Round Pans
Quiet Violets Cake
Experienced decorators always keep an assortment of dried royal icing flowers on hand. Then when they need a dessert in a hurry, it’s super easy to create a cake like this!
Ingredients:
- Easy-Add Buttercup Yellow Icing Color Add to shopping list Buttercup Yellow Icing Color
- Easy-Add Violet Icing Color Add to shopping list Violet Icing Color
- Easy-Add Rose Icing Color Add to shopping list Rose Icing Color
- Easy-Add Meringue Powder Add to shopping list Meringue Powder
Makes:
Cake serves 24.
Techniques Used:
Tools:
- Easy-Add 9 x 2 in. Round Pan Add to shopping list 9 x 2 in. Round Pan
- Easy-Add Tip: 1 Add to shopping list Tip: 1
- Easy-Add Tip: 2 Add to shopping list Tip: 2
- Easy-Add Tip: 3 Add to shopping list Tip: 3
- Easy-Add Tip: 21 Add to shopping list Tip: 21
- Easy-Add Tip: 59 Add to shopping list Tip: 59
- Easy-Add Tip: 102 Add to shopping list Tip: 102
- Easy-Add Tip: 352 Add to shopping list Tip: 352
- Easy-Add Flower Nail No. 7 Add to shopping list Flower Nail No. 7
- Easy-Add Ceramic Pedestal Cake Stand Add to shopping list Ceramic Pedestal Cake Stand
- Easy-Add Cake Boards Add to shopping list Cake Boards
- Easy-Add Fanci-Foil Wrap Add to shopping list Fanci-Foil Wrap
- Easy-Add Flower Former Set Add to shopping list Flower Former Set
- Easy-Add Waxed paper squares Add to shopping list Waxed paper squares
Instructions:
Step 1
In advance: Make flowers on waxed paper squares using royal icing.
Step 2
Make approximately 30 tip 59 violets in dark violet with tip 1 dot centers in buttercup yellow.
Step 3
Make approximately 40 tip 102 apple blossoms in light violet with tip 2 dot centers in buttercup yellow.
Step 4
Make extras to allow for breakage and let dry in small flower formers.
Step 5
Ice 2-layer cake smooth in buttercream. Pipe tip 21 shell bottom border. Attach flowers; add tip 352 leaves.
Step 6
Pipe tip 3 dots on top and sides of cake. Position on stand.
*Note: Combine Violet with a little Rose to make dark and light violet shades shown.
