Red roses

I made this cake a long time ago. This cake was made for someone whose favorite color is red and ... roses are red :-) And not just that, the cake itself is a red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting.

The cake is decorated with medium size roses in the center and mini or small size roses around the border. The roses were hand piped with royal icing and it worked out great. Because I was working on several cakes at the same time, it helped to have these made ahead of time. The outside of the cake is covered with crushed roasted pecan nuts.