December 2023 Cake! Magazine | Page 22

Step 14 Prepare your flat flower nail with a square of parchment paper or Flower Up . Attach it using a small amount of buttercream .
Step 15 Using your olive or eucalyptus coloured buttercream , pipe a “ base ” for your rose .
Step 16 Fill a piping bag with grape coloured buttercream and attach piping tip . No 123 . Ensure the fatter part of the piping top is pointing down and begin piping arch / rainbow shapes over the base .