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… can’t 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 didn’t think was good enough I just added a new one on top of it!
This is a really forgiving and easy technique… you really can’t 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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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.