03/13/2025
Sunlit Bloom Garden Tier 🌻💜🎂✨
Step into a whimsical garden with this Sunlit Bloom Garden Tier cake! 🌻💜🎂✨ Its vibrant yellow tiers, stunning purple and coral blooms, and lush green details create a dessert that's both visually breathtaking and utterly delicious. Just looking at it makes us feel the joy! What's YOUR favorite garden flower? Share it with us in the comments! 👇
Ingredients:
For the Vanilla Cake Layers (Two Tiers):
2 ½ cups cake flour (adjust for tier sizes)
1 ½ cups granulated sugar (adjust for tier sizes)
3 teaspoons baking powder (adjust for tier sizes)
½ teaspoon salt (adjust for tier sizes)
¾ cup (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter, softened (adjust for tier sizes)
1 cup whole milk (adjust for tier sizes)
4 large egg whites (adjust for tier sizes)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract (adjust for tier sizes)
For the Yellow Buttercream:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
½ cup milk or heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Yellow gel food coloring
For the Green Buttercream:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
½ cup milk or heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Green gel food coloring
For the Decoration:
Yellow fondant (for top tier covering)
Light green fondant (for bottom tier covering)
Purple sugar paste (for roses and flowers)
Coral sugar paste (for roses)
Teal sugar paste (for flowers)
White sugar paste (for flowers)
Dark green fondant (for leaves)
For the Swiss Meringue Buttercream:
6 large egg whites
1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
1 ½ cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions:
Bake the Cake: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour two round cake pans (adjust sizes for tiers). In a large bowl, whisk together cake flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together softened butter and gradually add sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg whites one at a time, then stir in vanilla extract. Alternately add dry ingredients and milk to the batter, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Divide batter evenly among prepared pans and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cakes cool in pans for 10 minutes before inverting onto wire racks to cool completely.
Make the Yellow Buttercream: In a large bowl, beat softened butter until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar, alternating with milk or cream, beating until smooth and fluffy. Stir in vanilla extract and yellow gel food coloring until desired color is achieved.
Make the Green Buttercream: In a large bowl, beat softened butter until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar, alternating with milk or cream, beating until smooth and fluffy. Stir in vanilla extract and green gel food coloring until desired color is achieved.
Prepare the Fondant Decorations: Roll out yellow fondant and cover the top tier. Roll out light green fondant and cover the bottom tier. Shape purple, coral, teal, and white sugar paste into various flowers. Shape dark green fondant into leaves.
Assemble the Cake: Once cakes are completely cooled, level the tops with a serrated knife if necessary. Place the larger cake layer on a cake stand or serving plate. Spread a layer of green buttercream filling over the top. Top with the smaller cake layer.
Decorate: Frost the entire cake with a crumb coat of white buttercream. Chill the cake for 15 minutes to set the crumb coat. Cover the top tier with yellow fondant and the bottom tier with light green fondant, creating smooth surfaces. Arrange the sugar flowers and leaves on the cake, creating a garden effect, as shown in the picture.
Enjoy this whimsical and beautiful cake! 🌻💜