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The Secret Garden Cake

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I’m calling this the Secret Garden Cake because that’s what kept running through my mind as I was decorating it. It was so, so beautiful, I just want to have it on display in my craft room. 
The light pink and lavender flowers were made from homemade marshmallow fondant, which was rolled and cut out with flower cutters in a variety of shapes and sizes.  Olivia had such a great time cutting out the flowers with me; all of the lavender flowers on the cake were hers.  The raspberry-colored flowers are simple twist flowers made from royal icing.  Here’s a little visual tutorial:
If you’re looking for a good beginning piped flower to make, this is the one! The tip does all the work and you can find it in a variety of sizes. 
Just wait for your flowers to dry, pop them off the wax paper, and stick them on to your iced cake.  I first piped the stems, then placed clusters of the fondant and piped flowers, then filled in with leaves. 
The finished cake looks stunning and really, it’s so simple!!

 

 
 

 

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  3. Kristie says

    It’s so pretty! Olivia did a great job on the lavender flowers.
    I have to admit that I’m still hopelessly in love with the pink ruffle cake though.

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  5. Crystal from Fussy Monkey Business says

    I love all that you have to share! You are so talented:o) Thank you for all of your inspiration. You have some lucky little girls!!

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  9. notes of sincerity says

    Oh your cake is so pretty!! Thank you for taking the time to show us how so that we too can create a lovely cake.
    Have a wonderful weekend.
    Sincerely, Trish

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  10. Em says

    this is gorgeous! all the stuff on your blog is soooo beautiful. I’m about to go check out the tea party pillows right now…and your etsy shop. So pretty!

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  13. Jenn says

    I have never made royal icing, but I am going to give it a try and pipe me some flowers. Thanks for sharing!

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  14. Q @ JAQS says

    This is absolutely gorgeous. I would be ecstatic if someone made me a cake like that. You make it sound so simple! Beautiful :).

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  17. FlyAwayHome says

    Your cakes are beautiful. Thanks so much for showing us how it’s done. I may just give it a try with your great instructions!

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  23. I'm Busy Procrastinating says

    Found you over at Making the World Cuter. What a gorgeous cake! And the stand it’s on is quite lovely too. It would be hard for me to cut in to a cake that looks so nice. Maybe you could just spray some poly on it and keep it as a cake shrine? haha

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    • girlinspired says

      Hi Vanessa, I use Wilton metal tips because they’re so readily available and always do the trick. #129 and #224 are a larger and smaller tip that will make two sizes of these twist flowers – there are likely other sizes that can be used in the same way. They have a star-ish shape to the openings with a circular center – you can see what they look like in the picture above. Hope that helps!

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    • girlinspired says

      The light pink and lavender flowers were made from homemade marshmallow fondant, which was rolled and cut out with flower cutters in a variety of shapes and sizes. 

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  30. Shalinee Marapana says

    I love the colour combination and how cute the little flowers are. A simple yet very elegant cake design. Thanks for sharing.

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