Petal Cake

In the design process for the Rustic Experience, more than one cake was a must. This Petal Cake complements the main Rustic Cake, as well as the other cake in the Rustic Experience, the Ribbon Cake. With our Petal Cake Tutorial you'll be able to complete the Petal Cake look in minutes. Our Petal Cake is a three layer chocolate cake with mascarpone filling and iced in vanilla buttercream. A perfect flavor combination, especially for those chocolate lovers you invited to your party.

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Recipes

For The Petal Cake

Chocolate Cake Recipe

Mascarpone Filling

Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream Frosting

Tools

Used For The Petal Cake

Ateco Stainless Steel Cake Knife

The perfect knife to get even layers of cake

Ateco Cake Stand

For easy frosting and smoothing

Stainless Steel Scraper

For flawless frosting

Small Angled Spatula

For a sharp top edge of frosting

6-Inch Cake Boards

To build the cake on

Disposable Piping Bags

For easy piping

Tips

For The Petal Cake

Learn how to create your own petal cake design with Sweet Society's Petal Cake Tutorial

Crumb coat the cake with your preferred frosting and place it on the cake stand of your choice. From there, pipe the design according to the tutorial. This ensures that when you pipe the design, you cover the cake board without having to move your cake. You can also pipe the design and chill your cake until the frosting has hardened, and then move it onto the cake stand

Feel free to pipe the petal design on only the sides of the cake if you choose. And if you're leaving the top of the cake plain, placing a gum paste or edible flower on top would be a lovely addition

If you are new to cake decorating and want to learn the basics, check out Joshua John Russell's Free Modern Buttercream Class on Craftsy. It's perfect for those who want to try their hand at some cake creations of their own

Presentation

Ideas For The Petal Cake

We placed our cake onto a scalloped piece of cardstock paper that we printed. Download the scallop template here

We used cardstock by Paper Source for the scallop template. Paper Source offers a wide range of color options, so feel free to choose any color that works for you

A simple printable dessert label can go a long way to completing the presentation. We offer free printable dessert labels, along with the rest of the Rustic Experience Printables, that you can download here. We recommend using cover weight paper which you can find at Paper-Source. We used Luxe Blush Cover Paper from Paper Source for these printables. We also used a Doily Lace Edge Puncher from Paper Source to add embellishments to our dessert labels