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    Home » Holiday Treats and Recipes » minor holiday recipes » Earth Day

    Daisy Cakes

    Modified: Oct 24, '23 · Published: Apr 16, '13 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

    Bake a bouquet of pretty daisy cakes. These colorful bite-sized daisy-shaped cakes will make a wonderful dessert or gift for Mother's Day, a bridal shower, Easter, or a birthday.

    bouquet of daisy cakes with green licorice stems and candy leaves.

    Winter seemed endless this year. If it weren't for the ray of sunshine my exchange student has brought to our home, I would have felt the deep gloom of the season.

    To celebrate the long-awaited arrival of sunny skies and warmer weather, I made some brightly colored Daisy Cakes.

    mini pink, yellow, purple, and white daisy cakes.

    Each tiny little flower is hand-painted using cake batter.

    Once baked, these beacons of spring can be arranged in bouquets, used as simple cupcake toppers, or simply served in a bowl for special occasions like Mother's Day, bridal showers, baby showers, birthdays, and even Earth Day.

    a cupcake wrapped in a white picket fence wrapper topped with green frosting and yellow, pink, and purple daisy cakes on lollipop sticks.

    I just wanted to celebrate the fact that although that darn groundhog lied. The cold and snow hung around well into April, the flowers have finally begun to bloom.

    There may only be daffodils and tulips in my neighborhood, but more flowers are popping up every day.

    small daisy-shaped cakes arranged on a white rectangle plate on a bright green napkin.

    Daisies grow in a rainbow of colors and they are so cheerful. These tiny cakes just make me smile. I love the large bouquet that I arranged adding modeling chocolate leaves and green licorice lace stems, but even a smaller, simpler, arrangement is quite lovely.

    I hope these flowers make you feel warm inside, especially for those of you who are still enduring frigid temperatures and snow-covered streets. If you don't yet have flowers in your yard, you can at least make them for dessert. 

    Mini Daisy Cakes (makes 24-36 daisies)

    Ingredients

    • 1 prepared white cake recipe (I used a Betty Crocker White Cake mix)
    • vegetable oil or shortening to grease mold
    • green food coloring
    • pink, yellow, and violet food coloring

    Supplies

    • 1 or 2 silicone daisy mold (each mold has 24 daisy cavities)
      food use only paint brush

    Optional decorations

    bouquets - green licorice lace stems and green modeling chocolate leaves
    cupcakes - baked cupcakes, green frosting, lollipop sticks, picket fence cupcake wrappers

    Instructions

    white cake mix.

    Prepare your white cake according to the package instructions or using your favorite recipe.

    Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit or the temperature used to make your recipe.

    painting green-colored cake batter into the centers of daisy cavities in a silicone mold.

    Grease your silicone daisy mold using vegetable oil or shortening. Color about a tablespoon of the cake batter using green food coloring.

    Use a clean, food-use-only, paintbrush to paint the center of each daisy with the green cake batter. Freeze for 15-20 minutes.

    filling the daisy silicone mold with white, pink, yellow, and violet-colored cake batter.

    While the mold is in the freezer. Equally divide the remaining cake batter into 4 bowls. Leave one bowl white. Color one bowl using pink food coloring, one yellow, and one violet.

    Remove the mold from the freezer and spoon the colored cake batter over the green dots filling the daisies about ¾ full.

    You will have enough batter to make more than 24 flowers. I used the extra to make a few cupcakes, but if you have two daisy molds you can make more flower-shaped cakes.

    mini daisy cakes baked in a silicone daisy mold.

    Bake for 8-12 minutes until just lightly browned around the edges and a toothpick comes out clean.

    Allow to cool for an hour in the silicon mold.

    unmolding pretty little daisy cakes.

    Carefully turn the mold upside down and gently press on the back side of each daisy.

    If your daisy cakes don't pop out nicely, you may need to place the mold in the freezer for about 15 minutes, then try again.

    tiny daisy cakes scattered on a wooden cutting board.

    Your mini daisy cakes are now ready to serve.

    To use them as cupcake toppers simply insert a 4 inch lollipop stick into a daisy and press the opposite end into a cupcake that has been covered in green frosting. For a nice touch, put the cupcakes in picket fence cupcake wrappers.

    To create bouquets, insert a long piece of green licorice lace into the daisies. Arrange on a platter. If you'd like, you can add green leaves. Use a cookie cutter or plunger cutter to cut modeling chocolate (recipe here), fondant, or green taffy into leaves. Simply arrange the leaves among the flowers.

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    Beth Klosterboer
    Beth Klosterboer
    Hi, I'm Beth Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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    1. Zuzana De Jonghe says

      January 07, 2014 at 1:04 pm

      Hi Beth, they are amazing!

      If I don't have ready-to-use batter what recipe I should use? I never made cup cakes - I never liked them as they were always so big. But those look the perfect size to me.

      Thank you very much

      Zuzana ( www.povvi.com)

      Reply
      • beth says

        January 07, 2014 at 1:32 pm

        Hi Zuzana,

        You can use any recipe for a white cake. I don't have one one my blog, so you'll need to just do a search for white cake recipes. Come to think of it, I don't know that I've ever made a white cake from scratch before. I need to look into that!

        Reply
    2. Anonymous says

      June 26, 2013 at 3:45 pm

      I love the different cakes miami fl they have, it has such color and wonderful designs and unique creations.

      Reply
    3. natasha khan says

      May 13, 2013 at 6:28 am

      These are cute!! About how much batter goes into each bowl so it's equal amounts?

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        May 13, 2013 at 2:37 pm

        I just recently made a cake and measured 26 ounces of batter, so you'll need a little over 6 ounces for each flower color and the additional small amount for the green.

        Reply
      • natasha khan says

        May 14, 2013 at 3:28 am

        Thanks so much!

        Reply
    4. Anonymous says

      May 06, 2013 at 3:09 pm

      I love this Idea! I may pipe icing around the edges and do the lollipop sticks like you did on the cupcakes but make a flower display in a flower pot by sticking them into floral foam. Thanks Robin

      Reply
    5. spring chick says

      May 01, 2013 at 4:01 pm

      Adorable! thanks for sharing on Mix it up Monday!

      Reply
    6. tumbleweed-contessa says

      April 24, 2013 at 2:48 pm

      Precious! I have a granddaughter who will love this idea! Thanks for sharing. I found you on Hungry Little Girl. Great feature.

      Drop by my kitchen when you have a chance. We're having a party on Monday - What'd You Do This Weekend? Goes live at midnight Sunday. I'd love for you to share these little flowers there.

      Linda
      www.tumbleweedcontessa.com/blog

      Reply
    7. Jamie @ Huckleberry Love says

      April 23, 2013 at 12:56 am

      Love these!! So cute and a great Mothers Day treat. I would love for you to come and share these on our Much Ado About Monday link party.

      http://www.huckleberrylove.com/2013/04/much-ado-about-monday-no-6.html

      Hope to see you there,
      Jamie
      www.huckleberrylove.com

      Reply
    8. Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

      April 21, 2013 at 11:19 pm

      Hi Gerry,

      Wow, I just checked out your post about the melted mold. I've not used an ice cube tray in the oven before and now I'm glad I haven't. I've had good luck making caramels and gumdrops using them, they can withstand that heat. Thanks for sharing your experience. It's good to know.

      Reply
    9. Gerry/Gewoon Lekker Gewoon says

      April 20, 2013 at 9:20 pm

      Hi, I made the mistake thinking each silicon mould was as good as the other and used a silicon icecube mould. That didn't work out very well, so make sure you use an ovenproof one!I really love the green dots, makes them so much more special! Report of my disaster: http://gewoonlekkergewoon.blogspot.nl/2013/01/oeps-foutje-bedankt.html
      Many Dutch greetings, Gerry

      Reply
    10. Dina says

      April 19, 2013 at 4:14 pm

      they are so pretty. great for mother's day or a spring birthday or brunch!

      Reply
    11. The Partiologist says

      April 19, 2013 at 1:58 am

      What a beautiful bouquet - better than fresh flowers! Makes a great gift for mom!

      Reply
    12. Anonymous says

      April 18, 2013 at 4:20 pm

      These ARE spring in cupcake form! You have made me look at silicone pans in a whole new way ... I used to avoid them 😉

      Brenda @ sweetsimplestuff

      Reply
    13. Kalamity Kelli says

      April 18, 2013 at 10:51 am

      Just brilliant! How do you come up with such incredible things?!?

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        April 18, 2013 at 11:27 am

        Thanks, Kelli. I don't know. I do know that my world is a pretty fun place, fattening, but fun:)

        Reply
    14. Diana - FreeStyleMama says

      April 18, 2013 at 12:13 am

      So pretty!

      Reply
    15. Michelle | Creative Food says

      April 17, 2013 at 4:28 pm

      These are absolutely gorgeous!! 🙂

      Reply
    16. Stephanie says

      April 17, 2013 at 3:42 pm

      These are so cute. I will have to try this.

      Reply
    17. Janine Eshelbrenner says

      April 17, 2013 at 2:07 pm

      So cool! You are an artist with those silicone molds, Beth! Do you get most of your molds on Amazon?

      I was wondering why you put the mold in the freezer after adding the green batter? Is it something you have to do to keep the colors from blending together?

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        April 17, 2013 at 2:27 pm

        Thanks Janine! Yes, I do often buy my molds from Amazon. They have a huge selection. Wilton molds are also available at many craft stores and cake decorating stores. If you happen to have a Christmas Tree Shoppe near you, they sell silicone molds at unbeatable prices. Yesterday I found some graduation cap molds for $3.99.

        Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        April 17, 2013 at 11:58 pm

        Oops, I forgot to tell you that yes, I freeze the green batter so that it doesn't bleed when I add the other color. Sorry for missing that earlier.

        Reply
    18. Lisa@hooplapalooza says

      April 17, 2013 at 1:55 pm

      ooo! i have the same pan and i've done colored cakes before so i know this will be happening at my house. thanks again Beth for all your awesomeness 🙂

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        April 18, 2013 at 11:25 am

        I love the daisy pan. I've even used it to make caramels. I know you'll come up with something fun to make using the mold:)

        Reply
    19. Brenda @ChattingOverChocolate.blogspot.com says

      April 17, 2013 at 1:15 am

      Super cute! Pinned 😉 Thanks for sharing!!

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        April 17, 2013 at 2:28 pm

        Thanks for the pin, Brenda!

        Reply
    20. Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons.com says

      April 16, 2013 at 3:25 pm

      Love this idea! Really love the cupcakes!!

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        April 17, 2013 at 2:28 pm

        Thanks, Jill. When I made these I couldn't make up my mind how to use them, so I decided to share more than one idea.

        Reply
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