Flower Birthday Cake Ideas
- Say happy birthday to your loved one with a flower birthday cake.flower cake image by Rich Johnson from Fotolia.com
Wish a loved one a happy birthday with a flower birthday cake. Flowers can be made out of buttercream icing or fondant, or you can just buy sugar flower decorations to adorn the cake. Cakes can also be adorned with fresh or silk flowers. There are also flower-shaped cake pans that can be bought. - Sheet cakes can be decorated with flower borders or a bunch of roses can be added to each corner. Using icing create two inch squares around the top border of the cake. In the center write Happy Birthday. Place a different type flower in each square. Another possibility is to randomly place drop flowers on the cake using a large star tip. Add small leafs to the flowers.
A round cake looks stunning if decorated with roses made of buttercream icing. For a dramatic look use the same color roses or for a bright, spring look use various colors. Decorate a basket of flowers on a round cake. Create the basket by making several evenly spaced vertical lines using a large tip and brown icing. Next make horizontal lines, skipping every other vertical line to create a weaved look. Add a handle to the basket. Fill in the top of the basket with daisies, roses, daffodils or sunflowers. - Create a daisy out of a round cake pan and several cupcakes. The round cake pan will be the center of the daisy and should have white frosting. Place cupcakes around pan to create petals. You can frost these yellow, pink or purple. Line a row of cupcakes with green frosting to form the stem. You can add leaves by placing two cupcakes next to stem, place a third cupcake between the first two.
Make a flower pot cake with a square cake and a round cake. Cut a portion of the round cake so that it aligns above the square cake. Ice the square cake with brown or beige frosting as this is the pot. Using green icing and a leaf tip frost the round cake to form a bush. Add small daisies or roses to the bush or create small star drop flowers using a star tip. - Flower shaped cake pans can be purchased from most craft stores. The pans come with detailed directions on how to decorate the flower. Some cake decorating experience may be required to follow the directions and special tips will be needed. Experienced decorators may want to be creative and decorate the flower cakes in various ways. Common pans are the wildflower and the flower power, which creates a daisy like flower. It is also possible to make fondant icing in the pan and then carefully lay the design over a round or square cake.
