Buttercream Pink Flamingo cake

Buttercream Pink Flamingo cake
Buttercream Pink Flamingo cake Buttercream Pink Flamingo cake Buttercream Pink Flamingo cake Buttercream Pink Flamingo cake

100% buttercream except beak of bird I did in fondant. If I had piped the beak out of BC, it would have broken off due to weight and being a in a vertical position.
This is a 1/2 sheet cake with a 1/2 large regular size ball pan for the body of the bird.
I used a support column/ dowel for the inside of the neck. Then I piped BC icing and smoothed with small angle spatula and my finger dipped in very warm water.
I piped head out of pink Buttercream and smoothed in the same manner.
I piped feathers out of a #352 leaf tip, and did several layers on the wings in variegated shades of pinks and white on the bird, and wings.
On the 1/2 sheet cake I frosted in white, and frosted a thinner layer of different shades of blue and made a wave pattern to give more life to the water. Also piped some #2 tip white to look like froth on tips of some of the waves.
I piped some water lilies on top of water. Base of cake boarder was #8 white frosting.
I realize a flamingo has a much longer neck, but the customer liked the one I did in a turkey design where the bird was resting, and wanted less fondant, so this is why the neck is shorter.
All almond cake inside. One of my most popular flavors ordered.

Nancy (Nancy's Fancy's Cakes & Catering)

16 Comments

Thanks Luna!

Nancy (Nancy's Fancy's Cakes & Catering)

That is amazing!! I love how you did it.. Such an awesome cake!! Beautiful

Amanda Bowman

pretty…nice job on the flamingo….

Creativity is God's gift to us. Using our creativity is our gift back to God. Clarky's Cakes 😎

Awesome .. love it is is all buttercream <333333333333333333333333

Dubey Cakes

Awesome buttercream skills you have there, Nancy! :) ❤

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O that’s fantastic — I love all these effects in buttercream — amazing job Nancy!!

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