Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network Februrary 2019 Cake! Magazine | Page 12

Step 16: Tip: Practice this technique on a flat surface, ideally on a piece of fondant, before trying on the cake. Pipe all the white flowers then move onto the pink ones. To make the pink paste, mix some paste colour into the royal icing and add a touch of brown just to make the colour more muted. Aim for a medium pink tone. Step 17: Step 19: Step 15: Step 18: Once you’ve piped the Add a few small flowers to outer layers, pipe another the cake here and there as you go. layer of petals on the inside of the white flowers. Then make a darker pink and pipe a layer in side the pink flowers. Keep working this way, using the cake picture as a guide. Change the tones of pink and amount and shape of petals in each layer. Before continuing on too far, whilst waiting for the outer layers to dry, pipe the vines and leaves in and amongst the flowers.