As soon as the cakes are stacked, frost the outside of the cake to make the crumb coat. Place the cake in the refrigerator to firm up after you place the first layer of frosting on the outside of the cake. After the cake sits in the fridge for about 15-20 minutes, place another thin layer of frosting on the outside of the cake to make it smooth and to hide any crumbs that might have appeared.

Place the rest of the cream cheese frosting into a piping bag with the large star tip and practice creating a rose on a paper plate. Gently squeeze the frosting out of the piping bag to create the center of the rose, then maintain the same pressure on the bag and swirl the frosting around the center to create two circle layers. Pull the pipe away from the rose in the direction you were piping the frosting when you are done making your rose.

After you have practiced piping a rose on a plate, you're ready to pipe roses on the cake. Start on the side of the cake at the bottom. Pipe a three-inch rose, then move over about an inch and a half to the right and pipe another rose. Once the bottom layer is complete, pipe the second layer of roses on top. These roses will be on the side and on the top of the cake. After this layer is complete, pipe roses on the top of the cake, and fill in any holes with piped frosting. The star tip creates beautiful ripples that give each rose texture. It's almost too pretty to slice into.

Note: To ensure that the roses don't fall over while you pipe them onto the cake, stick the cake in the refrigerator between layers. This also gives you time to refill the piping bag with frosting.

Be careful when slicing into the cake because it is top heavy from all of the frosting from the roses. So get ready to catch the slice when you start to pull it out of the cake.

For other variations on the roses, you can make smaller roses, color the frosting a different color, like red, purple or pink, or even pipe multiple colors to make the cake look like a bright and beautiful bouquet.

Check out the previous installments of the Cake Decorating 101 series:

Reveal Cake Zebra Cake At-Home Wedding Cake Decorating with Stencils Fondant Dogwood Flowers Covering the Cake with Fondant Fondant Designs Piping & Frosting Baking the Perfect Cake