Small buttercream flowers

These Easy Buttercream Flowers are the perfect project for the buttercream newbie. ⁠ ⁠ Even if you’ve never piped a flower before, these 5 petal flowers are a great starting point!⁠ ⁠ I'm using my easy buttercream frosting for these flowers, and am freezing them before applying them onto my cake or cupcakes.⁠ ⁠ Pro tip: Make sure your buttercream is smooth and bubble-free by mixing your buttercream on low with the paddle attachment for 10-15 minutes after you make it. ⁠ ⁠ #buttercream

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How to Pipe Simple Buttercream Flowers

Ah, mums. Those flowers you see for sale outside every grocery store once September rolls around. There are TONS of varieties of mums, but the garden variety that you see most often comes in shades of red, yellow, orange, purple, and white. Icing Consistency To pipe buttercream mums, you’ll want to use a stiff consistency icing. I almost always use Italian Meringue Buttercream for piping flowers. Colors To make your buttercream mums really pop, use two different shades of the same color. One…