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How to Pipe a Lilac Flower

Nothing says spring like lilacs! Pipe life-like, tiny lilac blossoms in royal icing and attach them in clusters over an elongated shell-shaped base. Crown the top of a cake with a branch of lilacs or make delicately decorated lilac cupcakes. They’ll be the perfect centerpiece for your next spring shower or brunch.

Skill LevelIntermediate

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Ingredients

Royal Icing
Royal Icing with Meringue Powder
Buttercream Frosting

Tools
Round Cake Decorating Tip 2
Open Star Cake Decorating Tip 32
#59 Petal Piping Tip
Petal Tip 101S
Leaf Cake Decorating Tip 352
Leaf Cake Decorating Tip #352, 1-Piece $1.90
1.5 Inch Flower Nail No7
Disposable Decorating Bags
Pre-cut Icing Flower Making Squares

Instructions

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Fit a decorating bag with petal tip 59 filled no more than ½ full of medium consistency royal icing.
Attach a waxed paper square to a flower nail, then pipe four tiny rounded petals using the petal tip flower method. Pipe several 4-petal flowers for each lilac cluster. Let them dry thoroughly.
Using buttercream icing, make a base for the lilac cluster on your cake or treat. Pipe a tip 32 elongated shell. The tail/tip of the shell will be the top of the lilac cluster. You can over pipe on the shell for more dimension when making a larger cluster.
Attach dry petals to the shell with dots of icing, covering completely, forming a lilac cluster of flowers.
Using tip 352, pipe leaves at the top of the cluster of flowers.
Using a round tip 2, pipe stems on either side of the cluster to connect additional clusters of flowers.

Notes

- For a realistic effect, pipe the flowers in different shades of lavender or purple.
- As you design the layout of the lilacs on your cake, remember the point of the shell base should be pointed up to create the shape of the lilac cluster.