Sunday, 6 December 2020

Zinnia Flower Cake

Simple piping, stunning results ! This is an easy technique using buttercream called petal effect. it is extremely easy and the results are very impressive. The Petal Technique uses a round tip on your piping bag and a small spatula or small teaspoon to create the effect. It's simple process, just very time consuming. 

What you need:
  • A cake, round looks the best for this technique but square or rectangle is ok
  • Buttercream icing
  • Food colouring
  • piping bags, depends on how many shades you prefer
  • A small spatula
  • 4 plain tips, if you prefer can use the piping bag too
  • Turning cake decorating table, very helpful but not a must
I found The Hungry Housewife blog is very helpful as she posted a tutorial on her blog that demonstrate both the omber and petal effect to decorate a cake. I am not going to include my step by step how I decorated the cake. I am going to let you read what she wrote. You can complete the cake as she did but I like to decorate mine with fresh flower and finished the base with fresh flowers too. Try to get the similar colour tone for the flower. Have a go, it is not that hard.








 

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