UPDATE: Tutorial here!
So last week I saw on twitter that someone was getting ready to celebrate Daffodil Day on April 27th.
Whats this you say? I love daffodils!! I just knew I had to make a cake.
Well. Come to find out that Daffodil Day is actually a Canadian thing and more specifically, something created by the Canadian Cancer Society. (I love their suggestions BTW!)
As I am a resident of the United States, this technically doesn’t apply to me.
But, (and more importantly) as I am a person in the human race and love other persons and don’t want anyone to suffer no matter what their nationality, I decided that I would be silly to not celebrate!
I thought this cake might also work for mothers day.
I know I am a mom and I like flowers and I like cake and I cant be that different from other moms right?
I just made a white cake with tinted buttercream. Then piped some stuff. And licked my fingers. And piped some more.
I am still in the thick of planning on what kind of treats to make for my mom for mothers day.
Since I have to travel four hours I might not bring a cake, but maybe cupcakes? Or maybe I will make her a cake and dedicate it to her but then just eat it.
Its the thought that counts right?
Anyway, I made a 100 daffodils trying to make this cake and around flower #99 I think I figured out how to do it. I will have to see if I can replicate that and do a tutorial for you soon! (If you don’t want one tell me now, cause I am a lazy bones and I just want to sit around watching TV and reading the dozens of magazines I have piled up that look so good. But ya know, I could bake too.)
I was an intern at the ACS in my college days. I love Daffodil Days! Such a great cause. Your cake is absolutely beautiful!
Ok, so fill me in. Is the ACS the American Cancer Society? And they do Daffodil Days? See, I didnt know that! Are they going on right now too?? I will have to stop asking questions and just research it some more.
I agree! Absolutely GORGEOUS!!!
Daffodils are also the emblem of Marie Curie Cancer Care in the UK; a charity which, amongst other things, provides nursing care for terminally ill patients in their home/hospital. They do amazing things.
Love this cake
Oh cool Kathryn! Thank you for sharing that… it sounds like a really wonderful organization. I am learning a lot today, and so thankful for that! Blessings sweety!
Yes to the tutorial! They look so cute!
Thank you Dana!
J’aime beaucoup (in french …; sorry
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What a beautiful cake! I’m loving Daffodil Day!
Beautiful! Daffodils are my favorite flower and it makes me so happy to see them very spring. I would love to see your technique and see if I could figure it out myself.
So beautiful, Amanda! This is such a happy cake!
Looks great, you could do single daffodils on cupcakes to transport for Mother’s Day!
Lovely cake. I would love a tutorial.
Thank you!!
Me too! Id love to see a tutorial! It does look like a “happy” cake!
Awesome! You have more patience than I do but yes, a tutorial would be nice. This cake just speaks spring and I love that Canada has a Daffodil Day for such a worthy cause.
This cake is gorgeous! Daffodils always let me know that it’s spring!! So pretty & love how each slice will have a perfect daffodil on top
Thank you pretty lady! Was just looking at your gorgeous blog… you never fail to impress me with your talent!
Love how you made the center of these daffodils stand up!
Oh that’s simply lovely! I adore your hydrangea cake as well. It makes me want to learn how to pipe frosting. How you find time to create such beauty in frosting form with so many little ones at home, baffles me, but I love that you find time to make yummy things and be creative and share them with us. Baking and being creative makes brings me joy too, but my things never turn out as beautiful as yours.
Oh yes PLEASE….tutorial for the daffodil’s. The cake is amazing. Very spring like. I give it a double thumbs up!!
I definitely would like to see a tutorial
Love it! Oh the possibilities of colors for this one!
Oh, please sharing more pipping tutorials! They are so helpful!
This is so beautiful! Awesome job!
That is so pretty and looks so good I want to go off my diet!!
It would be really beautiful to have the daffodil stems floating down the sides of the cake!
Hello! I’m not sure if you’ve done a post on this already but how do you get the frosting on the sides so wonderfully smooth?
Yes, please teach us how to do this I must make this next Easter, it is beautiful!
Beautiful cake! Daffodil cake here at a local bakery is a marbled sponge/angel food cake with lemon buttercream frosting. Yummy.
Another fun and whimsical cake by you. I miss your frequent posts that we got pre-baby pre-book but then again growth is a part of life and I would say a baby and book are growth. Thanks for sharing.
I love the way you did those daffodils! I’ve only ever tried the Wilton method, but yours are so much prettier.
No relaxing for you! Get busy on that tutorial! HA!
This cake is beautiful……I, too, love daffodils! And the pretty green was perfect for the base! Lovely!
Daffodil days is new to me, but an excuse to feast my eyes on your beautiful cake decorating, I will take. I love the colors too!
Love, love, LOVE this!! And here in Ireland we celebrate Daffodil Day, too.
We celebrate Daffodil Day in August here in Australia. I’m filing away your beautifully inspiring cake until the time comes to raise some money at work.
A work of art.
I love how you put being a member of the human race over your nationality, I think everyone should do that
It is a beautiful cake!
Beautiful cake. Would love to see a tutorial.
Please, please, please…do a tutorial…AND SOON !!!! I want to make this cake!
Nice! am lovin’ it. tutorial pls pls and pleasssssseeeee
But the best part is the concept of “dedicating” a cake…and then eating it oneself. Brilliant!
Daffodils are a favorite flower of mine also. I would love a tutorial. This cake is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
This is so beautiful!
Yum!!! Super cute
What the what?!?! How did you do this? I have said it before, but I am NOT a baker… so when I see something as stunning as this, well… let’s just say I get a little jealous of your talent.
What a lovely cake for Monther’s Day! My mother has a riot of daffodils in her front yard, this is a splendid idea!
Amanda you are so talented! I love this cake! Only if I was that handy with a piping bag! Have a great weekend!
Oh, Amanda. Yes, we MUST see a tutorial. I don’t care if you post it next week, or next year….but I need to see it. This is stunning.
Oh yes a tutorial please. This is such a beautiful cake. The daffodils are beautiful. Love the colour of the frosting too.
We have Daffodil Day in Australia and I am so going to try to make your cake for morning tea with my friends… please put the tutorial up!! thanks, love your work!
What a happy cake! Daffodils always say Easter and Spring to me. The renewal of life. YES, please, a tutorial.
So pretty and bright, it sure screams spring is here! Love it, those daffodils are adorable.
Gorgeous! (as always!)
I love Daffodils. They are my favorite flower and I love what you did with the cake. Please, please do a tutorial!
I Love your ideas and baking. Very inspiring. From New Zealand too….Daffodil Day is the Cancer Society’s annual flagship event and one of the most important fundraising and awareness campaigns in the country. As well as providing an opportunity to raise awareness of cancer in New Zealand, Daffodil Day is a major funding source for the Cancer Society.
You always make the prettiest flowers on your cakes! I can’t believe they’re made of frosting.
Your cake looks fab! I’m welsh and the daffodil (along with the leek) is our national emblem, we celebrate the saint of Wales (saint David) on March 31st and women wear the national costume with a daffodil and the men with a leek, so next year I will definitely make this cake!! A tutorial would be much appreciated thanks! xx
That’s incredible, you bet I want to know how you did that.
Sorry…no rest for the weary
there’s an overwhelming demand for a tuto! I’ll be waiting…
What a beautiful cake! Daffodils are my favorite flower, so I would be ecstatic if anyone made this cake for me. I think cupcakes would also look nice, with one daffodil for the top of each cupcake.
So beautiful, I was look forward to your posts.
This cake is beautiful! I live in Massachusetts and The American Cancer Society always sells daffodils.
Please, i said yes to the tutorial before mother`s day
That is so gorgeous ! Might have to cupcake that idea
This is so gorgeous! And I love that you created it in honour of Daffodil Day. The photos are so happy, calming and have a wonderful warmth and sunshine element to them. Love! xo
Yes to the tutorial! Daffodils are my favorite flower – they are like little sunshines dancing in the wind
I would love to try this cake sometime!
Oh my goodness, what a beautiful picture of springtime sweetness! Pinning this immediately.
Amanda, this is such a beautiful cake! I can’t wait for the tutorial!
I think that the American Cancer Society or even the Canadian Cancer Society would be so amazed at this gorgeous cake..What a wonderful job you did…
Gorgeous!
The American Daffodil Society also loves this cake! Tutorial please!
Stunning and so realistic!
Ugh I love your work! I wish I was as talented as you. I seem to never get the consistency of my icing right and it either comes out too watery or way too thick
good morning
I love you and I love your work
you are creative !!
What a beautiful cake! We have Daffodil Day in Australia too. The Australian Cancer Council sells them to raise money and awareness for cancer annually.
nice one thank you
The link to the tutorial doesn’t work! i love this design and would like to make it. please help!