Buttercream flowers

[Bonsai]

I was very impressed by the gorgeous flowers made of buttercream on Not Quite Nigella's blog. I'm sure some of our clever forumites could do this! http://www.notquitenigella.com/2015/12/14/buttercream-flower-tutorial-rununculus-sweetpea-succulent/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=2015-12-13&utm_campaign=newsletter

 

[MEP]

Thanks for the link. Those flowers are absolutely divine. Interesting that the cake had to be frozen as well.

[meganjane]

Interesting recipe for buttercream. Has anyone tried it?

[EmeraldSue]

I tried making this buttercream but didn't have much success with this recipe. I doubled the recipe and used the butterfly, but ended up whipping the butter in my Sunbeam mixmaster as it wasn't whipping enough, and then transferring it back into my Thermochef to finish the recipe. I found it hard to dissolve the sugar without it overheating and melting the butter.
On the plus side, the buttercream tasted nice and didn't crust over. On the minus side, I had trouble with the icing tubes blocking - probably because the sugar hadn't dissolved properly. I had some icing left over, and decided to make some more flowers the following day. I did what I would normally do, and beat the icing with a pallete knife. This resulted in a lumpy mess as the water molecules disintegrated.


I did have fun piping the buttercream flowers, especially after I made a batch of buttercream using this recipe http://gastromony.com/wiltons-buttercream-icing/

[Cornish Cream]

Your buttercream flowers look fabulous Sue

[judydawn]

I am missing that gene which allows us to be patient and persistent Sue but you certainly are not.  The end product is so gorgeous, well done you.

[courton]

Stunning flowers!

[thermilover]

The look beautifulll ES!!

[cookie1]

ES they are truly works of art.

[Kimmyh]

Lovely flowers ES.