Flower Overflow Cake

Drop flowers are always a hit! They're easy to do and look great on your cake, especially when finished with a blue Sugar Pearl center.

Ingredients

Make flowers two days in advance. Prepare buttercream icing following recipe directions. Tint a portion blue and reserve. Use tip 2D and white icing to make 95 swirl drop flowers on parchment paper-covered board. Make extras to allow for breakage. Use tip 3 and white icing to pipe a dot center on each flower. Attach a blue Sugar Pearl to center. Let air dry overnight.
Make cake one day in advance. Prepare batter following recipe directions. Bake and cool cake. Cake is 5 in. high (three layers: two 2 in. high, one 1 in. high). Place cake on foil-wrapped cake circle.
Ice and decorate cake. Use spatula and reserved blue icing to ice cake smooth. Use tip 18 and blue icing to pipe shell bottom border. Position flowers around top cake edge and in two rows around side, staggering bottom row. Position a single flower between each pair of flowers in bottom row. Position five flowers in a ring at center of cake top.

How to Pipe Swirl Drop Flowers
Made by adding a simple twist motion, swirl drop flowers have petals with a bit more flair and dimension, leading to open-looking Blossoms.
How to Pipe a Shell Border
The shell is one of the most versatile icing decorations. Use it to pipe a simple border or pipe rows of shells to accent or cover a cake. Try piping shells in multiple colors and in combination with other decorations like dots or zigzags to create your own unique designs!