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!
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
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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