Step 7 Continue around the top of the cake until you get to the outer edge of the cake . Leave a small amount of room for a decorative row of piped buttercream .
Step 8 |
Step 9 |
Using the lighter |
Using the same piping tip , |
buttercream and # 1E tip , |
pipe the same shell border |
start piping a shell border |
on the top edge of the |
at the base of the cake . |
cake . |
Step 10
Continue using the light buttercream and piping tip # 21 with coupler , pipe a second shell border at the base of the cake .
Step 11 Step 12 Change the tip to the # 33 tip and start piping small rosettes ( small circles ) on the side of the cake . I generally pipe in groups of 1 , 3 or 5 rosettes around the cake .
Using the white buttercream and leaf tip , add some small leaves around the rosettes .