Happy Victoria Day! Are you ready for some fireworks? Or perhaps, some Starbursts and Poppies of the sugar variety...
Look familiar? Well, that's because this is version 2.0 of my original Starbursts Citrus Cake and my Sugar Poppy from 2012.
The original starburst cake has been one of my most popular posts to date. Partly because it appeared in a post that included a giveaway, but since then it has received many visits on a daily basis and has been pinned a lot. So I felt it was time for a revisit.
You may remember some progress shots from my Instagram a couple weekends ago. This was made for a friend's birthday - the fire cracker among a small group I hold dear. This cake represents the way I see her - bold, effervescent, bright and fun, wrapped in a sweet little package - and like starbursts, beautiful and rare.
Again, I used the Starburst Cake Side Stencil, however, this time with royal icing. I then used food colour and fine brushes to colour each dot. Way more time-intensive than the original, but so worth it. I quite like how it turned out and so did the birthday girl.
For the poppy, I used the same techniques I showed you in my tutorial from 2012, but with an additional row of petals, black instead of yellow stamens and tinted the edges gold.
I have another post lined up that walks you through my process for covering and decorating this cake and making the flower. For now, I hope you enjoy this little beauty as much I did creating it and the birthday girl had devouring it!
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