Just in case anyone wanted to make their own Hydrangea Cake, here a a couple quick tips to make it easier for you!
First, I baked my cake. I just did a regular white cake with the lemon curd filling and lemon frosting. (Seriously delish.. and perfect for spring or Mothers Day!)
I used 8in pans then carved around the edges to make my 'bouquet' shape.
You can also bake cake in round pyrex bowl or basketball cake pan or something round.
I then covered the cake in buttercream frosting and chilled it in the fridge.
For the flowers, I used the rest of my buttercream, making sure the consistency was on the thicker side. Pick the colors that you prefer, and create three of four variations for your petals.
Using a #104 tip with the small edge out, I just piped out four petals to each flower.
I think the actual hydrangea petals are a bit more flat, so if you can master the tip you can create a more realistic looking petal!
(This was my first time trying this flower… I am hoping to improve more for next time… I also want to make this cake in white and pale pink… cant you just see it???)
I started with one color in one section then made a bunch of flowers overlapping each other again and again.
Then went back in with another color and started adding more flowers. Anytime I saw a flower that I didnt think was good enough I just added a new one on top of it!
This is a really forgiving and easy technique… you really cant go wrong!
And when you are all done, you get this…
Hope you will try it.
And be sure to leave a link and let me know if you did!
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Perfect!!!! Great job!
Beautiful. You make it look so easy.
Oh, wow. I loved this the other day, but I super love it now! You make it look so easy! Thank you.
WOW! That looks amazing. Thanks for sharing this tutorial!
This doesn’t look as hard as I originally thought. Maybe I will get some guts and give it a try. So pretty.
Wonderful tutorial, Amanda! Now I need to get that tip. Or 3 of them!
Wonderful tutorial, Amanda! Now I need to get that tip. Or 3 of them!
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing your process!
Could you make it look anymore easier. So So talented!! I know for FACT that if I attempted to make this amazing cake, I would end up with something that is so entirely different it would be considered for Cake Wrecks!!
I’m so glad you put up the tutorial. I will try to make it even though I’m not great at frosting cakes. Your so talented! I wish I was you!
Thank you, Amanda, for the tutorial. I can’t believe you found time to get it done so quickly.
this is why you are my favorite baker! can’t wait to try it!
Seriously?
Every. Single. Time…You – AMAZE!!! Me!
I can barely bake my way out of a wet paper bag – but you inspire me to try!
I’m loving this cake. So need to make it! Well well done. So so feminine and girly.
Thanks for sharing your technique!
This may be a really stupid question, but can you literally bake a cake in a bowl and it will turn out the same as baking it in a round cake pan?
I haven’t tried flowers since back in my Wilton class days. This is on my list for the next celebration we have!! So pretty and I love that the undercoat doesn’t have to be perfect!
This cake is so pretty! Yet another one that I will have to try!!
gorgeous. Thanks for sharing. I moved back to MIchigan after living in NC for 9 years and although I’m not a southern girl, I did LOVE the springs so when I looked at the house in Michigan with a beautiful purple hydrangea out front- you see I didn’t know you could even grow them in MI- I joked that this is why I bought the the house but it may have been more true than not. I wanted hydrangeas as my wedding flowers but had to get married in July (husband was heading to NC to fly the F-15E – the jet that crashed in Lybia yesterday) and we had like 2 weeks off between military gigs and you just don’t request more time off when you are heading to a military training. I
‘m thrilled you made the cake, put it up and gave us a tutorial. Merci’
Gorgeous, as always. The shape of the cake really sets it apart and makes it pop. You have the best ideas
can’t i just come over? in exchange for an on site tutorial, I will take care of the new yummy peson that is about to enter your life and you and your husband can have a night off?
I am in awe of your abilities! I just love coming to your blog to be inspired.
Beautiful. You make it look so easy.
This doesn’t look as hard as I originally thought. Maybe I will get some guts and give it a try. So pretty.
Wonderful tutorial, Amanda! Now I need to get that tip. Or 3 of them!
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing your process!
Gorgeous!
I love this! And your rose cake tutorial which I have used. I want to try this with cupcakes, maybe turn them upside down and decorate the outside of them. Can’t wait!
What are you doing to me woman!! I want to make the first flower inspired cake… and have finally found a reason to make it…. and now you give us this temptation!! is it really sad to make your own Mother Day cake? my mum lives in Australia… and I just dont think customs would let it through… they will have eaten it instead!!!
This cake is absolutely beatiful. I liked it sooo much I shared it on my blog for my weekly “What I’m liking a Latte” http://alattewithotta.blogspot.com/2011/03/what-im-liking-latte-this-week.html
Thanks for the tutorial. It gives a cake icer like me (with two left hands) hope that I could give this a try.
This may not be the most difficult-to-make cake you’ve shared, but out of all your amazing creations, this one is my very favourite
Blue hydrangeas are my absolute most favourite flower, and the way you’ve recreated hydrangeas with icing is just amazing 
LOVE IT!
Great job on the Cake Amanda! Will definitely try this one out.
I did give you my info for the cookie donations. If you still need help especially for Bakerella just let me know!
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I am planning a Mother’s Day Garden/Tea Party for my friends…think I just found my theme…hydrangeas!! Love your site a ton! I will email you when I attempt this…intersted in helping Bakerella…will email you
Thank you for sharing how you made those perfect petals! Off to search through my drawer of tips….
I’m hoping to decorate my mom’s birthday cake this way but I’m still not really understanding how you made the petals. Is each petal a little ruffle? And you make 4 little ruffles for one flower? My roommate and I made your ruffle Christmas tree cake and the ruffles for that were super easy. Thanks!
I haven’t tried flowers since back in my Wilton class days. This is on my list for the next celebration we have!! So pretty and I love that the undercoat doesn’t have to be perfect!
Absolutely gorgeous!!!!!
This is one of the prettiest cakes I have ever seen!!! Love it!
Well, I could try. But it sure isn’t going to look like this!!
This cake is so elegant looking and would be perfect for dessert after a tea party. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Amanda for posting this tutorial! I’m absolutely in love with your cake and can’t wait to try and make it for my Mum for her birthday and/or Mothers day (her birthday is May 2nd, and Mothers day is the 2nd Sunday in May in Australia – is it the same elsewhere?) <3
Another gorgeous cake! I’m definitely swooning.
Oh my goodness, that cake is so cool! I love it for mother’s day…hmmm, wonder if I could do it…
Oh, this is gorgeous. Hydrangeas always remind me of my dear Nan, who passed away two years ago. This would be perfect for Mothers Day to remember her. S x
This may not be the most difficult-to-make cake you’ve shared, but out of all your amazing creations, this one is my very favourite
Blue hydrangeas are my absolute most favourite flower, and the way you’ve recreated hydrangeas with icing is just amazing 
LOVE IT!
Just gorgeous Amanda!! You inspire me to try all these fun things!!
Your hydrangea cake is positively GORGEOUS!
You ooze talent girl!
And you make it look so easy! I am super grateful you do tutorials!
xoxo
So very, very lovely. I heart this cake.
Breathtakingly gorgeous!
This is simply gorgeous! I love the natural fluidity of it…. Thanks for the tutorial!
The patience you must have to be able to do these decorations! Beautiful!
I came on your blog the first time looking at your original hydrangea cake post. I was excited when I went on foodgawker today to see the tutorial on how you did the petals. And you added it so fast. I will be sure to add you to my favorites list.
So very, very lovely. I heart this cake.
What a beautiful cake!
The patience you must have to be able to do these decorations! Beautiful!
oh my! This is really pretty!
I found you through the Decorated Cookie’s post about your cookie giveaway.
Kelsey
Absolutly lovely:) I love what you do. Everytime.
You make it look so easy! I am really awful with that pastry tip, though. Flowers are always my downfall. I know my cake wouldn’t look nearly as pretty as yours does!
Wow. I may enjoy baking, but this is definitely beyond me. Impressive stuff.
You make it look so easy! I am really awful with that pastry tip, though. Flowers are always my downfall. I know my cake wouldn’t look nearly as pretty as yours does!
I just want to say that you are the most incredible baker i have ever “seen” and tha most generous! I am a BIG fan in Portugal. Thank you for the inspiration!
Wow. I may enjoy baking, but this is definitely beyond me. Impressive stuff.
you have such lovely ideas and you make them seem so easy to execute. bless your heart, that’s all i can say.
This cake looks beautiful, and definitely perfect for Mother’s Day! Bookmarking it for sure
Thank you!
Thank you! I am so excited that you shared this! The cake looked amazingly beautiful but I didn’t think I could ever make something like that – now I think I can and can’t wait to try it!
This is so pretty!!! Love the way the whole cake is covered with the flowers.
Oh that was one gorgeous cake!! I may do something like that for my mom-in-law, she loves hydrangeas. I did a video a couple years showing how to make them on cuppies, pretty much the same technique but I added some yellow for the center and a leaf here and here:
I’m surprised this is your first attempt at making hydrangeas because your cake is absolutely stunning! I have a feeling that you’re one of those ultra-talented people who succeeds at anything you put your hand to. I’d love to see this cake with blue/green variegated hydrangeas.
What a fabulous way to decorate a cake! It is so bright and girly! I love it. I am going to test this out as soon as I can. And yes, I think that pale pink and white would look gorgeous. I would have never guessed that you’re new to piping flowers.
I seriously love making your cakes! I get nervous though, so before I go big, I practice making the flowers on little cupcakes first. My mom and dad love them… and so do my puppies who manage to nab them everytime!
Oh. My. Gosh. That last photo just blew me away. This is definitely what I want my wedding cake to look like!
Thanks for sharing!! xx G
Look Who’s Wearing (LwW)
Hydrangeas are my all time favorite flower! Think I may just *attempt* this gorgeous cake!
Wow! That is one gorgeous cake! I would have a hard time cutting into it because it is sooo pretty!
It seems like every time I’m drawn to a cake, it is always one of yours (each design is amazing!) I recently have done a couple versions of your rose cakes and everyone is always so impressed!
I can’t wait to try this one too! Everything is absolutely adorable. Thanks for the great ideas!
you’re probaby super busy having a baby
Yea babies! 
but i took a crack at this gorgeous cake yesterday…. http://betchacanteatjustone.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/thanks-mom/
I think it turned out pretty great, thanks for the tutorial!!
VERY pretty! Love the colors you used!
It seems like every time I’m drawn to a cake, it is always one of yours (each design is amazing!) I recently have done a couple versions of your rose cakes and everyone is always so impressed!
I can’t wait to try this one too! Everything is absolutely adorable. Thanks for the great ideas!
My goodness…THAT is a gorgeous cake!
So I tried it!!! And your Rose Cake as well! Thanks for the awesome tutorials! I have a bit more practice to go to make my Hydrangeas to look as good as yours!! Would love for you to have a look!! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Los-Angeles-CA/Sift-by-kara/191063980908412
This is such a pretty technique. I am thinking about trying it for my daughter’s 2nd birthday, but maybe with a more kid-oriented cake (less sugar, mainly – I’ve heard about using pumpkin puree to substitute for the oil and sugar??). I wonder what kind of frosting I could make that wouldn’t be a sugar rush for her… any ideas?
This is such a pretty technique. I am thinking about trying it for my daughter’s 2nd birthday, but maybe with a more kid-oriented cake (less sugar, mainly – I’ve heard about using pumpkin puree to substitute for the oil and sugar??). I wonder what kind of frosting I could make that wouldn’t be a sugar rush for her… any ideas?
i know i don’t need to tell you this because you HAVE to hear it a zillion times a day — but i can’t hold back. you are so amazing!!! i’m so happy this blog exists so i can see your gorgeous work! i just need to figure out a way to actually eat some of those items you make
I just have a general cake question….I am making a cake for an event on Friday, how far in advance can I make the cake and have it frosted? (I am just using a boxed cake mix with your buttercream recipe. Instead of the cream I am using a strawberry falvored soda)
Thanks!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61536559@N08/5595683219/
well i started off making the rose cake. so i baked two white cake rounds. then i saw the hydrangea cake and switched to making this! i got all the way to piping and lo and behold i didnt have the right tip. so i switched back to the rose cake resulting in this hybrid
thought id share
Wow.
This is so beautiful! you are amazingly talented!!!
This is absolutely gorgeous! The flowers looks real. Love that fork, too!
If you make a pale pink one I want to see pictures, this is a beautiful cake. I am so inspired. I love to cake decorate, just never seem to set aside time to do it.
Totally awesome! Thanks for sharing with us…I will have to try this!
This is the most beautiful cake, I wouldn’t even want to cut into it!!
You make it look so simple!
This is the most beautiful cake, I wouldn’t even want to cut into it!!
You make it look so simple!
Such a wonderful creation! Well done.
That is awesome! Hydrangeas and roses were my wedding flowers. I can see this as dessert for an anniversary dinner. Great idea and tutorial.
This is so beautiful!
Seriously, the most gorgeous cake I have EVER seen.
So gorgeous! These look better than the real deal!
So gorgeous! These look better than the real deal!
oh, good heavens. You make everything look so EASY!! I did your rose cake the other day, and called it a “rosie posie cake.” It was a HUGE hit with the birthday girl! Maybe someday I can work up to a cake like this. *grin*
fantastica!
Stunning! I saw this on Pioneer woman’s site. Congratulations on yet another feature Amanda!
This is absolutely stunning. Gorgeous. Breathtaking.
How do you make the petals?
I think I´ve gone twice over your cake, and everytime I look at it, it´s more beautiful. WOW!, congratulations. I love Hydrangeas, so this could be my favourite cake.
Kisses from Spain
Marialuisa
I love this cake so much, I was inspired to try it myself today. It didn’t turn out as beautiful as yours but I am happy with it and had fun doing it. Thanks!
Wow – I am impressed, so beautiful and fairly simple – thank you for sharing
I used 8in pans then carved around the edges to make my ‘bouquet’ shape.
You can also bake cake in round pyrex bowl or basketball cake pan or something round.
I just spotted your wonderful cake! I think I will make cupcakes and bring them to my Mom. She ‘s in a nursing home.
Not the big question is… how do I make sugar free buttercream?
Awesome looking cake, this will be on my retirement List of things to do.
I used your tutorial for a rose cake a few months ago and think I am going to have to try this one too. It is so beautiful! You do such an incredible job making incredibly beautiful cakes with relatively simple steps. Thank you!
I really love the way you integrated the different colors.
This cake is beautiful, very creative. Shared it with my sister and daughter(hoping she makes it for me for Mother’s Day)! So glad I came upon your tutorial, it’s terrific and I just love your commentary!
This would be a wonderful cake for a bridal or baby shower, just customize the colors to fit the shower…sooo beautiful, I just love it!
hi! beautiful cake! i want to make it for my mother next week! i am wondering if you baked 2 layers of the white cake you have linked, and cut them horizontally in half to make 4 layers or if you made 4 layers of that white cake. also, i’ve never shaped a cake before – any tips for dome-ing? or do you know of an online tutorial? thanks so much!
Attempting to make this for Mother’s Day but in cupcake form. Bretton Woods housewives, I’m sure I’ll have enough for you too! I’m only sharing if they turn out decent.
I failed.
A friend of mine forwarded me this recipe with a tongue-in-cheek request that I make it for her birthday (she lives about a thousand miles away, so that’s not likely, LOL). It was so pretty that I decided to make it for my grandmother’s instead. For a family gathering of that size, though, we need two cakes, so I first did a bundt cake with basket-weave icing, then set the hydrangea cake on top. Once I added some braid to finish the basket, it was fun and fabulous! You can see a (not fabulous) photo at http://roseannamwhite.blogspot.com/2011/05/word-of-week-memorial.html
This is my first time on your blog and the attraction was your beautiful hydrangea cake post. The tutorial makes it so quick, easy and fun, even for a beginner. What a great summer party idea.
I will be sure to add you to my blog: http://caketopperboutique.com/letsparty
Hi there!
Kind of a silly question, but I just want to double check: is that two layers that you cut in half to make the four, or four separate layers?
Thanks so much!!!
Amanda,
We are just wondering if you can share with us the wrist action with the 104 tip. We can’t get our petals to come out like yours. HELP!!!!
M & B
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no5w43oHcDw
Here is a video I like… hope it helps!
Just gorgeous. And I agree w/ Jen you made it look easy and I’m not sure that I could duplicate it even close.
Thanks for sharing this! I tried a few of the flowers and after a little practice they started to look better…I wasn’t brave enough to do the whole cake but i’m pretty happy with the results
http://foodiheart.blogspot.com/2011/08/brown-sugar-birthday-cake.html
Can’t you just picture setting this in some sort of hanging basket to display? ‘Cause I TOTALLY want to try that after seeing this cake.
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So beautiful and creative! And the colors…wow! Just amazing!
I wanted to let you know that I just linked to your tutorial in this post. For YOU – A bunch of flowers – one dozen flower tutorials – http://creatingthehive.com/blog-post/174849/for-you-a-bunch-of-flowers
I love your blog, and this cake is one of my favorites! I made it a couple weeks ago for a bridal shower. Here is the address to see a few of the pictures:
share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AcMWrFizctmbmo
Thank you for the beautiful cake and tutorial!
I was looking through all of your recipes today and found this. I am totally in love <3 I am attempting it tomorrow, WISH ME LUCK!! I am very nervous
This is so beautiful and such a stunning technique. Thanks for sharing
i love this! thank you so much for sharing this! maybe i’ll try it on my mom’s birthday!
wow i’m gonna try this soon! thanks for sharing!
Finding this on Pinterest couldn’t have come at a better time. My granddaughter’s birthday is coming up and my son and daughter-in-law are planning a flower garden theme. I knew what I was going to do with the cake pops, but had no idea for the cake….YOU solved my problem. Now, I have my fingers crossed, it comes out as gorgeous as yours. Thanks so much for making it look so easy that I’m no afraid to give it a try!
I just wanted to say thanks! I used your rose cake decorating for my last cake and loved how easy it was to do! I’m now going to try the hydrangea flowers based on your pictures! Thank you
Yay! Cant wait to see!
thank you for sharing……just stunning, i cant wait to try and make this …
thank you, thank you , thank you !
I am making this cake for my wedding, along with hydrangea cupcakes on diy cupcake stands. So excited!
Oh fun! Congrats on your upcoming nuptials!
I love this cake! It is sooo pretty!
Hey Girl! So after seeing this about a year ago, I finally decided to make it. Ive been talking it up to all my friends and showing them the pictures on your blog (seriously, people were probably sick of hearing about this cake
(maybe that makes you feel a little better about lying in bed at night thinking about cake- it ain’t just you). I love your blog and looking at all the beautiful cakes. I don’t know how ya do it with all your kids. I made the cake for my family for Easter. I don’t like my colors as much as yours, but I think it turned out pretty decent. Thanks for sharing the tutorial. Link to cake picture- http://instagr.am/p/JK_QTWwyfh/
Oh my gosh I love it!!! You did fabulous. Seriously! You are a natural!
Thank You for this awesome blog =)
I´m from Finland ( a land that you have propably never even heard of)
Every time when I see your creations I´m amazed. =)
Thank´s
Hi, there! I just wanted to thank you for the inspiration for my sister-in-law’s bridal shower cakes. She loves hydrangeas and one of the other bridesmaids made hydrangea centerpieces. When I was looking for ideas of how I could incorporate hydrangeas into her cake, I came across your tutorial. Needless to say, it was exactly what I was looking for! I made hydrangea cakes in her colors and they came out great. I wrote a blog post about it and included a link to your tutorial.
Thanks, again!
http://www.thecakebeast.blogspot.com/2012/07/hydrangea-cake.html
Hi Amanda, ,I am based in Australia and I just want to say that I am trully inspired by your artwork and you have inspired me to be a creative baker. I have made few cakes, simply inspired by your blog. I am delighted by your art work and your blog has motivated me to take my baking adventure further. Just love your amazing work! Keep up a good work.
This is so beautiful, I wouldn’t want to eat it! Good job!!
Hi Amanda!
I was on my way to the cake decorating store (it’s like my church) by my house while looking on Foodgawker to find some inspiration for my mom’s birthday cake and came upon this beautiful recipe. Usually I love piecing together different recipes to make an uber-cake, but I stopped walking when I saw this on my smartphone and knew I had to create it and only it. This was the first time I’ve done this much piping, though I’ve been dying to get into it for a while. I know I have a lot of practice ahead of me, but I’m inspired by this experience and your gorgeous architectural piping to keep going and to get better. The only things I changed were using a gluten-free cake recipe (as per my allergies) and improvising a similar buttercream with fresh lemon juice instead of vanilla for the flowers since my mom is so crazy for lemon. She was head over heels for the result. Thank you for sharing your beautiful work and for making a great tutorial!
Here’s my link with my pictures: prettylittlelions.tumblr.com
Hi Amanda.
Just wanted to tell you how much I love your blog. I come here for inspiration all the time; Well, mostly when i’m at the office, but what my boss doesn’t know, can’t hurt me, right?
. Keep posting – your making my working hours a hell of a lot more fun!
I fell in Love with this cake
I am decorating one today! I will let you know how it came out. Thanks for all your wonderful ideas.
Thanks for the awesome tutorial! Mine didn’t turn out quite as nice, but I’m sure everyone will enjoy eating it!!