re: my first tiered cake

The tip I used for the petal effect was a 12. If you haven’t seen a tutorial, you put a #12 dot on the cake and then pull your spatula through 3/4 of the dot, “smearing” it to one side. Then you do another dot just at the spot that the “smear” starts to fade out. It’s really easy. . .but a little time consuming – especially when you’re changing colors with the rows.