Party in Bloom Buttercream Flower Cake

This Party in Bloom cake certainly has plenty of flower power! Decorated with dahlias, apple blossoms, primroses, pansies, mums and more, this beautiful buttercream cake is nothing if not a showstopper. For quicker decorating, make your flowers ahead of time and store them in the freezer until you’re ready to assemble your cake. A truly lovely dessert that is well-suited for birthdays, Mother’s Day, Easter or bridal showers, this Party in Bloom Buttercream Flower Cake is bunches of fun!

Prep3 hr 30 min
Total Time14 hr 50 min

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Bake Cake. Prepare cake batter following recipe instructions. Bake and cool three cake layers. Level, fill and stack layers for 6 in. high cake.
Ice cake smooth.
Tint Icing. Combine Red-Red, Burgundy and a touch of Black icing colors to get dusty pink color shown. Combine Rose and Violet icing colors to get magenta color shown. Combine Red-Red and Rose icing colors to get pink color shown. Combine Violet and Royal Blue icing colors to get light purple color shown. Combine Juniper Green and Royal Blue icing colors to get winter green and dark green colors shown. Combine Moss Green and Sky Blue icing colors to get dark moss green color shown. Combine Royal Blue and Black icing colors to get navy color shown. Combine Creamy Peach and Rose icing colors to get coral color shown. Combine Lemon Yellow and Golden Yellow icing colors to get yellow color shown.
Tint ½ cup icing each dusty pink, magenta, pink, light purple, winter green, dark moss green, dark green and navy using color combinations provided.
Tint 1 cup icing coral and ¼ cup icing yellow using color combinations provided.
Reserve remaining icing white.