Every mom loves flowers-- except the ones who are allergic. So what's better than getting flowers for mom on Mother's Day? Making her a cake with flowers on it, of course!

I began with two 6-inch round cakes, leveled and stacked with a layer of buttercream between. I then iced the entire thing with white buttercream and let sit for a couple of minutes before smoothing. To get a 'fondant finish' (smooth like fondant but tasty like icing), I used my wooden fondant roller and a Viva paper towel and gently rolled over the surface of the cake.

I found a Wilton tulip and daisy muffin pan and thought it was perfect for baking flowers for the top of a cake. Each flower was leveled so it would sit evenly on top and alternate in a circle. The daisies were iced using tip #220. When I got it, I really thought this tip was going to make a neat drop flower but mostly it just makes pretty fat swirls. I made the centers with small pale yellow fondant circles. For the tulips, I used tip #3 so you could see a basic outline of the petals shape then did a small star tip to fill them in.

It still looked a little plain so I decided to use the flower fondant cutouts and make alternating colors of daisies and tulips for that as well. As an extra touch, I took dark purple fondant and cut out a butterfly shape. I shaped them over a bent piece of cardboard covered in aluminum foil and let them dry overnight. I made four just in case I broke one which was good because I ended up breaking two.

Once I added a little green grass around the edge to finish it off, it was all done. As a mom myself, I think I would much prefer to get these flowers than the kind that come in a vase.

I am the biggest baking geek I know of. Anything having to do with baking totally makes me drool. I just ran across this cake pan in the shape of a flower basket and I got so excited!

The pan is actually a ring with three bottom's of the basket and three tops of the basket. So you get three whole baskets after joining the tops and bottoms. You can decorate the flowers any way you want. Buttercream or fondant would be my two top choices.

This would be great for an Easter gathering, ooh, or Mother's Day. Yes, this would be perfect for celebrating Mother's Day. Really, the possibilities are endless. There are any number of occasions this cake would be great for. Any time you want to make a simple, pretty cake would be the perfect occasion!

[Via BakingBites.com]