Plant your own Cake Decor This Winter

This one features a lot of pansies, and I think of pansies as a winter flower. In the cake decorating world pansies are known for keeping their color when pressed and baked. This one has a more rendered out cake stand, still quite illustrative and painterly rather than realistic. Lots of green leaves set off the pink cake. Three cake layers is classic. Stems bring a more graphic and detailed element. Light yellow background up top has lots of squiggles scratched in bringing a fun party energy. This energy gets back to how this series is about celebrating the every day.

This one features a lot of pansies, and I think of pansies as a winter flower, small and hardy and blooming when little else will. In the cake decorating world, pansies are known for keeping their color when pressed and baked, which makes them a favorite for topping cakes meant to look garden-fresh. This one has a more rendered-out cake stand, still quite illustrative and painterly rather than realistic. Lots of green leaves set off the pink cake, giving the whole composition a garden quality. Three cake layers is classic, a familiar shape that anchors the piece. Stems bring a more graphic and detailed element, adding thin dark lines that contrast with the roundness of the pansy petals. The light yellow background up top has lots of squiggles scratched in, bringing a fun party energy. This element gets back to how this series is about celebrating the everyday.