UPDATE: Watch a video tutorial here on How to decorate a Messy Ruffles Buttercream Cake!
I heart rainbows… so much so that I have an entire Pinterest board dedicated to them. So when I was asked to do another Messy Buttercream Ruffles cake – except with rainbow colors – I was super excited! This new cake was for the daughter of the birthday girl that received the first messy ruffles cake (the one with peacock colors) .
And although I don’t have pictures to share, I have to also tell you that it was bright rainbow colored on the inside too – sort of like this zebra/rainbow cake!
For the “7” on this cake, I made the number from gum paste and let it dry, then painted it with edible silver gel/paint, then I dipped it in white sparkling sugar while it was still wet ! I love the way it turned out! For the letters, I used this alphabet set.
This cake was rainbow vanilla cake (see how to do rainbow cake here) with vanilla buttercream filling and frosting!
UPDATE: Watch a video tutorial here on How to decorate a Messy Ruffles Buttercream Cake!
I used a Wilton #104 (Petal) Tip to do all the ruffles!
Any questions about this cake? Leave them in the comments and if you make one like it, I’d love to see the pics!!
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Love it! I am dying to do a messy ruffles cake sometime soon. Do you go around the circumference of the cake with the tip? Or vertically?
I don’t really follow a pattern. I’ll go up and down and then move around a bit, then up and down some more… that’s probably not very helpful :-/
Here’s a video tutorial I just posted: https://rosebakes.com/messy-ruffles-cake-decorating-video-tutorial/.
Yay! Thank you!
Gorgeous cake! I’m a huge fan of rainbow themed items too. They are just so bright and fun!
Thanks Marie!!
It’s beautiful Rose! I can’t decorate cakes, so I cheat.
I’m visiting from Michelle’s Tasty Creation linky party. I would love it if you stopped by my blog.
Thanks for sharing,
Laura
Wow, that is stunning!
Rose,
oh my goodness, this is an outstanding cake! I’m going to have to give it a try.
Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday this week.
I can’t wait to see what you link up next week. Have a great day.
Michelle
I’ve seen some mess of ruffle cakes, but your rainbow cake is awesome!
What gel colors did you use for this?
Americolor Super Red, Orange, Lemon Yellow, Leaf Green, Royal Blue, and Violet!
Did you use a white buttercream for your crumb coating on the cakes?
Usually!! If the cake happens to be all one color and I’ve already made the frosting, then I’ll use a matching frosting.
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I’d need more info before agreeing 🙂