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You don’t need green thumbs to sprout this gorgeous Flower Birthday Cake. With vibrant colors and stunning blooms, this Sunflower Cake is sure to put a smile on everyone’s face. It’s a burst of spring any time of the year!

Although simple, this design is striking no matter if it’s on a single, tiny six inch layer or stacked high in five or six tiers for a large wedding party.

There are no fancy techniques for you to learn or tons of expensive equipment required. All you need is some buttercream, four food colors and two decorating tips – simple!

This is not your Grandmas Flower Birthday Cake!

ingredients

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Cake - Super Moist Carrot Cake is perfect for this
Filling - Chai Spice Cheesecake Filling is amazing
Lime green buttercream
Medium green buttercream
Darker green buttercream
Chocolate brown buttercream
Orange buttercream
Yellow buttercream
Ginger Snap cookie crumbs
Piping bag
#366 leaf/petal tip (or similar)
#199 star tip (or similar)
Terra Cotta pot saucer to hold finished cake

baking

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bake the cakes and cool completely.
level the cakes and split each into two layers horizontally.
fill and assemble each cake on a separate cake circle and secure with a dollop of frosting to stop it from sliding around.
add a crumb coat - this is a very thin coat of un-tinted frosting you apply to 'set' the crumbs.
refrigerate the cake(s) for an hour or so to let the crumb coat set.

Assembly

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frost the sides of your cake(s) with the lime green and medium green frosting, working from medium green at the bottom edge up to lime green at the top edge, as shown.

frost the top of your cake(s) with the lime green frosting.

If you’re making a tiered caked, this is where you stack the smaller cake on the larger one and secure with a dollop of frosting

using a spatula and piping bag, fill the bag 2/3 full with orange frosting on one side of the bag and yellow on the other.

using the #366 tip with the narrow end at 12 o’clock, pipe an uneven number of large sunflower petals (about 11 or so), leaving a small circular area where they meet to form the flower center.
pipe a second row of petals on top of the first, staggering the placement of the petals.
using the brown frosting and a Ziploc bag (small hole snipped in one corner), fill the flower center with small beads of frosting in a circular pattern.
repeat for each sunflower, placing an uneven number on the top and sides and allowing the flowers on the sides to continue up over the top edge, as shown.
using the darker green frosting and #199 star tip, pipe stems and leaves for the sunflowers winding between the flowers for a more interesting effect.
carefully place your cake(s) in the terra cotta saucer and fill around the cake with the cookie crumbs, as shown.

You're done! Now go get a well deserved cup of coffee and sit back for a few minutes to admire your handiwork. Remember to take a picture while your masterpiece still looks perfect.

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For the easiest Flower Birthday Cake ever, just get yourself one of these fantastic cake pans. All you have to do is bake and frost. It doesn't get any easier than that!

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