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Photo of an ombre pink cake with roses made from frosting. This would be a beautiful baby shower cake.

Ombre Rosette Cake

All Cake Prices Team
This elegant piece of art will wow the mom-to-be with looks AND flavor.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Chill & Decor 1 hour 45 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 35 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 10

Equipment

  • 3 6-Inch Cake Pans
  • Parchment Paper
  • 1 Large Mixing Bowl
  • 1 Small Mixing Bowl
  • Electric Mixer
  • 1 Cake Board
  • 3 Wire racks
  • 3 Piping Bags
  • 3 Star Tips for Piping

Ingredients
  

  • 2½ tsp baking powder
  • 1½ cups cake flour
  • ⅔ cup whole milk at room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 4 large egg whites at room temperature
  • ¾ tsp salt
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, cut into chunks at room temperature
  • 2 tsp almond extract
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • A few drops of pink food coloring
  • 4½ cups light pink frosting (pre-made or make your own)
  • 1¼ cups medium pink frosting
  • 1¼ cups dark pink frosting

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit while greasing three 6-inch round pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper.
  • Combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder in a large mixing bowl.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together egg whites, milk, vanilla and almond extracts until well combined.
  • Mix butter, one chunk at a time, with an electric mixer into the flour. When all of the butter is mixed, the dough will resemble crumbs.
  • Next, add all but ⅓ cup of the milk and egg mixture to the flour, beat on low for 90 seconds. Add the food coloring and the rest of the milk, mix at low speed, scraping the sides as you beat it.
  • Pour equal amounts of the batter into the three pans and bake for 20-23 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted.
  • When finished baking, allow the cakes to cool on wire racks for 15 minutes. After the 15 minutes, flip them out of the pans and let them cool completely.
  • After your cakes have cooled, you must stack them. Put the first one down on the cake board and put ½ cup of light pink frosting on it.
  • Spread the frosting and repeat for the second layer.
  • Next, put ¾ cup frosting on top of the cake, spread it on top and then a thin layer all around the sides.
  • Put the cake in the refrigerator to chill for 30 minutes.
  • While the cake is chilling add remaining light, medium, and dark pink frosting into the three bags with the tips on them.
  • Remove the cake from the refrigerator and begin making the rosettes.

How to Make Rosettes With Icing

  • Add the dark pink rosettes in one row around the bottom of the cake. Basically, imagine you are making a lowercase "e." Hold your bag a little bit above the surface, squeeze softly and pretend you are writing the lowercase "e."
    Woman making pinks roses from frosting for a baby shower cake.
  • As you get to the end of the "e" decrease pressure. Repeat this process along the bottom row.
  • Use the medium pink to do another row of rosettes in the middle.
  • Do the third row on the top of the sides of the cake with the light pink frosting.
  • Finally, repeat the light pink flowers at the very top of the cake.