Buttercream Ruffle/ Flower cake

Buttercream Ruffle/ Flower cake
Buttercream Ruffle/ Flower cake

I did this cake as part of Miso Bakes’ monthly challenges. This particular month’s challenge was to create a cake design in a repeating pattern using the petal tip. This was what I came up with. Chocolate cake with swiss meringue buttercream.

Rachel, Fondant Flinger New Orleans, LA www.facebook.com/fondantflinger

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Gorgeous version of this cake! Would love to know the technique. :-)

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Thanks, ladies! Petal tip (any size will do), skinny side out, make little “loops”. Easy, peasy and looks like it took a long while. :)

Rachel, Fondant Flinger New Orleans, LA www.facebook.com/fondantflinger

Do you go from bottom to top, or round and round? I’m sorry, I’m not getting it! I’ve done the ruffles with a petal tip and really love this, but I can’t work it out! :-(

Lots of tutorials at: www.facebook.com/theroyalbakery

Thank you, CakesOnTheLane!

RoyalBakery, I started at the bottom and went round and round and just made a ton of those little “shell” shaped petals.

Rachel, Fondant Flinger New Orleans, LA www.facebook.com/fondantflinger

Rachel, would you consider making a video tutorial of this technique for those of us who are too thick to figure this out!? xx

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Sure! As long as you all are very forgiving to my blubbering ways! Give me a couple weeks and I’ll get one together for you.

Rachel, Fondant Flinger New Orleans, LA www.facebook.com/fondantflinger

Ah! I’m thinking I might be starting to understand! So do you take the tip off the cake after each one? It’s not continuous like the traditional ruffle? I must give this a go. It’s heavenly. And thank you for trying so hard to help us understand!

Lots of tutorials at: www.facebook.com/theroyalbakery