Cake with Simple Buttercream Flowers

This Quick Buttercream Flower Cake comes together in no time. It’s a far simpler way to greet spring than piping flowers.

Spring has here, and my rose bushes are in full flower. But do you know what isn’t enjoying it? My allergic reactions. I should simply invest in Zyrtec.

Despite my allergy issues, I still like spring and seeing all of the flowers in bloom. This Simple Buttercream Flower Cake comes up quickly and is a lovely way to greet spring.

Sometimes you simply want to bake a gorgeous cake but don’t feel like piping a bunch of buttercream flowers or doing anything else.

This cake comes together quickly. It will take some time to color the frosting, but once you start piping, it will go really fast. (Remember to watch the video afterwards to see how it’s piped)

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Supplies you’ll need for the Buttercream Spring Cake:

• A cake that has been cooked I used a six-inch circular cake with three layers. You would want it to be a bit taller. Here are some cake recipes for you to try: Chocolate Butter Cake, Vanilla Bean Cake, Moist White Cake
• Buttercream (You can find my incredibly yummy vanilla bean buttercream recipe here.
• Food coloring gel (You’re looking for the gel food coloring. If you use liquid food coloring to obtain these brilliant hues in your buttercream, it will be too liquid to pipe.) You want white, green, hot pink, deep purple, orange, and yellow buttercream.
• Piping sacks
• Spatula with a Slant
• Smoother for Buttercream
• Wilton #4 Round Tips or #5 Round Tips (Youll need one for each color)
• Cake decorating station

Decorating the Easy Buttercream Flower Cake:

The first step is to cover the whole cake with white buttercream. Note that if you want a dazzling white buttercream, use half shortening and half butter instead of all butter. You might also use transparent vanilla extract instead of ordinary vanilla extract.

After icing your cake, add some green to the bottom and smooth it with your buttercream smoother. This creates the watercolor appearance on the bottom.

Just fill your frosting bags with the coloured buttercream. So, I basically free-handed my flowers, but if you want some guidelines, take a toothpick and gently sketch your pattern, then pipe over the lines.

I opted to freehand mine since I wanted it to seem cartoonish, but do whatever feels natural to you.

Pipe the stems first, followed by the leaves. Then pipe the blooms and finish with yellow dots in the middle. Since you’re only piping straight lines, this cake is quite straightforward. That gives it an embroidered appearance.

The blooms should be bending in various directions. You also want some of them to be fully bloomed and some to seem to be seen from the side.

Here’s a video that walks you through each step:

That’s all there is to it! Simple, but so incredibly adorable. This would be perfect for a simple spring birthday cake or a Mother’s Day dessert. Anybody would love to get this little charmer with a Happy Birthday topping.

And the best part about this flower cake is that you can get your floral fix without having to worry about allergies!

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