SUCCULENT GARDEN CAKE

Trim tops from 2 x 600g shopbought mud cakes to level.

BUTTERCREAM Prepare a double quantity of buttercream following instructions in Brushstroke Cake (above right), adding extra ½ cup icing sugar (this will help icing flowers set firmly). Divide between three bowls. Tint bowls green and purple and leave one bowl untinted. Ice top and sides of cake with untinted buttercream. Using assorted piping nozzles, pipe flowers and succulent shapes onto top and sides of cake. Dust with sanding sugar before serving.