A Pretty Daisy Cake and Daisy Cupcakes

by Tonya Staab
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Whether you want to decorate a daisy cake or daisy cupcakes, we have the prettiest idea for a tea party, birthday, or baby shower.

I took cake decorating classes with Wilton a little while ago, so now M is asking me to decorate all kinds of pretty cakes and cupcakes for her.

How to decorate a daisy cake

a lemon cake decorated with white frosting and tiny white and yellow fondant daisies
A daisy cake decorated with tiny fondant daisies.

Here are the basic instructions for the fondant daisies on the Wilton website. 

I made a basic lemon cake, spread vanilla frosting, and then put tiny fondant daisies all over it.

Tip: When adding the fondant daisies, start from the top center of the cake and work you way out and then down the sides. Add a strip of yellow fondant before putting more daisies around the bottom and spilling out over the cake stand.

How to decorate daisy cupcakes

Decadent mini chocolate cupcakes decorated with fondant daisies.
Decadent mini chocolate cupcakes decorated with fondant daisies.

The mini cupcakes were baked using PimTechamuanvivit’s recipe for Decadent Chocolate Cake in The Foodie Handbook, which you may remember I received a copy of at The Martha Stewart Blog Show.  

Make these fondant daisies using the same recipe as for the cake. The only difference is I rolled the yellow center in yellow sugar crystals. You can use chocolate or vanilla frosting to attach the daisies to the cupcakes.

Tip: the mini cupcakes need to be baked for 9 minutes.

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29 comments

Paola N May 21, 2010 - 2:53 pm

It’s just beautiful!
You are a very talented woman 🙂

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Dawn Sandomeno May 21, 2010 - 3:33 pm

Get out of town – you made this. You need to change your blog title to “This and That and a Piece of Cake too!”

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Dawn Sandomeno May 21, 2010 - 3:34 pm

Get out of town – you made this. You need to change your blog title to “This and That and a Piece of Cake too!”

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Dawn Sandomeno May 21, 2010 - 3:35 pm

and P.S., MARTHA should have you as a guest the next blogging show!

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Tonya Staab May 21, 2010 - 3:42 pm

Very clever, I like that :).

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Anissa May 21, 2010 - 2:23 pm

This is awesome!!

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Ali @PickleSugarPlum May 21, 2010 - 2:56 pm

OMG…it’s so pretty! I would be afraid to cut it and eat it! Well, until the first cut had already been made, anyway! 🙂 GORGEOUS cake, Lovey!

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OHmommy May 21, 2010 - 2:56 pm

So stinking cute.

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Genevieve May 21, 2010 - 4:07 pm

oh my, what a beautiful, wonderful cake! I love all the sweet daisies you put on it! You are very talented, I’d be sad to mess it up by eating it.

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Brooke May 21, 2010 - 8:23 pm

That is just lovely!

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karen May 21, 2010 - 9:05 pm

beautiful! can’t wait to see your kids birthday cake this year….

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karen May 21, 2010 - 9:07 pm

YES! T… change your blog to “This and That and a Piece of Cake too!” That is the perfect blog for you. Such a great play on words and fits you so well.

I’m now virtually stomping my feet chanting, “change it. change it. change it. change it.”

🙂

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cat@juggling act May 22, 2010 - 6:32 am

What! This is just stunning.

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Jessica May 23, 2010 - 5:31 am

OMG! You are so awesome and beautiful might I add. Seriously, I love that cake, I only wish I could eat it up right now! I am stopping by from SITS Blogfrog and wanted to say hello. Have a great Sunday and hope to keep in touch girl! Come and stop by if you ever need some fun southern meal ideas! XOXO Jessica

Oh- I am doing a fabulous giveaway that ends this week too! http://kitchenbelleicious.blogspot.com/2010/05/giveaway-you-wont-believe-your-eyes.html

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dining room table May 23, 2010 - 10:11 pm

This is really pretty! I like the color that you used! It can make a dull afternoon so alive.

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Theresa May 24, 2010 - 10:22 am

Absolutely Beautiful!

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Tara Todd June 6, 2010 - 3:07 pm

Awesome! I actually fell upon your blog from bootcamp and I have been wanting to do cakes. I WILL BE ON YOUR SITE ALL THE TIME… I need some offline and non-kiddy crafts and this is just perfect 😀 thank you so much for sharing your talent!

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Suz July 16, 2010 - 9:17 am

W.o.w. on steroids!!!

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Robin @ Blommi March 25, 2011 - 4:53 pm

What a cheerful pretty cake!

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Tonya Staab March 26, 2011 - 5:40 pm

Thank you.

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Eftychia October 17, 2011 - 4:21 am

This is a trully beautiful cake!! Thanks for sharing!

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ziacrostatina November 18, 2011 - 2:38 pm

Bellissima questa tua decorazione,il colore,le dimensioni,mi piace molto!

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Cecilia Blanco January 11, 2012 - 11:50 am

Gorgeous! Are you willing to share your recipe?

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carole March 15, 2012 - 9:24 pm

Gorgeous cake! I love daisies so this is right up my alley. 🙂

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j January 18, 2013 - 4:27 am

What are the daisies made of?

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Rita Clark January 22, 2013 - 2:50 pm

Too beautiful to eat!!!

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CakeNovice July 1, 2013 - 5:44 pm

I need step by step i structions pleaaaaaase

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CakeNovice July 1, 2013 - 5:45 pm

instructions**
(it is mind blowing so I can’t even spell right?

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karlayoung November 29, 2013 - 10:18 pm

so fricking cute

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