{"id":2099,"date":"2022-12-16T10:08:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T10:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/?p=2099"},"modified":"2023-01-06T09:58:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T09:58:36","slug":"how-to-make-buttercream-peonies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/how-to-make-buttercream-peonies\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Buttercream Peonies For The Most Beautiful Cakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>img#mv-trellis-img-1::before{padding-top:66.666666666667%; }img#mv-trellis-img-1{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-2::before{padding-top:66.666666666667%; }img#mv-trellis-img-2{display:block;}<\/style>\n<p>Baking can take a lot of time and effort, so you always want to make sure that your final dessert is looking absolutely as beautiful as it can. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&rsquo;ve spent a long time baking a brilliant cake, you&rsquo;ll want it to be covered in color and wonderful (and edible!) decorations. And what&rsquo;s one of the best cake decorations? Buttercream peonies!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/How-To-Make-Buttercream-Peonies-For-The-Most-Beautiful-Cakes.jpg\" alt=\"How To Make Buttercream Peonies For The Most Beautiful Cakes\" class=\"wp-image-2103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/How-To-Make-Buttercream-Peonies-For-The-Most-Beautiful-Cakes.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/How-To-Make-Buttercream-Peonies-For-The-Most-Beautiful-Cakes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/How-To-Make-Buttercream-Peonies-For-The-Most-Beautiful-Cakes-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/How-To-Make-Buttercream-Peonies-For-The-Most-Beautiful-Cakes-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/How-To-Make-Buttercream-Peonies-For-The-Most-Beautiful-Cakes-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/How-To-Make-Buttercream-Peonies-For-The-Most-Beautiful-Cakes-1080x720.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 728px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20800'%3E%3Crect%20width='1200'%20height='800'%20style='fill:%23e3e3e3'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"How To Make Buttercream Peonies For The Most Beautiful Cakes\" class=\"wp-image-2103 lazyload\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 728px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/How-To-Make-Buttercream-Peonies-For-The-Most-Beautiful-Cakes.jpg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/How-To-Make-Buttercream-Peonies-For-The-Most-Beautiful-Cakes.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/How-To-Make-Buttercream-Peonies-For-The-Most-Beautiful-Cakes.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/How-To-Make-Buttercream-Peonies-For-The-Most-Beautiful-Cakes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/How-To-Make-Buttercream-Peonies-For-The-Most-Beautiful-Cakes-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/How-To-Make-Buttercream-Peonies-For-The-Most-Beautiful-Cakes-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/How-To-Make-Buttercream-Peonies-For-The-Most-Beautiful-Cakes-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/How-To-Make-Buttercream-Peonies-For-The-Most-Beautiful-Cakes-1080x720.jpg 1080w\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>For those who don&rsquo;t know, penies are a type of flower, and bakers will commonly make edible flower peonies to place onto their cakes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peonies look so delicate and intricate, with their layers of ruffled petals, and it makes the cake look that extra bit more elegant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But how do you make buttercream peonies?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&rsquo;ve got the answers! In our useful guide below, we&rsquo;re going to show you the simple process of how to make buttercream peonies for the most beautiful cakes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your cakes will be looking more elegant in no time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What Will You Need For Making Buttercream Peonies?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You&rsquo;ll need a few tools in order to make your own buttercream peonies, the key one being a piping bag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The way that you squeeze out each buttercream shape is with the use of a piping bag, with different shape and size piping tips attached to the front in order to get different results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the piping bag and piping tips, you&rsquo;ll also need a &ldquo;flower-nail&rdquo; and some parchment paper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flower-nail is a nail that is attached to a base measuring 2 inches, and it allows you to twirl the flower around as you&rsquo;re decorating, which lets you be more precise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You should be able to get all of these supplies at the baking aisle of a lot of craft stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Equipment:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Piping bag<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Piping tip #233 (for grass)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Piping tip #104 (for petals)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Piping tip #69 (for leaves)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flower-nail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parchment paper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How To Make Buttercream Peonies For The Most Beautiful Cakes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a few steps that you&rsquo;ll need to follow in order to make delicate buttercream peonies decorations for your cakes, but the steps are relatively easy. Just make sure you follow our instructions carefully!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Preparing The Flower-Nail<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To begin with, you&rsquo;ll need to get your flower-nail ready. In order to do this, put a small dab of icing onto the top of the nail, then secure a little square of parchment paper onto that dab.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&rsquo;ll now have a square base of parchment paper on which to make your buttercream peony, and you&rsquo;ll be able to move your base around as you&rsquo;re decorating thanks to the nail beneath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Making The Peony Center<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up, you&rsquo;ll want to make the first part of your peony flower, which is its center.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To do this, grab your piping bag and affix piping tip #233 onto its end. Now squeeze out a small amount of green-colored icing through the tip onto the middle of the parchment paper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is going to be the green center of your peony, and your petals are going to be coming out from it in a moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Making The Peony Petals<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After you&rsquo;ve done the center of the flower, it&rsquo;s time to do the petals. For this, you&rsquo;ll need some pink buttercream in your piping bag, and you&rsquo;ll have to attach piping tip #104 onto the bag.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than squeeze out separate petals around your flower, the idea is to squeeze out a singular petal that goes all the way around it instead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The piping tip has the perfect shape for this, and you&rsquo;ll need to carefully rotate the flower-nail and base as you&rsquo;re squeezing buttercream out, in order to get a clean petal that goes neatly around the peony center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We say &ldquo;carefully rotate&rdquo; because you need to be extremely careful! While focusing on rotating the base, it&rsquo;s easy to lose track of things and stop the base from being flat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When this happens, it&rsquo;s very easy for your buttercream creation to slide out of place &ndash; or worse, slide onto the floor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, try to pipe with an inward slant. By doing it this way, the petals will end up resembling a peony far more accurately, because their petals tend to go more inwards than outwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Making More Peony Petals<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Making-More-Peony-Petals.jpg\" alt=\"Making More Peony Petals\" class=\"wp-image-2105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Making-More-Peony-Petals.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Making-More-Peony-Petals-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Making-More-Peony-Petals-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Making-More-Peony-Petals-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Making-More-Peony-Petals-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Making-More-Peony-Petals-1080x720.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 728px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20800'%3E%3Crect%20width='1200'%20height='800'%20style='fill:%23e3e3e3'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Making More Peony Petals\" class=\"wp-image-2105 lazyload\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 728px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Making-More-Peony-Petals.jpg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-2\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Making-More-Peony-Petals.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Making-More-Peony-Petals.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Making-More-Peony-Petals-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Making-More-Peony-Petals-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Making-More-Peony-Petals-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Making-More-Peony-Petals-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/sweethaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Making-More-Peony-Petals-1080x720.jpg 1080w\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>However, you should have got the hang of things once you&rsquo;ve done your first surrounding layer of petal, so now you&rsquo;ll be able to move onto the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the same rotating and squeezing technique, you want to keep adding outer layers of petals, until you&rsquo;ve got a flower that&rsquo;s large enough for you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you squeeze out the petals, you&rsquo;ll notice that they&rsquo;re taking on a delicate, ruffled texture to their tips. This is great, because it makes them look even more like real-life flower petals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Refrigeration<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you&rsquo;ve got enough petals, and your peony flower looks how you want it, it&rsquo;s time to refrigerate it and allow it to set and harden.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Very carefully lift your parchment paper off the flower-nail and place the paper onto a baking sheet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you&rsquo;ve piped as many peony flowers as you want, each on their own individual small squares of parchment paper, put them all on the tray and place it in the refrigerator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leave the peonies in the refrigerator overnight, because that should be enough time to harden them up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Decorating Your Cake<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The next morning, you can remove your tray of buttercream peonies from the refrigerator and place each of them onto your cake! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember to remove the parchment paper from each first, holding the flowers very gently so as not to break them while doing so.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Adding Leaves<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, when your peonies are positioned on the cake, you can add some leaves between the flowers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get a piping bag of green buttercream frosting and attach piping tip #69 in order to get a leaf-esque shape. Carefully squeeze them wherever you want!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Final Thoughts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Buttercream peonies make your cake look extra elegant &ndash; use our guide to craft your own peonies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uHc8cqgmYTQ\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"How to Make Buttercream Flowers\" title='Play video \"How to Make Buttercream Flowers\"'>https:\/\/youtu.be\/uHc8cqgmYTQ<\/a><noscript>Video can&rsquo;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uHc8cqgmYTQ\" title=\"How to Make Buttercream Flowers\">How to Make Buttercream Flowers (https:\/\/youtu.be\/uHc8cqgmYTQ)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baking can take a lot of time and effort, so you always want to make sure that your final dessert is looking absolutely as beautiful as it can. If you&rsquo;ve spent a long time baking a brilliant cake, you&rsquo;ll want it to be covered in color and wonderful (and edible!) decorations. 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