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FLOWER CAKE Using Cutlery!
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Apr 3, 2025
In this video tutorial I'll show you how to make gorgeous flowers using just a knife, fork, and spoon! Without cake decorating tools - no palette knife or offset spatula, no paintbrush, no piping bags or tips, just a plate and a bowl and your cutlery! 💫Start your FREE 7 day trial on my cake school https://britishgirlbakes.teachable.com/p/all-you-can-cake/ 🎂LEARN The Basics of Cake and The Basics of Buttercream in my most popular online courses! https://britishgirlbakes.teachable.com/ 👩🏼🍳My 4 Minute Buttercream recipe https://www.britishgirlbakes.com/recipes/buttercream-frosting/ 📄READ a written version of this tutorial (with photos!) https://www.britishgirlbakes.com/buttercream-flower-cake/ 🎥Checkerboard Cake Tutorial https://youtu.be/MgouSQsFBpE 👍Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to my channel for a new cake decorating tutorial every week! 💬 SAY HI!
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I'm going to show you how to make
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Gorgeous Flowers using just a knife Fork
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and Spoon no fancy tools just a plate
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and a bowl and your Cutlery I'm using
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buttercream as my paint this is my
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4minute buttercream and the recipe is in
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the video description and I'll be using
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these gel colors to tint it I'm starting
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with a spoon to mix my greens using
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yellow and orange to make a more natural
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green for the stems and leaves for each
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color you make start by tinting the
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lightest shade in your bowl scoop it up
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and onto your plate which will be your
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palette and then add more buttercream to
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your bowl and a bit more gel to make the
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next shade mixing everything together to
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incorporate the leftovers of the lighter
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shade into the new shade so that you
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don't have to wash the bowl in between
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every single color you only need a very
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small amount of each color especially
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the greens your cake should be chilled
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in the fridge for at least an hour
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before you paint onto it so that the
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frosting is firm we'll start with the
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stems using a fork dab the side of the
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fork into one of the green butter creams
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and then press that edge against the
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side of the cake to make a stem for a
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longer stem after dabbing the edge of
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the fork into the Butter Cream Drag
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slowly upwards following the curve of
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the fork by dabbing the fork into the
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buttercream and then dabbing it against
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the plate a few times you'll take off
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the excess buttercream so on the cake
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you'll make a smooth clear line for the
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stem instead of leaving Blobs of
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buttercream behind you can touch up any
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parts of the stem with more buttercream
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until you're happy with it when you
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change colors wipe the fork clean on a
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towel or paper towel before dabbing it
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into the next color and since Forks are
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curved you can use them to curve the
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stem to one side or flip the fork around
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and use the other Edge to curve the stem
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in the other direction using a variety
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of colors and Heights and directions for
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the stems will make the flowers look
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more realistic and also more interesting
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now let's paint some flowers to use a
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spoon use small scraping motions to
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build up a little blob of B cream on the
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tip of the back of the spoon then spread
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the buttercream towards a stem to make
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the flour notice the angle of the spoon
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somewhere between 45° and upright to get
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the buttercream onto the tip of the
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spoon and with lots of little scrapes
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you'll build up a small bowl of
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buttercream on the tip instead of
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covering the whole width of the spoon
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which would make a much wider blob of
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buttercream on the cake so small bowl of
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buttercream swiping towards the stem you
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can swipe several times until you have
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the shape and thickness you want for
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your flour and since you don't have a
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huge amount of control over where the
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buttercream goes when you're using a
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spoon you can overlap dots to get them
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closer to the stem if you need to these
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look like the blue bonnets where I live
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in Austin or the blue bells in England
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and they're so simple to make with a
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spoon now let's use a knife for some
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flowers with longer petals spread the
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buttercream quite thinly over your plate
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mixing different shades together to get
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those different shades into your petals
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now use the tip of the knife to scrape
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sideways to build up a bowl of
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buttercream to make a petal press the
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buttercream against the cake and swipe
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sideways start each petal at the tip and
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swipe towards where you want the middle
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of the flow to be you'll need a new bowl
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of buttercream for each petal made with
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lots of little scrapes and then position
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the tip of the knife at the tip of the
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petal and swipe towards the middle of
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the flower layer the petals to give the
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flowers some depth and texture which
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makes them look more interesting and
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also more realistic We'll add finishing
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touches to these when the purple
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buttercream sets you can also use a
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knife to make Leaves spread some green
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buttercream across the plate scrape it
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up with the tip of the knife with lots
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of little scrapes and then spread the
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buttercream onto the cake you can adjust
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the shape of these leaves with a
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toothpick nudging the buttercream to
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make a point at the tip of the leaf and
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since the cake is cold after being in
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the fridge the frosting is firm so you
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can scrape over it without damaging it
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my favorite butter cream flour is a
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crysanthemum which is easiest if you
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score across within a circle onto the
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cake using a toothpick where you want
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the flour to go this flow uses the same
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technique as the purple flowers and the
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leaves scraping buttercream up with the
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tip of the knife and then swiping
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inwards from the tip of the petal
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towards the middle of the flower but
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with several rings of petals to layer
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them starting with the outer ring and
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working your way in to the middle of the
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flower we've used a spoon and a knife to
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make flowers but you can use a fork too
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for dandelion dip the tips of the prongs
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of a fork into plain white buttercream
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gently push the tip of the fork against
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the cake and spin the fork to push at
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different angles to make a circle of
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tiny white dots like the white puff bowl
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of a dandelion we'll make these really
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pop after chilling the cake when we can
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add finishing touches to the flowers 15
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to 30 minutes in the fridge and the
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flowers are cold and firm and now we can
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add the centers to the purple flowers
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dip the back of a spoon into yellow
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buttercream and then looking down from
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above the cake aim for the middle of a
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purple flour and press the spoon gently
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against the cake and pull away to leave
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a little yellow dot in the middle of the
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flow use a toothpick to scrape off any
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smudges of yellow buttercream to leave
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just a DOT behind for the chrysanthemums
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make a bigger dot by pressing a bit
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harder against the middle of the flower
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so that it's not just the peak of the
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buttercream touching the flour but a
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bigger surface use the tips of the fork
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prongs to add some dots within the
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yellow buttercream doesn't the
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chrysanthemum looks so much better with
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the yellow in the middle the little
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purple flowers with the yellow dots can
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look very different without those dots
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these orange flowers use the same
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technique for the petals but without the
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middle Dot and by using different colors
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they add lots of variety to the cake an
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optional Finishing Touch for the
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dandelion to make them pop is to dip the
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back of a spoon into edible gold paint
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which you can buy or make yourself with
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edible gold Luster Dust and vodka or
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clear vanilla extract and dab the spoon
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against the white dots of the
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buttercream after chilling the cake in
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the fridge to set the dots so that you
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don't squash wash them with the pressure
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of your spoon especially if you've used
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a light color for the frosting on your
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cake the gold will make the little dots
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of white butter cream stand out so with
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just a plate as a palette for
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buttercream and a knife a fork and a
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spoon you can paint gorgeous buttercream
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flowers onto a cake I hope you try this
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fun technique and visit my cake school
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on British girl bases. comom to learn
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more cake decorating techniques and
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designs to improve your cake decorating
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