of rose in the middle of the foundation you set up, creating "9" shape toward base of the flower nail.

Note: The video makes it look easy, but when I try to pipe it, it keeps falling over. Try starting with the tip about 1/4 of the way into the foundation, so your center petal have something to supported and the it doesn't fall over.

b. Pipe 3 rose petals in a parabolic motion, slightly higher than the first petal, with each petal overlapping about 1/3 of the way. When you're done, you'll have a rose buds

c. From now on, pipe the petals in groups of 5. The first 5 petals will be piped slightly higher than the previous 3 petals, and the height of the subsequent 5 petals will gradually decrease. Overlap each petal by about 1/3. Add 5 petals at a time until you have the desired size of the flower.

d. For the first 3 petals, the angle of the tip is roughly 90 degrees, and for the next 3 petals, the angle is 80 degrees, then 60 degrees, and so on, adjusting the angle to control how flower bloom. The finished flower will look like a fan when viewed from the side.

reference: Olli's Buttercream Flower

This was my first basic rose that I practiced piping on my own and my first flower cake after a short period of self-practice. It was my son's 16th birthday cake, a creation that felt imperfect yet incredibly meaningful—a heartfelt milestone in my journey.

These are cakes made with roses that I've practiced piping for a long time, trying to change the uniform beginner roses piping to make them look more like real flowers. I'm still practicing to make better roses.

However, even if each flower is not perfect and there are no various and colorful flowers, you can still make a beautiful cake just with basic roses.

So, are you ready to practice roses now?

May your day be filled with the beauty and sweet fragrance of blooming flowers~