Piping Buttercream Flowers On Fondant Covered Cake??
Decorating By Minileo Updated 27 Jun 2017 , 6:04am by Minileo
Hello Ladies
I was wondering if piping bunch of buttercream flowers on a fondant covered cake is a good idea or it's a NO-NO? If yes what things do I need to keep in consideration for minimum to no disaster. Looking forward for your valuable suggestions, Thanks !!
I have used b'cream on fondant......not necessarily flowers but in my opinion it's totally doable. Just know if you make a mistake & try to clean it up it will make the fondant shiny/stained. Do you have a design in mind? What flowers are you trying to make? Use a crusting b'cream so the flowers set up on the 'hard' side........no they are not really hard, just touchable.
Hello kakeladi, Thanks for your reply.I am planning to make a 2 tier Unicorn cake and making buttercream roses shells ( assorted in a way) around the horn and ears ( Very common design attached a pic for reference). Cake in the picture is not done by me and it's buttercream but I wanted to do this on a fondant covered cake. BTW what is crusting buttercream?
Crusting b'cream is one that has less fat (butter, Crisco whatever) than sugar. As it dries it forms a light crust so it can be touched/handled. Here is a link to a good one. Be sure to read it through as there is information at the end that you wll use: http://www.cakecentral.com/recipe/22469/2-icing
@ypierce82 & @kakeladi Thank you so much for your advises, I will keep them in my mind for my upcoming project 
This is the cake I made this weekend. It is a fondant coverd cake with buttercream waves and flowers. For the flowers, I used wak paper on a flower nail. I piped the flowers on the nail, moved them to a plate, and then froze them. When they got hard I peeled off the wax paper and used a small dab of buttercream it apply them to the cake.
@kakeladi @FIRugbyChick @ypierce82 Thanks again for your advice.. Here is the cake I made using all your suggestions. Love you all :)
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