Purple Brushed Floral Cake

Steps involved

Make cake layers
Make buttercream (no color)
Split and color buttercream
Frost the cake
Chill cake
Pipe and brush design

READ BEFORE CONTINUING: The following recipes are scaled to make the cake pictured above -- a 4 layer cake made with 6-inch round cake layers. If you wish to make a smaller cake, please scale down these recipes.

recipes used

1 vanilla cake recipe
1 - 1.5 batches Italian meringue buttercream
I made this buttercream vanilla flavored by adding 1 tablespoon of vanilla to my 1.5x batch (can add less or more to taste)

Colors used

To get these colors, I used Wilton's Color Right Food Coloring System.*

For the icing:

The colors may differ depending on how much icing you're coloring and the starting color of your buttercream (certain butter brands are more white or yellow which can make the buttercream whiter or more yellow).

Purple Icing:

I used 1-2 drops of pink for every 1 drop of blue I used.

Supplies/tools

To find the tools I use for almost every cake I make and decorate (including pans, cake boards, icing smoothers, etc.), click here.

The supplies/tools below are specifically for decorating this cake, which I used in addition to the ones in the link above.*

*Some of these links may be affiliate. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I earn a small amount from some purchases, however, this does not affect my recommendations.

Decorating the cake

After the cake has been assembled and iced:

Refrigerate until completely chilled.
Optional: sketch out your design onto your cake using a toothpick so you can trace these lines.
Pipe a flower outline onto the cake using a piping bag with a small round tip and white icing.
After piping one flower outline, use a brush to smear the icing from the outline towards the center of each petal. * You want to do this after piping each flower so the icing is still room temperature and able to be smeared. If you wait too long the icing will get cold from the cold cake and harden.
Continue piping and smearing until you've covered the cake in the desired amount of flowers.
Slice and enjoy :)

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