You guys aren’t messin around.
When I placed the idea out there.. the idea that I would create three different cakes from one decorators tip… I had NO idea what I was thinking.
The most commonly requested tip was #233.
The grass tip.
Most commonly used to make grass. In green.
Grass.
And nothing else.
I was stumped.
I didn’t even own one. I had to go and buy one.
(actually, I bought four, which really helped when decorating all these cakes!)
I wanted to make sure all these cakes served a purpose, so this cake is for some friends that just welcomed another baby into their lives. A sweet little boy!
I held the tip at a 90 degree angle, applied pressure and make slight circles with the tip. Then made smaller ‘stacks’ in the inner circles.
While I will never claim to be an artist (I have too much respect for the people that are!) I really liked how this technique came out.
I hope its self explanatory, but if not, here is my very technical descriptions.
I took the frosting and made swirly lines and stuff.
And while I can honestly tell you that all of these cakes are very easy to execute, this was probably the easiest.
And my favorite. I don’t know why… maybe because it has all the colors in the rainbow? And I am obsessed with rainbows?
To make this cake I just used the grass tip as you normally would, but didn’t extend the tip to achieve the long grass. Just short little dabs of frosting.
Thanks for pushing me beyond what I knew! I had fun making these cakes and hope that our friends and family will have fun eating them!!
So what do you think I should tackle next???
I LOOOVE how you ALWAYS think outside the box Amanda!! and how you share it all with us!!
Thanks so much for this!
you are really such an amazing woman with a great talent! i love your blog so much!
you are really such an amazing woman with a great talent! i love your blog so much!
LOVE these! Could you be any more creative?! I never would have come up with these! Love love love!
Have you ever made a coca-cola cake?
i am so thrilled to decorate a cake using one of these methods! i love recently there have been a lot more freedom with icing a cake. it doesn’t have to be the traditional cake comb or flat iced type. between these cakes, the ruffled cakes, and swirl cakes that I have seen, i am truly excited for the future of cake decorating!
Oh. My. Stinking. Gosh! That sunset cake is simply gorgeous! LOVE!!!
I bought that tip for the ladybug cake…but it’s my favorite. It’s so fun to play with. I saw someone comment on it making great fur. The first thing I ever saw it used for was clown hair. So that’s out in my house…my husband can’t stand clowns. Which rather makes me laugh. But that’s another story. 😉
Miss you, girly! I’m glad this blog is going well for you though!
All three cakes are beautiful but that rainbow cake is just stunning!!!
i love the sunset cake! you have quite a talent; all your cakes are gorgeous! I am learning a lot from your blog, and hope to improve my meager decorating/presentation skills, haha!
I like the sun one especially. I recently bought a tip #233 to make nests, as I saw on some blog somewhere.
Jillian