Coolest Lady Bug Flower Cake 53

by Kevin B.
(Princeton, WV)

Homemade Lady Bug Flower Cake

We asked my niece what type of cake she wanted for her birthday and of course she had no idea. We did a few searches on the internet and she really liked a lady bug flower cake.

I purchased a Wilton flower cake pan for the flower itself. We used a rectangular cake for the stem and leaves and just used a serrated knife to free hand them out. I decorated the flower first with a thin layer of a light pink butter cream then used a fine tip and piped some darker pink butter cream to make the petals. I used the same small tip to pipe the yellow outline, again with butter cream. I used a grass tip to make the center of the flower again with yellow butter cream. I finished off the flower with a simple striped border around the bottom using the same color frosting as the petals.

I bought some small 5" pans to make the ladybug. We just baked the cake and then cut the crown off, cut a v shape then cut it in half and turned it around to make the wings. I attached them with a little frosting and then covered the body and wings with a dark red butter cream frosting. The head is carved from the cake and covered with a black icing, as are the spots, from Wilton that is sold in small tubes.

I used the cake decorating kit from Betty Crocker for the whole project. I’ve read a lot of bad reviews about it on the internet. I can say that while it is not a professional decorating kit, it works just fine for making your homemade cake ideas come to life.