Buttercream Botanicals for Beginners: Simple Techniques for Creating Stunning Flowers, Foliage, and More

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Discover how to turn any cake or cupcake into a showstopping work of art with realistic, modern flowers and plants made from a rainbow of colors of buttercream frosting.

Flowers are the most popular cake embellishments, but making them look natural and professional can be tricky. Professional cake artist Leslie Vigil has been teaching beginning bakers and decorators for years how to create authentic roses, daisies, peonies, dahlias, chrysanthemums, marigolds, tulips, ranunculus, plus succulents, cactus, and greenery out of buttercream, giving them the skills and confidence to embellish cakes and cupcakes like a pro.

In Buttercream Botanicals, she’ll do the same for you, starting with her tried-and-true signature cake and buttercream recipes and demonstrating expert methods for adding color, blending shades, and working with the most effective tools. Leslie will also show how four core piping techniques form the base for creating a huge variety of botanicals. Decorated cakes and cupcakes are the perfect centerpiece for any seasonal holiday or celebration, including birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, showers, and graduations.

Working with buttercream is easy and accessible. Troubleshooting tips and tricks throughout the book will make piping shapes and designs a breeze.

In addition to thorough step-by-step tutorials for creating beautiful blossoms and more, the book also includes: Instructions for making edible flower pots for a complete eye-popping displayPro tips for designing appealing compositions on cakes and cupcakes such as wreaths and bouquetsFaux tapestry techniques using simple piping techniquesWays to create various icing textures and effects, such as stucco Grab a piping bag and make your cake dreams a reality with Buttercream Botanicals.

From the Publisher

Agave Succulent

Agave plants are a large variety of succulent, with rows of upward-facing leaves. Their colors are often subdued shades of green or silvery blue, sometimes variegated or accented with shades of ivory or soft yellow along the leaves. The structure of this agave incorporates the piping techniques of a chrysanthemum (see page 81). By using a two-toned buttercream, you’ll create soft, silvery blue leaves accented with ivory on the outer edges to mimic the look of a variegated blue agave.

Aster

Asters have a similar structure to chrysanthemums but feature open centers displaying contrasting stamens. Compact in size, but often very bold in color, asters are beautiful additions to compositions containing chrysanthemums or displays that need accents of texture and vivid color.

Sunflower

With their large, textured centers and petals in shades of warm yellow, sunflowers are an expressive sign of late summer and autumn. Sunflowers are larger than some buttercream botanicals, so they work well as the focal point of an arrangement along with other autumnal accents, such as autumn leaves and branches.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Quarry Books (November 8, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0760376123
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0760376126
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.19 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.55 x 0.45 x 11 inches