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Sunflower Sheet Cake~Blog Tutorial

February 21, 2014 By Melissa D. 15 Comments

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Hi everyone!

Today, we were in the mood for creating something bright and cheerful.  Sunflowers are my favorite, and so I’ve created a sunflower sheet cake tutorial for you!  It is a surprisingly simple look to create, but is sure to impress!

 

Cheerful Sunflower Cake Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Free step by step tutorial!

 

How to Make a Sunflower Sheet Cake

Here’s how I made it….

First, I started with an 11×15 sheet cake, frosted with a crusting vanilla buttercream (like our Classic Vanilla Buttercream Frosting) tinted Americolor Sky Blue.  

Smooth however you’d like…I used the Viva paper towel method of smoothing.  (I almost went with a stucco textured look, which you could quickly do with your spatula– so that’s an option too!) ;0)

Simple buttercream sunflower sheet cake tutorial- MyCakeSchool.com

Here, I’m using a circle cutter to mark where my sunflower center will be on the cake.  My Sunflower will only be partially on the cake, so I only need the left side of my cutter.  (If you don’t have a circle cutter, you can use the rim of a glass, or small bowl as your guide.)

Free Buttercream Sunflower Cake Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com. Online cake tutorials and recipes!

I pressed (and mounded) mini chocolate chips into the semi-circle that I created on the cake.  This will be our center!  If you prefer a frosting center, a star or grass tip would give nice texture.

I also created a thick green stem, using a disposable piping bag (with tip snipped off), which was filled with (Americolor Electric) green buttercream.

Sunflower Sheet Cake Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com

 

 

Next, I filled a piping bag with a gold-yellow buttercream and used a Wilton round tip 10 to outline and fill in my petals.  I didn’t use a template, just eyeballed it.  

Each petal is going to be a little different, but they are all fairly wide and become more tapered at the end.  I’m not worried about smoothing the petals, I’m going for a textured look which will become more exaggerated in just a minute ;0) —

 

 

(To achieve the golden color of our petals, I combined Americolor Egg Yellow with Americolor Lemon yellow.  Just go with whatever you have—Yellow with a touch of Orange will give you a similar shade.)

 

 

Sunflower Sheet Cake Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com

 

 

Beautiful buttercream sunflower sheet cake tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Free step by step cake tutorials and recipes!

 

Here, I’m adding more texture and definition to my petals by dragging my small tapered spatula through the freshly piped petals. (If you don’t have a tapered spatula, you can use a table knife.)

 

Sunflower Sheet Cake Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Online cake tutorials and recipes!

 

 

Using my same green piping bag, I piped a large leaf at the bottom of my cake.  I also added a few ladybugs!  The ladybugs are red buttercream piped from a small round Wilton tip 3.  

Their heads are black confetti sprinkles (from a shaker of assorted Halloween sprinkles), but you can also use black buttercream.

After the frosting crusted, I used a black food coloring pen to add dots, but that is optional ;0)

Sunflower Sheet Cake {free} Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com!

I also used a Wilton tip 3 to pipe dots here and there over the top of the cake, and finished with a small bead border.

 

That’s all there is to it!

 

 

Beautiful Sunflower Sheet Cake Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Online Cake Tutorials and Recipes!

 

 

I hope that you enjoyed the tutorial!  The same techniques could be applied to round cakes or even cupcakes.  If you try it, I would love to see!

 

For our full collection of favorite recipes for cakes, frostings, and fillings, make sure to check out our Recipes Section! We also have a collection of hundreds of free step by step cake tutorials and free cake video tutorials in our Free Tutorials Section!  Enjoy!

 

 

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Comments

  1. Joy February 21, 2014 at 2:23 pm

    So cute!

    Reply
  2. Carolyn February 21, 2014 at 6:08 pm

    Very bright and cheerful! I want to try it soon! Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  3. Maricel R. February 21, 2014 at 8:55 pm

    Hi. Is there anyone who could help me to find a bakeware store online? That can ship to Spitsbergen Svalbard. Pls.. I need help. Thank you.

    Reply
  4. Melissa Diamond February 21, 2014 at 9:18 pm

    Thanks for your comments!

    @Maricel~ I know that http://www.globalsugarart.com ships internationally, and http://www.sweetwise.com may be able to help you also. Good luck!

    Reply
  5. MsGF February 22, 2014 at 8:55 am

    Very nice, looks like spring. Love the lady bugs.

    @Maricel – Try ebay – you can select local items and items that can be shipped to your area, the selection options are usually on the right side of your screen, just scroll down to see all the options.

    Reply
  6. Paula M. February 22, 2014 at 6:15 pm

    Sunflowers are my favorite! Reminds me of Van Gogh’s famous sunflowers!

    Reply
  7. Maricel R. February 24, 2014 at 5:00 pm

    Thank you Melissa.

    Reply
  8. abha March 5, 2014 at 7:14 pm

    Very nice idea. I would definitely try it. Thanks

    Reply
  9. Carolyn B March 10, 2014 at 2:07 pm

    I love the scale of it that covers the entire cake. I can almost see it moving.
    Great work!

    Reply
  10. Elaine Henderson April 5, 2014 at 10:19 pm

    Amazing – I love it. will definitely be doing this one.

    Reply
  11. Melissa Diamond April 5, 2014 at 10:48 pm

    Thank you for your comments!! @Abha & Elaine~ Glad that you will be trying this one! ;0)

    Reply
  12. carolyn January 26, 2015 at 12:50 pm

    Love this look! Really makes a statement! I’ll want to try this soon!

    Reply
  13. Melissa Diamond January 26, 2015 at 1:08 pm

    Thanks Carolyn! xo

    Reply
  14. Linda Trella April 15, 2020 at 1:06 am

    I love this cake….so pretty and easy and I love the tutorial…..so helpful…thank you

    Reply
  15. Melissa Diamond April 15, 2020 at 10:29 am

    Hi Linda! I’m so glad that you made the cake, it looks great!! xoxo

    Reply

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