How to make buttercream flowers?
A beautiful flower cake or flower cupcakes with flowers made of buttercream. Beautiful colours, all kinds of flowers and lots of buttercream. You then ask yourself the question “how do I make these flowers?” or “surely this is way too difficult for me”.
In this blog we will tell you all about how to make buttercream flowers and what you need to make them. Turn on your mixer already, because you are going to make a lot of buttercream, add a lot of colours and fill a lot of decorating bags! Practice, practice and more practice is the key.
We can guarantee you that after reading this blog you will get very far and be able to make your own flower power creation!
All the essentials for buttercream flowers
Before you get started you need a few things. These are the basics you need to have to get started:
• FunCakes Mix for Buttercream
• FunCakes Decorating Bags 30 cm
• FunCakes Food Colour Gels
• Wilton Standard Adaptor/Coupler (multiple)
• Wilton Decorating Nail set
• Lots of decorating tips
• Parchment paper
Make a classic rosette
• For the rosette, you will need decorating tip #1M.
• Using a little buttercream, stick some parchment paper on the flower nail.
• Place your decorating bag with tip #1M right on the flower nail. Squeeze until you have a small star and swirl around this star all at once. You do this in a smooth motion and do not remove the tip from the flower nail.
• Remove it carefully with the parchment paper from the flower nail and place on a plate.
Make a rose
• For the rose, you will need decorating tip #104 and #012.
• Using a little buttercream, stick some parchment paper on the flower nail.
• Using #012, swirl a pyramid-shaped tuft 1 cm high.
• Spray a ribbon around the tuft with #104. Make sure the thick side of the tip is pointing down.
• Now make a second row of 3 petals of 1.5 cm around the tuft.
• After this make a row of 5 petals of 1.5 cm around the previous row of petals.
• Finally, make a row of 7 petals of 1.5 cm around the previous row of petals.
• Carefully remove it with the parchment paper from the flower nail and place on a plate.
Make a ribbon rose
• For the ribbon rose, you will need decorating tip #104 and #012.
• Using a little buttercream, stick some parchment paper on the flower nail.
• Using #012, swirl a pyramid-shaped tuft about 1 cm high. Using #104, spray a ribbon around the tuft. Make sure the thick side of the tip is pointing down.
• Make a second ribbon just below the start of your first ribbon. Spray and swirl simultaneously with your flower nail. Try to go around in one go.
• The next ribbon you start again just below the onset of the previous ribbon. In total you go around the tuft 3 times.
• Carefully remove it with the parchment paper from the flower nail and place on a plate.
Make a daisy
• For the daisy, you will need decorating tip #104 and #018.
• Using a little buttercream, stick some parchment paper on the flower nail.
• Using #104, swirl elongated petals. Put the thin part of the tip on the flower nail and the thick side points up. Now gently squeeze and pull your yip down slightly. In this way make 12 oblong leaves side by side in the round.
• In the center put a small star with #018.
• Carefully remove it with the parchment paper from the flower nail and place on a plate.
Make an apple blossom
• For the apple blossom, you will need decorating tip #102 and #002.
• Using a little buttercream, stick some parchment paper on the flower nail.
• Using #102, make 5 small petals while twisting your flower nail between your fingers. Put the thick side of the tip on your flower nail, spray and turn at the same time, the petal is about 0.5 cm.
• Put your tip behind your made first petal and again spray and turn at the same time. You will make a total of 5 petals for this flower.
• Finally, using #002, put a small cap in the center of your flower.
• Carefully remove it with the parchment paper from the flower nail and place on a plate.
• If you want a slightly larger flower then use #104 for the petals and then use #002 to put several small dots on the flower.
Make a big blossom
• For the large blossom you will need decorating tip #104 and #016.
• Using a little buttercream, stick some parchment paper on the flower nail.
• Using #104, swirl elongated petals next to each other in the round. Keep the thick part of the tip facing down. Squeeze and move slightly up and immediately down while spraying, stopping when your petal is about 1.5 cm. Make 9 leaves side by side like this.
• With #016 put small stars in the center of the flower, this can be several to fill up the center.
• Carefully remove it with the parchment paper from the flower nail and place on a plate.
Make a pansy
• For the pansy, you will need decorating tip #104 and #002.
• Using a little buttercream, stick some parchment paper on the flower nail.
• Using #104, swirl two petals facing each other. Keep the thick side of the tip facing down. While spraying, twist the flower nail between your fingers.
• On the two petals put another two petals only slightly smaller, in this case squeezing your decorating bag a little less hard.
• Now you take another colour decorating bag with #104 and next to the 3 current leaves you spray another 3 leaves.
• With #002 make a small heart in the center of the flower.
• Carefully remove it with the parchment paper from the flower nail and place on a plate.
Make a dahlia
• For the dahlia, you will need decorating tip #012 and #081.
• Using a little buttercream, stick some parchment paper on the flower nail.
• Using #012, swirl a round cap. With #081 go around the whole cap with small leaves. You put the tip against the buttercream cap and you spray and draw at the same time a small leave. These leaves are about 1 cm long. First finish the entire bottom edge with leaves by placing your tip “lying down” on your flower nail.
• Then move your tip up a little straighter and swirl some more small leaves. Complete your round each time and then start in the middle again until you have filled the entire buttercream cap with leaves.
• Carefully remove it with the parchment paper from the flower nail and place on a plate.
Make leaves to go with the flowers
• For the leaves, you will need decorating tip #352.
• Using a little buttercream, stick some parchment paper on the flower nail.
• Put the tip down like a bird beak (>), swirl and at the same time pull the decorating bag backwards. This way you will get a small tight leaf.
• If you want a ribbed leaf, spray and pull with a pushing motion.