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Original concept of a small ivory bento cake with an affectionate original lion couple illustration and two pink buttercream hearts.

Decorating

5 min readIntermediate

Lion Couple Bento Cake with a Buttercream Transfer

Make an original lion-and-lioness illustration on a small ivory cake using a parchment transfer, warm brown colors and two tiny hearts.

Original concept of a round powder-blue-to-ivory ombré cake with horizontal frosting bands and a small pale blue blossom cluster.

Decorating

5 min readA little practice

Blue Ombré Cake with Edible Five-Petal Blossoms

Blend powder-blue buttercream into ivory horizontal bands, then add edible five-petal blossoms.

Original concept of a deep chocolate-brown buttercream cake with scattered white daisies and yellow centers.

Decorating

5 min readA little practice

Chocolate Daisy Cake with Piped White Flowers

Decorate smooth cocoa buttercream with white daisies made on parchment.

Original concept of a tall ivory cake with fine vertical buttercream pleats and an edible pale pink blossom crown.

Decorating

5 min readIntermediate

Ivory Pleated Cake with an Edible Pink Floral Crown

Create fine vertical buttercream pleats on a tall ivory cake and finish the rim with small edible pink blossoms and piped leaves.

Original concept of three exposed chocolate cake layers with light cocoa frosting dollops and edible daisy decorations.

Decorating

5 min readA little practice

Naked Chocolate Cake with Edible Daisy Flowers

Stack exposed chocolate layers with cocoa buttercream dollops, then add rosettes and edible sugar daisies without unidentified fresh flowers.

Original concept of an ivory round cake with large sculpted purple buttercream flowers and sparse edible gold accents.

Decorating

5 min readA little practice

Ivory Cake with Purple Palette-Knife Flowers

Sculpt broad purple buttercream petals on an ivory cake.

AI-generated concept of a single black cylinder cake with burgundy buttercream roses along the rim and front side, fine gray-green vines and small lobed leaves.

Decorating

9 min readIntermediate

Black Rose Vine Cake: Burgundy Buttercream Flowers

Build a manageable black cylinder cake with burgundy buttercream roses and gray-green vines.

AI-generated concept of a round burgundy cake with three ivory palette-knife blossoms, muted green leaves and brown frosting stems on an ivory plate.

Decorating

7 min readIntermediate

Burgundy Magnolia Cake: Palette-Knife Buttercream Guide

Paint ivory magnolia-like buttercream blossoms on a burgundy cake.

AI-generated concept of a single forest-green cylinder cake with matching shell borders, two swag rows, gold sugar pearls and burgundy modeled bows.

Decorating

8 min readIntermediate

Forest-Green Vintage Cake with Edible Burgundy Bows

Decorate a forest-green cake with shell borders, two rows of swags, gold sugar pearls and edible burgundy bows.

Ivory round cake with five orange buttercream pumpkins, brown piped stems and small olive-green curls arranged around the back of the top.

Decorating

7 min readA little practice

Pumpkin Patch Cake: Small Buttercream Pumpkins with a Round Tip

Decorate an ivory 6-inch cake with a crescent of small piped pumpkins.

Ivory round cake with a crescent of rust, mustard and olive buttercream leaf swipes across the top and down one side.

Decorating

7 min readA little practice

Autumn Leaf Cake: Simple Palette-Knife Buttercream Swipes

Decorate a small ivory cake with rust, mustard and olive buttercream leaves.

AI illustration of an ivory buttercream basketweave cake with shell borders and strawberry halves on top, sitting on a white cake board.

Decorating

8 min readIntermediate

Strawberry Basketweave Cake: How to Pipe the Woven Sides

Turn a small cake into an ivory buttercream basket with tip 47.