Edible Grass Techniques for Cakes and Cupcakes

This is one of my most used techniques as it goes with so many different styled celebration cakes, football, easter, castle cakes, animals, fairies, garden themed cakes, the list it endless it finishes off the cake/cake drum beautifully but when I was new to cake decorating I didn’t have a clue how to achieve it.

In this BLOG I am going to show you how to make grass or a grass effect in three different ways which can then be used on both your cakes and cupcakes.

You can choose which method best suits you and by learning how to achieve this using three different pieces of equipment which is cost effective you will most likely already own one of them.

Edible Grass Technique no 1

Using a closed star piping nozzle no 27 (pictured here) which most of you may already have in your collection and a freshly covered cake drum, cake or cupcake where the fondant is still soft.

Simply place your finger in the piping nozzle so you have a good grip and push into the soft fondant, this leaves an indentation like you can see pictured here and creates a very simple but effective grass on your cakes and cupcakes.

Edible Grass Technique no 2

Using a small grass piping nozzle the no 233 and my American buttercream frosting recipe which you can find in a separate blog you pipe the covered area on you cake drum, cake or cupcakes.

I love the effect this one has the only downside and something you need to think about is the fact that its easier to accidentally damage.

Edible Grass Technique no 3

Using a Sugarcraft gun your able to create very realistic edible grass with ease. These come with different attachments to create different shapes with ease. Using the attachment pictured here simply add fondant and squeeze.

When your grass is a at a length you want it at simply cut it off and add to the cake, cake drum or cupcake using some edible glue if required.

This one is more time consuming so if you do choose to use this effect on your cakes take the time into consideration as you may want to charge more for the finished product.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivyfY0eiBPM

It really is as easy as that to make grass for your cakes and cupcakes. If you are more of a visual learner you can watch this detailed tutorial for free, its one of the most popular on my channel as it really does tend to be something we all need to use at some point.