Ice Rose Candle Holder

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Bundt Cake Pan || Cake Pan || Red Roses || Black Dress

I have been dreaming about creating and sharing these Ice Rose Candle Holders surrounded by a blanket of snow for a while.

But snow is so rare where we live in the south.

We consider it a good winter if we get one good snow.

And for us, a good snow is one that sticks to the ground and doesn’t melt by the afternoon.

So when I saw that there was snow forecasted last January, I immediately bought red roses and gathered evergreen stems from our forest while eagerly watching the forecast to see if it would really snow.

And not only did it snow, but we actually got snowed in for several days.

It was so much fun!

I then waited nearly a whole year to share this post.

And it was totally worth the wait because I’m absolutely in love with how they turned out, specifically the one made with the big roses in the bundt pan (the cake pan one needed more roses).

What’s your favorite snowy weather activity?

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Materials:

Cake Pan

Small Bowl (the base needs to be a little larger than a tealight candle)

Rocks

Bundt Cake Pan

Red Roses, I used small ones in the cake pan and big ones in the bundt pan

Evergreen Stems

Distilled Water (you can use regular water, but this makes a clearer ice, especially when boiled)

Rubber Band

Zipper Sandwich Bag

Garden Shears

Tealight Candles or Flameless Tealight Candles

Instructions:

1. First, boil the distilled water, then let it cool to room temperature.

2. Place a small bowl in the center of a cake pan and fill the small bowl with rocks.

3. Next, arrange the roses* face down in the cake pan, around the small bowl, and top the roses with evergreen stems.
Note: Next time, I will either use more little red roses at the base, or use big ones (like I did in the bundt cake), to fill in the extra space.

4. Pour the cooled boiled distilled water into the cake pan and place it in the freezer (or outside if it’s below freezing) until frozen.

5. Place the large roses* face down into the bundt cake pan and top the roses with evergreen stems.

6. Tie a rubber band around the rose stems, fill a bag with rocks, and place the bag on top of/in between the stems.
Note: This will hold the roses down and help prevent the roses from floating. I didn’t have this problem with the cake pan as it was more shallow, with less water, but I found the roses floated in the larger bundt pan and had to quickly find a way to keep the large roses from floating, and this rock method worked best for me.

7. Pour the cooled boiled distilled water into the bundt pan and place it in the freezer (or outside if it’s below freezing) until frozen.

8. Remove the pans from the freezer and cut off the excess rose stems with garden shears.

9. Flip the pans upside down and run warm water on them to remove the ice blocks from the pans. You will want to keep your hand under the ice to catch it when it falls out.
Note: To remove the small bowl from the cake pan, I poured warm water into the bowl to help loosen it.

10. Place your Ice Rose Candle Holders outside in the snow, add a tealight candle, and enjoy!
Note: When it was actively snowing, I couldn’t get the real tealight candles to light or stay lit, so I used battery flameless candles. But once it stopped snowing, I used real candles.

*I opened up the roses to make them a bit bigger before placing them in the pans.

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