100 Buttercream Flowers - The Complete Step-by-step Guide To Piping Flowers In Buttercream Icing

100 Buttercream Flowers: The Complete Step-by-step Guide to Piping Flowers in Buttercream Icing is a paperback visual reference for creating buttercream blooms for cakes and cupcakes. Drawing on instruction from buttercream artists, it sets out a clear, structured method for building flowers with piping.

Chef Duff Goldman of Ace of Cakes describes the book as “hugely aspirational yet completely approachable”. The authors guide readers through constructing each flower using simple piping techniques designed to be achievable for novice cake decorators. In addition to the flower tutorials, it covers how to make stable buttercream icing, with advice on colouring and flavouring, plus core cake decorating techniques.

Key details

• Paperback format
• Visual, step-by-step guide to piping flowers in buttercream icing
• Includes 100 buttercream flowers with step-by-step photographic detail
• Covers making stable buttercream icing
• Includes advice on colouring and flavouring
• Contains five full cake decorating projects

Synopsis

This guide shows how to pipe 100 different buttercream flowers for decorating cakes and cupcakes, supported by step-by-step photography. It opens with essentials such as making stable buttercream icing, advice on colouring and flavouring, and the basic techniques used in cake decorating. Five complete projects demonstrate how flower piping can be applied to finished cake designs.