March 2024 Cake! Magazine | Page 29

Step 1
Fill piping bags with buttercream and appropriate tips .
Step 2 & 3
Place cake on your cake stand for ease of decorating . Using the peach buttercream with the widest tip , place the flat side of the ip against the cake so the striped side is visible . Pipe a row of buttercream starting at the base of the cake working your way upwards . Continue over the top of the cake . Pipe another 3 rows up the sides of the cake . Use a wave motion to add movement to the buttercream .
Step 4
Using your rose buttercream and petal tip , pipe a row of ruffles next to the peach buttercream following its wave . Make sure the wide end of the nozzle is against the cake so that the fine edge creates the ruffle .
Step 5
Next , pipe a shell border row of the plum buttercream adjacent to the rose ruffle . Start at the base of the cake and work your way upwards with a squeeze / release motion .
Step 6
Step 7
Step 8
Now , using your
Lastly , using the
Fill in any gaps with
lavender
baby pink
your choice of
buttercream , pipe a
buttercream and the
colour and piping
row of individual
grass tip , continue
nozzle .
drop flowers next to
to work your way
the plum shell
around the cake
border . Depending
always starting at
on the layout of your
the base of the cake
cake design , you
working upwards , so
may like to also pipe
your icing falls nicely
a row along the
over the top of the
other side of the
previous position .
peach buttercream .