Making flowers with frosting

How to Pipe Simple Buttercream Flowers

A step by step pictorial and video tutorial to making different types of BUTTERCREAM FLOWERS for cupcakes and cakes using tips perfect for beginners.

Ah, mums. Those flowers you see for sale outside every grocery store once September rolls around. There are TONS of varieties of mums, but the garden variety that you see most often comes in shades of red, yellow, orange, purple, and white. Icing Consistency To pipe buttercream mums, you’ll want to use a stiff consistency icing. I almost always use Italian Meringue Buttercream for piping flowers. Colors To make your buttercream mums really pop, use two different shades of the same color. One…

See a photo step-by-step tutorial that will show you how to make frosting roses out of buttercream or royal icing.

Learn how to create gorgeous fluffy buttercream flowers for your cakes in this free cake decorating video tutorial! (Recipe included!)

Are you in the "never figured out ribbon roses" crowd? No worries. I have something even easier. And when I say easy, I mean easy. My sister-in law, who's experience with a piping bag is

an easy recipe for American buttercream frosting, and options for hot weather. Great for cakes, cupcakes, to top cookies, and fill desserts with.

Buttercream Flower Tutorial

If you've got a ton of roses to make, or maybe you just don't want to spend hours making them, this easy fondant rose is the perfect solution. The only supply you need is fondant. You don't even need water to attach the petals. So quick and so easy to do and you don't have to keep up with a ton of cake decorating tools. #cakedecorating #fondantrose #fondanttutorial