Succulent Cake Bento Box

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This Succulent Cake Bento Box is a dessert sure to impress! A 5" cake & 2 cupcakes fit perfectly in this box, making it the perfect gift for any plant mom in your life!

Succulent Bento Box Cake & Cupcake Tutorial

    Crumbcoat & frost a 1 or 2-layer 5" cake in white frosting. Once completely frosted, transfer the cake to the fridge so the buttercream firms up.

    In the meantime, roll pink fondant into a thin layer on a silicone mat, using powdered sugar or cornstarch to prevent sticking.
    Use our Plant Mom Fondant Stamp to emboss the fondant & cut out using a round cookie cutter. using plant mom fondant stamp to emboss fondantcutting out fondant plaque using round cookie cutter
    Set to the side so it has some time to dry out slightly. If you have a dehydrator, you can set the temperature to 95-105F & allow it to dry in there for up to an hour.
    plant mom fondant plaque on silicone mat
Work on the cupcakes while the cake chills & the fondant plaque dries.

Frost a swirl of white frosting onto each cupcake.
    piping white buttercream onto a vanilla cupcake

Immediately, dip the freshly piped cupcake into a bowl of coconut candy crunch. Use clean hands to gently form the frosting in a perfect round shape.
    dipping frosted cupcake into coconut crunchcupcake dipped into coconut crunch

Once both cupcakes are frosted & dipped in the coconut candy crunch, you are ready to decorate.

Spray both cupcakes with gold edible glitter.

Use tip #17 in a piping bag filled with light green frosting to pipe a spikey plant in the following stages:
    piping a succulent on a cupcake using a star tippiping a succulent on a cupcake using a star tip piping a succulent on a cupcake using a star tip

Immediately, add white sprinkles. The sprinkles may not stick well if you wait too long.
    adding white sprinkles on buttercream succulent


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It is now time to pipe some succulent transfers. Cut out small parchment paper squares that will fit on your flower nail. Add a small dollop of frosting onto the base of the nail to help the parchment paper stay in place.

Use tip #102, with the skinny side up to pipe your succulent in the following stages.
    piping buttercream succulent piping buttercream succulent piping buttercream succulent

Carefully remove the parchment paper with the piped succulent on it to the freezer to set up completely. Pipe atleast 3 succulents for the cake plus some extras for the cupcakes.
    buttercream succulent piped on a flower nail

For the second design, carefully remove one of the succulents piped on the floral nails & transfer it to the left-side of the cupcake.
    adding succulent transfer to cupcake

Then, use tip #864 to pipe a large dollop to create a cactus.
    piping buttercream cactus onto cupcake

Immediately, add white sprinkles. The sprinkles may not stick well if you wait too long.
    adding sprinkles to buttercream cactus

Switch to using tip #16 & pipe a pink dollop flower.
    piping buttercream flower onto cactus


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Now you can prep your Bento Box. Trim a 6-cavity cupcake insert & place into the box.
    cutting cupcake insertinserting cupcake insert into box

At this point, your cake should be cold enough to work with. Carefully transfer your frosted cake an 8" x 10" piece of kraft brown parchment paper & set into the prepped Bento Box. Adjust the parchment paper as needed.
    putting frosted cake into bento box

Now you can decorate the top of the cake. Use a small amount of buttercream to attach the fondant plaque made previously.
    adding fondant plaque to top of cake

Pipe various types of succulents & flowers around the border of the cake.
    piping buttercream cactus on cakeadding succulent transfers to cakeadding flower transfers to cake

Once you have all your succulents & flowers piped, fill in any extra spaces with dollops of a sage green buttercream using tip #8.
    adding green buttercream dollops to top of cake

Carefully add your 2 decorated cupcakes to the Bento Box.
    adding 2 cupcakes to bento box


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