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How to Pipe A Buttercream Petal Cake

buttercream petal cakes by glorious treats .com and from Catch My Party.com

A buttercream petal cake is a super sweet design for any occasion and very easy to create.   The two beautiful examples above are via Glorious Treats and Catch My Party, with two more pretty petal-piped cakes below by Blissfully Sweet Cakes by Jackie (via Style Me Pretty) and Couture Cupcakes & Cookies (via Amy Atlas blog), perfect for a wedding dessert table or as a christening cake.

petal piping buttercream petal cakes by Blissfully Sweet Cakes by Jacki via Style Me Pretty and by Couture Cupcakes & Cookies via the Amy Atlas blog

To pipe buttercream petals, all you have to do is simply pipe a vertical row of buttercream dots.  Then use a palette knife or a rounded spoon handle to drag each of the dots to the right.  Start the next row of vertical dots and repeat.

Petal piping also works great for a tiered wedding cake, as the cake below left from MyCakeSchool shows.

Nyrak Green Cakes have created their own version of the petal cake below left, but turned on its side, which makes a great variation.

buttercream petal piping tutorial from My Cake School.com.au left and Nyrak Green Cakes right

Petal piping is a cake design that looks beautiful in any colour, either pastels or bold colours.  The demonstration pictures below are from one of our favourite baking blogs, Butter Hearts Sugar.

buttercream petal cake tutorial by Butter Hearts Sugar. com

While petal piping looks beautiful in just one shade, if you want to step it up a notch, you can create an ombre design using three different shades. The blue ombre cake below is by The Hungry Housewife and the pink cake is by Butter Hearts Sugar.

buttercream petal piping and cake by the hungry housewife .combuttercream petal cake in pink ombre colours from Butter Hearts Sugar Blog



For more on buttercream piping and designs, see:

  • Buttercream Piping, Part 1: How to Pipe Buttercream Roses
  • Buttercream Piping, Part 2: How to Pipe Buttercream Frills and Buttercream Ruffles
  • Vintage Floral Buttercream Cake Tutorial
  • Buttercream Flowers & Floral Wreath Cakes
  • Cupcake Bouquets & Piped Buttercream Flower Tutorials
  • Floral Buttercream Hatbox Cake Tutorial by Valeri Valeriano & Christina Ong
  • Pretty Cupcake Cakes/Giant Cupcakes
  • Pastel Swirl Watercolour Cakes

For more on piping, see our features on royal icing piping techniques:

  • Piping Techniques Part 1 – How to Pipe Pearls & Beaded Garlands
  • Piping Techniques Part 2 – How to Pipe Drop Strings
  • Piping Techniques Part 3 – How to Pipe Scrolls
  • Lace Piping & Lace Wedding Cakes
  • Writing in Icing/Piping Lettering on Cakes 

 

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