Fanciful Flowers Cake

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Ingredients

Lemon Yellow Icing Color
Pink Icing Color
Creamy Peach Icing Color
Leaf Green Icing Color
Buttercream Frosting

Tools
Disposable Decorating Bags
Coupler
Petal Cake Decorating Tip 104
Round Cake Decorating Tip 12
Flower Nail Templates
Flower Nail
Large Drop Flower Cake Decorating Tip 2D
8 x 3 in. Round Pan
Cake Board
Round Cake Decorating Tip 2
Round Cake Decorating Tip 3
Open Star Cake Decorating Tip 21
Leaf Cake Decorating Tip 352

Instructions

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In advance, pipe 12 ribbon roses four each: yellow, pink and peach. Make extras to allow for breakage and let dry.

Also in advance, make 36 tip 2D drop flowers: 12 each yellow, pink and peach. Make extras to allow for breakage and let dry.
Use spatula and white icing to ice 8 in. x 3 in. round cake.
Use tip 2 and white icing to pipe lines about 1 in. apart beginning about ó in. inside the top edge of cake and extending to various lengths down cake sides. Use tip 3 and white icing to randomly pipe dots on either side of lines.
Attach roses to top of cake with icing. Use tip 18 and white icing to pipe shell bottom border.
Attach drop flowers to shell border. Use tip 352 and green icing to pipe leaves.

Notes

How To

How to Pipe Swirl Drop Flowers
Made by adding a simple twist motion, swirl drop flowers have petals with a bit more flair and dimension, leading to open-looking Blossoms.
How to Make Icing Ribbon Roses
How to Pipe Icing Leaves
Make a simple, versatile leaf to add realistic details to flowers. Leaf tips can also be used to make simple flowers, such as sunflowers.
How to Pipe Beads
The bead shape makes impressive borders outlines and accents on letters and designs; also a cute trim on clothing and gingerbread houses. The basis for making piped hearts and figure piping.