Cake with red and pink flowers made using the back of a spoon. - Samantha Wesoloski / 500px/Getty You don't need a fancy instrument to decorate cakes and cupcakes with elegant, handmade icing petals.

And decorate it, too. Grams demonstrates DIY roses. Grandmas are experts at everything — or so a cashier at the grocery store told me yesterday. And it’s probably true. For example, it wasn’t long ...

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