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    Home » Recipes » Cake Decorating Tutorials

    Springtime Flowers in Chocolate!~ A Cake Decorating Blog Tutorial

    April 8, 2014 By Melissa Diamond 67 Comments

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    Today, we are going to show you how to make adorable cakes and cupcakes with chocolate candy coating in this Springtime Flowers in Chocolate tutorial!

    Springtime Flowers in Chocolate- A Free Cake Decorating Blog and Video Tutorial! by MyCakeSchool.com! Online Cake Decorating Classes, Tutorials, & Recipes!

     

    Candy coating is one of my absolute favorite mediums to work with for all sorts of decorative cake accents. 

    The best part of working with candy coating (aka  chocolate bark, confectioner's coating, compound chocolate, candy melts, etc.) - is that you can create your chocolate accents, chill for them just a few minutes to set, and they are ready to place on your cake or cupcakes!

    Pink, Green, Yellow & White are the colors of the day~ and bright, cheerful flowers!

    Are you ready?

    We started with our melted candy coating, tinted with Wilton Pink candy coloring, which was in a piping bag fitted with a Wilton tip 3.

    I began by piping a small daisy shape, and continued around and around, adding more "loopy petals" until we reached the size that we liked.  I usually pipe each flower from start to finish with very few (if any) breaks...but I made an exception in my photos below so that you could get a better look at the process.  Here's a quick step-by-step ~

    (***I am piping my chocolate onto a wax paper lined cookie sheet)

     

    Here's a closeup of one of our flowers...Springtime Flowers in Chocolate! A Free Cake Video and Step by Step Blog Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com. Online Cake Tutorials and Recipes!

    I decided to add some Wilton Yellow Sugar Pearls to the center.  If the chocolate has already set, just pipe a little fresh chocolate in the center so that the pearls will stay in place.

    Springtime Flowers in Chocolate~MyCakeSchool.com

    Here are some more flowers tinted with the same Wilton Pink Candy Color--I just used less for a lighter shade.Springtime Flowers in Chocolate! A free cake decorating blog and video tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Online cake decorating tutorials, videos, and recipes!

    Now for the fun part!  --After chilling the flowers in the refrigerator until firm, I pressed the flowers onto our cupcakes and cake.  Run your hand beneath the waxed paper to release each flower.  I used buttercream, tinted with Americolor Electric Green, to frost my cakes and cupcakes.

    For the frosted cake, which was combed with an Ateco comb, I used a little smear of buttercream to glue the flowers to the cake.  My buttercream border is piped with a Wilton medium round tip 12.

     

    Beautiful Springtime Flowers in Chocolate! A Free Cake Blog and Video Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Online cake decorating tutorials, videos, and recipes!

     

    I love this loose and cheerful style for flowers, and you can see lots of similar variations of this style in everything from fashion and fabrics to sweets!  I also love that without the sugar pearl centers, these accents resemble crocheted lace appliqués.--

    Here we are!

    Elegant Springtime Flowers in Chocolate! A free step by step cake blog tutorial and video tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com!

     

    A Few Notes for you to Keep in Mind:

    You can buy pre-colored candy coating (Candy Melts, etc.).  However, if you are tinting your own as I did, you'll want to tint your chocolate with candy coloring (which is oil based) or coloring powder.  The usual coloring gels for frosting & fondant will cause your chocolate to seize. Water causes the melted candy coating to seize also.

    Another option in a pinch is that you can paint your white chocolate pieces using petal dust mixed with a little vodka or lemon extract.  (Coloring gel mixed with vodka/extract doesn't cover well.)

    *I like to keep my pieces in the fridge and pull them out a few at a time as needed.  It makes them less fragile when handling.  However, once on the cake or cupcakes, they should hold up just fine at room temperature.

    * My cake is a 6 inch round and is approximately 7 inches tall.  There is a cake board about halfway up with bubble tea straw supports beneath.  This keeps such a tall cake nice and sturdy, and keeps the serving sizes manageable.   The look would be beautiful on shorter cakes as well.

     

    Springtime Flowers in Chocolate~ Free Cake Tutorial and Video by MyCakeSchool.com

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    1. Lori May 8, 2015 at 10:31 am

      I really want to make this flowers. you give the ingredients but don't give the actual recipe of how much. Would you please post the exact recipe to make these flowers? Thank you

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    2. BeBe May 8, 2015 at 3:02 pm

      Hi Lori, Actually, no recipe, we just melted and tinted the candy coating, (chocolate bark, or candy melts) It melts quickly in the microwave, so just melt the amount you think you might need for the number of flowers you would like to pipe.

      Reply
    3. Sousou May 29, 2015 at 4:32 am

      tres jolis travaille

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    4. Cc June 25, 2015 at 12:11 pm

      Will these flowers ok for cream cheese frosting? Thanks.

      Reply
    5. Arshia Ahmed June 7, 2020 at 2:46 pm

      Hi, can I use white chocolate for the flowers?

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    6. Cheryl Behrends June 8, 2020 at 4:03 pm

      Can you use a mold rather than free hand. I'm not steady enough to free hand and thought if you lightly coated the mold with a non stick spray then poured the chocolate in the mold it would come out without breaking. ??

      Reply
    7. Candace May 4, 2021 at 10:11 pm

      Hello, great tutorial!!
      What kind of icing is on the cake?

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