This week, I whipped up the world’s largest batch of buttercream and partnered up with the wonderful people at Hobbycraft to have a go using their incredible range from Sugar and Crumbs.
Sugar and Crumbs, supply a fabulous range of baking accessories, but they are especially well known for their Natural Flavoured Icing Sugars. Their flavours range from Raspberry Ripple, Chocolate Orange, Strawberry Milkshake and Jaffa Twist to name just a few.
If you follow my Instagram Page you will know that I made Minty an Aurora birthday cake flavoured with their Raspberry Ripple Icing Sugar last year which was a huge hit.
I had a rather significant birthday last week and I wanted to make myself a bright, Spring themed cake, so I was beyond excited to get a chance to try the Sugar and Crumbs range of Russian Tip Nifty Nozzles. Cakes decorated with these mind blowing tips are all over Instagram and Pinterest at the moment.
Aren’t they amazing looking! With these nozzles and a lot of buttercream you can create beautiful cakes really very easily.
I am going to share a few tips with you, to help you use these nozzles and then give you an opportunity to win a couple of your own along with a pack of Sugar and Crumbs, Pink Lemonade Icing Sugar. Obviously I will give you a peek at my birthday cake as well.
Things you might need:
Sugar and Crumbs – Russian Tip Nifty Nozzles
Sugar and Crumbs – Icing Sugar
Butter
Food Colouring – I use Wilton Colour Gel because they don’t make the buttercream runny.
Cling Film (optional)
Tips for using the Russian Nifty Nozzle:
- When mixing your buttercream, use an electric mixer and mix until you can get it as white as possible. If the buttercream is too yellow it will interfere with the food colouring and blues will come out green etc…
- One of the first things you will notice about these nozzles is that they are huge, much bigger than the nozzles you may be used to using and they have a flat end. Therefore you will need a much larger hole at the end of your piping bag.
- When piping with Russian Tips you want to hold the flat part of the tip against the cake with the piping bag pointing straight up. This will ensure the petals form evenly.
- If like me you want to use real butter for your buttercream you will need to add a touch of milk to ensure the buttercream is creamy enough. If it is too creamy the flower will collapse and loose definition and if it is too hard it will be difficult to pipe and may not stick to the cake.
- A small leaf between the flowers will fill in spaces and make the finished cake look more complete. This 67 leaf tip from Wilton is perfect.
- Practice, practice, practice… some flowers can be piped quite tall, some can’t. It is definitely worth having a practice run before you go straight to the cake.
Here are the four tips I used on my cake.
These flowers look fabulous with a touch of colour running through the middle of the buttercream. It is really easy to achieve this by spreading one colour of buttercream across some cling film and then adding a thin line of a different colour buttercream to the middle. Roll the buttercream up in the cling film and snip off the end.
The cling film sausage can then be inserted into the nozzle and you can pipe lovely two tone flowers. I used this technique on my birthday cake. I piped onto an ombre pink buttercream made from the Sugar and Crumbs Pink Lemonade Icing Sugar, which I decorated with edible gold leaf and gold balls.
Now for the bit you have been waiting for!!!!!!
How to win two of these beautiful Russian Tip Nozzles – Spring Tulip and Posy and a bag of Pink Lemonade Flavoured Icing Sugar!
Click on the link below to enter and don’t forget to read the Terms and Conditions
Giveaway Terms and Conditions
Entries must be received by 12am on 20rd March 2018. There will be one winner. The prize is non-transferable. This giveaway is open to those aged 18 or over. The winner will be chosen at random. The winners will be informed by email within 7 days of the closing date, and must respond within 7 days to claim their prize. The prize will be despatched by Royal Mail within ten working days of receiving the winner’s address details. The winners name will be published on this blog and social media pages associated with this blog and this giveaway.
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Beautiful cake, Happy Birthday wishes to you
Thank you Holly. X
The best birthday cake was made with lots of delicious creamy cupcakes all made into one cake x
Ooooh sounds delicious! 😋
The best birthday cake I’ve had was made by my daughter, lots of chocolate sponge, chocolate buttercream and dark chocolate shavings, your cake is stunning by the way
Thank you so much. How lovely of your daughter to make you such a special
Cake. X
Ooh, what fab nozzles. I seem to remember some wonderful birthday cakes made by mum when I was very young. The smell of the buttercream icing and the burning candles has stayed with me more than the cakes themselves. Sorry, mum!
Ha ha! My mum also made amazing birthday cakes. Xxxx
The cake we made our daughter last year was special because it had a character from an obscure show she really loved on it…. a week later she liked a different show 🙈
That is always the way! Lol! I am sure she loved it at the time. X
You did a fantastic job on the cake! Happy Birthday!
Love those tips. My mom always had Wilton, so that’s what I learned on, but the flat tips are amazing!
The best cake my mom ever made me a was a unicorn cake for a birthday when I was a teen.
The best cake as an adult was my last one–for a significant birthday. It was covered in pink roses.
Wow a unicorn cake! That sounds impressive!!!! X
Thank you so much. X 💖
I am a beginner, I would love to win some ‘supplies’
I am a beginner, I would love to win some ‘supplies’
I am a beginner, I would love to win some ‘supplies’
I am a beginner, I would love to win some ‘supplies’
A smash cake
Sounds awesome!!! 🤣
I think Peggy porschen has made some amazing cakes.
I will look her up! X
my mum made me a chocolate and coffee cake for my birthday it was lush!
Sounds amazing! Xxxx
The last birthday cake I made was a rum and ginger cake on Friday. Unfortunately it was a disaster. Ah well, ya win some ya lose some.
Well hopefully you had some rum left so the day wasn’t wasted 😉
my best given to me was a banana cake with fresh cream and banana shapes on the top
I adore banana cake! X
friend’s wedding cake
I am sure it was beautiful. X
My friend had a beautiful floral cake much like this one. It was almost too pretty to eat.
I must be missing it, but I can’t find the subscribe button anywhere.
It should be in the sidebar on the right…. let me know if you can’t find it. xxxx
That is a beautiful cake! My mother and grandmother made me a cake for my communion with piped flowers and I thought it was the most beautiful cake in the world and even more special because my mother and grandmother made it for me.
That is very special indeed. X
I have seen lots of great cakes , but never had one myself
Tracy, I make my own to ensure I get a big one 😉 x
Was a german Chocolate cake made by my SIL
Hmmm I love chocolate cake. X
One year, at my request, my husband baked me a carrot cake for my birthday and he’s baked me a carrot cake every week since then.
He is definitely a keeper!!!!! X
Lemon drizzle cake made by my mom is my ultimate favourite ever.
Lemon drizzle is a firm fave in our house as well.
X
A banana split cake is the most favorite birthday cake that I ever had.
That would be a great birthday cake! 🍌
I made my son a chocolate train cake which i was very proud of as it turned out actually looking like a train and tasted good too and was my first attempt at making a creative celebration cake.
I bet he loved it!!!!! 🚞
The best birthday cake I had was when my children decided to make one for me by themselves, it was decorated with an unusual array of sweets and plastic robins, christmas trees and footballers and all the candles they could find!
That sounds amazing!!!!! Bless them! X
when i was little my grandma made me a snow white and 7 dwarfs cake it was gorgeous and i still remember it perfectly!
What a special memory. It sounds incredible. X
My mother always made us the best birthday cakes. It would be hard to pick the best.. We always had a nice one
The best cake I have ever seen was at a friend’s birthday party which had lots of flowers and chocolate covered strawberries
My daughter got me a beautiful birthday cake covered in pink buttercream roses
The best cake I’ve had is any that my gran has made as they’re delicious, one I remember she made was a tigger cake from Winnie the Pooh.
I love fresh cream birthday cakes with lots of fresh fruits x
My mom made me a “wedding cake” tiered cake for my birthday one year growing up!
I had delicious chocolate cake with caramel topping.
A friend made my hubby a birthday cake and it was burger and chis, it was amazing we loved it and so did everyone who saw it 🙂
when my mother made bongo drums out of cake
That must have looked amazing! Xxx
I love Sugar and Crumbs! Their salted caramel icing sugar is my favourite.
The best cake I’ve ever seen was by Jes Baker, it was a galaxy cake with the signs of the zodiac painted on in silver. It was beautiful
i love the elmo cake my friend had for her son’s birthday, it was so cute.
That sounds adorable. X
wow, that is one gorgeous cake!! I’d love a dragon cake!!
Oooh a dragon cake would be great fun! X
The best cake I have seen is in a shop called slattery’s . it was a hug wedding cake made out of chocolate hearts…..I make my daughters birthday cake every year and last years was a cake featuring our two black and white kittys . she loved it x
I have a black and white cat called Margo. The cake sounds awesome. X
The best cake I have seen is in a shop called slattery’s . it was a hug wedding cake made out of chocolate hearts…..I make my daughters birthday cake every year and last years was a cake featuring our two black and white kittys . she loved it x
my best birthday cakes were always one from very early memories – it was always special complete with candles
Keep dropping hints about the Princess Cake (sponge, cream and marzipan) for my birthday but no success yet!
Keep trying!!!!! 👑
I never had a birthday cake, I tried making one with smarties stuck on the side for my son he never complained, he’s still alive
The best cake that I have seen was a birthday cake made by my daughter for her Nanna when she was 12. She put so much love and care into it that nobody noticed the imperfections just the effort. It made my Mother so happy.
How lovely! I bet her Nanna loved it. X
I make cakes for other people so hardly ever get one made for me!
My friend Joyce’s bridal shower cake. It had a picture of them with flowers and leaves. It was as lovely and sweet as she was. I wish we could see her 1st anniversary cake. She is missed dearly.
My sister said her 21st was the best ever… I made it with golden syrup icing that slightly melted together it was a skull wearing a hat and 2 cards either side with an ace on once and a king on the other (to make 21)…
The best cakes i’ve ever had was my 4 tier wedding cake, i had red velvet, Lemon drizzle and white chocolate and raspberry and carrot cake.
My favourite that I’ve ever seen was a lemon flavoured cake (my favourite) with handmade flowers decorating the top and the sides. It was stunning.
The best one I’ve ever seen was a cake with a complete dog agility course made on a small scale out of fondant! It was so beautifully done and incredibly realistic, complete with dog and handler.
I can’t get over how incredible your cake looks, I can’t believe they can be created just with a nozzle! Hope you had a fab birthday 🙂
I’ve just made a hedgehog cake for my daughter, can’t say it was the best but she thought it was adorable x
The best birthday cakes were the ones my mum made as a child. Before all these cutters and nozzles were around it was all done with a knife. She used to spend hours.
Her love of baking was passed down to me and in turn my kids.
I have just asked them and the best birthday cake I made them was piggies in a chocolate ganache sty .
The best birthday cake I’ve had was one with little chocolate animals as a kid. Seeing photos now they were kind of horrific… but they looked good to me at the time! 🙂
the best cake was a cake made like my parrot, right down to the feather details and it actually looked my Charlie
The best birthday cake i have ever received was a death by chocolate cake. It was so moist and had so much chocolate. I was in heaven.
My favorite birthday cake was one that my daughter made for me when my family threw me a surprise birthday party. It was pink and gold and very glam and made me feel special.
The best cake so far was one I made for my twin girls birthday. Was a two tier princess cake with a tiara on the top.
I saw a Dr Who cake that was just amazing.
Hi, I remember having a space rocket cake for my 5th birthday party.
My all time favourite was a cake in the design of a Gucci handbag, complete with passport, lipstick and perfume
My mum made me a Tailor of Gloucester cake with little mice on for my 5th birthday… it was amazing!
A barbie cake
My mom got me a Hamburger cake when I was a kid it was so awesome! It loomed so real but 10 times the size.
The train cake my mum made for our birthdays
For our daughter’s second birthday, which is in the winter, we decorated a cake with ice cream cone trees and made kids on the “snow” frosting, it turned our really cute.
The best birthday cake that I’ve seen is a two tier Frozen (The Movie) cake that my daughter made for her little girl. It was absolutely brilliant and tasted great too
The best b-day cake i had was a Cold Stone dark chocolate peppermint ice cream cake. I had to talk them into making it.
My daughter in law made a karate top cake when my grandson made his blackbelt. It was wonderful.
What a lovely cake. I hope you have a great Birthday xx
When I was 7 my Grandmother made me a doll cake. The doll form was on top of the cake and the cake formed the skirt. Grandmother had carefully piped layers of ruffles in pink icing. I was so excited.
My daughter’s 5th birthday my friend made her a Spongebob Squarepants cake. It was so awesome! I also wanted to say that your icing flowers are beautiful!!
I have seen a beautiful cake make with lots of roses on it, it was beautiful!
My best birthday cake was the one my dad made for me the year after my mom passed away. He had never baked a cake before and I admit it was kind of lop sided and the frosting was melted but the thought he had put into it made it the most beautiful cake I had ever seen.
My friends made me a birthday cake in the shape of a book. It was amazing and fitting.
My all time favorite was a cake my kids had delivered to the restaurant we were ate for my birthday and its was a multi layer cake with birds and bees on it like in my garden it was amazing
My best birthday cake was a Harry potter one my friend made me 😁
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